Red carpet, ceremony and 2012 Oscar Winners

Last night was held the 84th edition of the Oscars in Hollywood where he was expected to pass the red carpet glamor and smiles all possible to start a ceremony which was not expecting much and whose betting on the...

Sacha Baron Cohen will walk the red carpet as a "dictator"

To me the horse! He must have thought the British actor Sacha Baron Cohen to get the approval, or that's what it seems, of the Academy of Hollywood to let him walk down the red carpet dressed as the character,...

Venezuelan ex-President Rafael Caldera dies

New Delhi: Former Venezuela President Antonio caldera dies Thirsday in capital Caracus. Andres Caldera, in comments to Venezuelan television, did not give the cause of his father's death, but the former president...

Tension between two Latin American countries

New Delhi: Two Latin American countries Venezuela and Colombia raised tension on the quote by Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva, who was saying that his country was preparing a strategy to ward off any...

Gaddafi Celebrates 40 Years In Power

Fourty years have passed since Muammar Gaddafi took power in Libya in a bloodless coup d'état. On September 1st 1969, Gaddafi dethrowned Kind Idris I while the king was in Greece for medical reasons. Libya was proclaimed a republic, and Muammar Gaddafi was made Colonel....

Bolivia sets new global high mark for indigenous rights

More indigenous people rightsis certainly good but t lookslike Morales may be trying to become a dictator for life. "something more is happening: This is a victory for Latin American indigenous groups marginalized...

Can Chávismo survive without Hugo?

Polls show majority support Chávez seeking constitutional change so he can run in 2012 Pt2/2

Hugo Chávez shuts off discounted heating oil to U.S. poor

" Venezuela's state oil company is suspending a much-promoted program that provided discounted heating oil to hundreds of thousands of poor people throughout the United States, the company announced Monday. The program has been a public relations bonanza for Venezuelan...

OPEC to meet as oil prices drop (updated)

" UPDATES: Opec on Thursday called an emergency meeting to discuss reducing its oil production to halt the recent collapse in oil prices. In an unusually frank statement, the cartel said it was concerned about the...

Anatomy of a hurricane

Hurricane season comes every June through November. Though Americans dread the storms, eastern Asia and many other areas of the world, including the Baja Peninsula of Mexico, depend on hurricanes to bring...

Venezuelans Have Had it with Hugo

Even though you control the media, have a strangelhold on the political system, and have more power than anyone else in the country doesn't necessarily mean the people like you."Riot police used tear gas Wednesday to block hundreds of Venezuelans protesting the latest moves...

Bare-Skinned Activists Demonstrate Against British Bearskin Hats

The Royal Horseguards Parade, No.1 London tourist attraction, to replace their famed bearskin hats with fake fur?  Portuguese animal rights activists have held a nude demonstration outside the...

Chavez loosens terms of oil-supply pact

The admirer of fidel castro's cuba and anti-globalist dealing with oil-supply problems."Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez touted a pact delivering fuel to Caribbean nations and loosened the financing terms to aid...

Venezuela opposition protests blacklist

"Thousands of Venezuelans protested in the capital on Saturday to demand the Supreme Court overturn a "blacklist" blocking key opponents of President Hugo Chavez from running in upcoming elections.Chanting...

Uribe and Chavez hail 'new era'

"President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and his Colombian counterpart Alvaro Uribe say they want to promote closer ties, after months of political tension. Speaking after a one-day meeting in Venezuela, Mr Chavez...

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