12/12/07

Venezuela and the politics of time
BBC News – UK
The move to put the clocks back half an hour adds Venezuela to a small club of nations out of sync with global standardised time. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7138191.stm

Analysis: Venezuela bolsters Belarus ties
United Press International – USA
12 (UPI) — Venezuela has added Belarus to its growing list of partner country’s to explore the oil and gas-rich South American nation. …
www.upi.com/International_Security/Energy/Analysis/
2007/12/12/analysis_venezuela_bolsters_belarus_ties/3267/

Colombia-Venezuela Row Continues to Escalate, Could Affect Trade
World Politics Review – USA
Others observed that in the lead up to Venezuela’s referendum on constitutional reforms earlier this month, Chávez initiated the dispute with Colombia to …
www.worldpoliticsreview.com/article.aspx?id=1430

Venezuela replies to incursion note
Stabroek News – Georgetown,Guyana
By Miranda La Rose Venezuela’s Ministry of External Relations has responded to Guyana’s diplomatic note in relation to the border incursion and the …
www.stabroeknews.com/index.pl/artic
le_general_news?id=56534920

Venezuela Denies Plans for Currency Reform
NumisMaster.com – Iola,WI,USA
The new notes will stress nationalism and Venezuela’s ethnic origins. Vignettes on the new notes have been announced to feature Francisco de Miranda, …
www.numismaster.com/ta/numis/
Article.jsp?ad=article&ArticleId=3496

Venezuela: constitutional reform rejected
Equilibri.net (subscription) – Italy
Leopoldo Lopez, mayor of Chacao di Caracas, making up part of the opposition, told the BBC that this result demonstrates that “Venezuela has won, …
uk.equilibri.net/article/8443/Venezuel
a__constitutional_reform_rejected

Colombia-Venezuela crisis threatens consumers
El Universal – Venezuela
… with his Colombian counterpart Álvaro Uribe would make an impact on bilateral trade and advised that Venezuela would look for other trade partners. …
english.eluniversal.com/2007/12/12/en_eco_
art_colombia-venezuela-c_12A1258131.shtml

Barbados, Venezuela: Petro Caribe
By Janine Mendes-Franco
As the General Manager of the Barbados National Petroleum Company makes a statement “on the ‘gift with strings’ that is Petro Caribe, Notes From The Margin says: “The truth of the matter is that Petro Caribe does NOT help the Caribbean, …
www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/12/
12/barbados-venezuela-petro-caribe/

Colombia-Venezuela Row Continues to Escalate, Could Affect Trade
The involvement of Chávez was hailed as a historic opportunity to secure the release of dozens of hostages held by FARC rebels, but has caused Venezuela-Colombia relations to sink to their lowest point in two years.
www.worldpoliticsreview.com/Article.aspx?id=1430

SOCIALISM II: Reelected President Hugo Chavez To Move Venezuela …
By Tabacco
DANGEROUS CHAVEZ! If you use heating oil & are in financial
difficulties paying $2.599 per gallon as I do now, call 1-877-Joe-4-Oil (as in “Joe” Kennedy) 1-877-563-4645 – Citizens Energy/CITGO Oil Heat Program -A non-profit energy.
tabacco.blog-city.com/reelected_president_hugo
_chavez_to_move_venezuela_toward_soc_1.htm

Chavez Calls For a Battle of Ideas to Combat US Interference in …
Venezuelanalysis.com – Caracas,Venezuela
“In Ecuador the Constituent Assembly is beginning, and it is probable that the conflict will intensify; as in Bolivia, where they carried it to such …
www.venezuelanalysis.com/news/2992

In Venezuela was “The Printing Day” and Ubuntu was there!
By Rolando F. Blanco C:.(Rolando F. Blanco C:.)
Hi, well in Venezuela, the past monday, was the event named “The Printing Day”. I was invited to speach there, and I can talk about “How the Linux print and not die in the attempt?” How there was, Samsung, HP, Canon, Kodak, …
blog.blanco.net.ve/2007/12/in-venezuela-was-printing-day-and.html

The Listening Post- Venezuelan referendum- 07 Dec 07- Part 1
By Pablo Navarrete
[Aljazeera’s The Listening Post asks what effect Venezuela’s recent Constitutional referendum result will have on the western media’s confrontational relationship with Hugo Chavez.] Click here to view the programme.
redpepper.blogs.com/venezuela/2007/12/the-listening-p.html

Chronically Poor
By MediaCritic(MediaCritic)
The problem though arises when on the same day that they get the lead story there is also a report (shuffled down to number four on the front page) on a major development on the Guyana/Venezuela border incursion. …
livinguyana.blogspot.com/2007/12/chronically-poor.html

Venezuela’s Chavez again demands Spain apology
By steve
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday repeated his demands that the King of Spain apologize for telling him to shut up in November, saying bilateral relations would deteriorate if he does not. …
www.lifeincatalonia.com/archives/105

Chavez Calls For a Battle of Ideas to Combat US Interference in …
Venezuelanalysis.com – Caracas,Venezuela
“In Ecuador the Constituent Assembly is beginning, and it is probable that the conflict will intensify; as in Bolivia, where they carried it to such …
www.venezuelanalysis.com/news/2992

WHAT’S REALLY HAPPENING IN VENEZUELA?
www.socialistworker.org/2007-2/654/654_06_Venezuela.shtml

Venezuela to be the venue for the Amazon Summit in 2008
Mathaba.Net – London,UK
The eight South American countries which share the Amazon Rainforest will carry out a summit in Venezuela on March 2008 in order to relaunch the Amazon …
mathaba.net/news/?x=574281

Chavez: UE intensifies media war against Venezuela
Mathaba.Net – London,UK
The EU empire has intensified the war against Venezuela through a huge media campaign, President Chávez said on Monday. ‘Through offices, analysts and …
mathaba.net/news/?x=574284

Venezuela’s Chavez again demands Spain apology
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday repeated his demands that the King of Spain apologize for telling him to shut up in November, saying bilateral relations would deteriorate if he does not. “If the King of Spain does nothing to …
www.terrorism.com/modules.php?op=mo
dload&name=News&file=article&sid=84657

Remember How The Recent Referendum In Venezuela Proved That Hugo …
By A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days(A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days) So much for that. If it walks like a dictator and talks like a dictator…
www.chequer-board.net/story/2007/12/10/15618/948

Yale Holds Conference On Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution
By Justin Delacour(Justin Delacour)
“We don’t really learn about what is happening in Venezuela from the media. We have a record here at Yale for these public forums and it is important that this reach beyond specialists on Venezuela,” said Dr. Joseph. Dr. …
lanr.blogspot.com/2007/12/yale-h
olds-conference-on-venezuelas.html

Venezuela, Guyana OK Plan To Prevent Military Incursion -AFP
EasyBourse.com – Paris,France
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP)—Guyana and Venezuela have agreed to establish a mechanism to prevent another Venezuelan military incursion into its smaller …
www.easybourse.com/Website/dynamic/News.php?NewsID=356803

Venezuela’s Chavez again demands Spain apology
Reuters – USA
The president threatened to reconsider business and diplomatic ties with Spain, which has billions of dollars of investments in Venezuela. …
www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN1154953620071212

How does US TV cover Venezuela?
Claiming that the proposal that would have abolished presidential term limits, allowing for Chavez to stand for reelection, would have let Chavez “stay in power for life,” US President George W. Bush said today at a rare unscripted …
digg.com/world_news/How_does_U_S_TV_cover_Venezuela

Are Chile and Venezuela really the Same??
By Angus(Mungowitz)
It’s really worth reading the whole thing to try and see how to make an untenable argument as best you can by playing with the data and abusing the language. For example we are told that Venezuela has made.
mungowitzend.blogspot.com/2007/12/
are-chile-and-venezuela-really-same.html

Venezuela: no to socialism for the 21st century
By editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Rodrigo Acuña)
Hugo Chávez lost the referendum, despite his almost unstoppable political momentum since winning the presidency.
www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=6757

Why did Abstention Win?
By Pablo Navarrete
The “Chavismo apparat” (the leadership of PSUV, [United Socialist Party of Venezuela[) was defeated. The revolution is built from the bottom up, or it wears down from above. It is not a question of “it was not possible for now. …
redpepper.blogs.com/venezuela/2007/12/why-did-abstent.html

Brazil seeks to lure Bolivia away from Venezuela
Reuters UK – UK
By Raymond Colitt and Guido Nejamkis BRASILIA, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will promise Bolivia major new investment …
uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN1149725520071211

11/12/07

Chavez sees less trade Colombia-Venezuela
Translated from www.prensa.com – BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Reuters). – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatened today Tuesday to cut trade relations between his country and Colombia after losing confidence in his pair of …
panamanewsblog.com/PanamaHeadlineNe
ws/Chavez_sees_less_trade_Colombia-Venezuela/

Venezuela’s Opposition Sees Opening in Reform Vote
Voice of America – USA
By Brian Wagner Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez has vowed to press ahead with a set of socialist reforms despite the voters’ rejection of a constitutional …
www.voanews.com/english/2007-12-11-voa34.cfm

Venezuela: Things aren’t bad for prosperous people with credit …
VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA
Well, things aren’t quite that bad for prosperous people in Venezuela who have bank accounts and credit cards. For them, it seems, the system appears to be …
www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=77325

Spanish Crown Prince meets Venezuela’s President in cordial …
VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA
(and about restoring) normality in the relations between Spain and Venezuela, which must continue being as good as ever, because there’s no reason for …
www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=77326

Venezuela’s Opposition Sees Opening in Reform Vote
Voice of America – USA
By Brian Wagner Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez has vowed to press ahead with a set of socialist reforms despite the voters’ rejection of a constitutional …
www.voanews.com/english/2007-12-11-voa34.cfm

Venezuela: Things aren’t bad for prosperous people with credit …
VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA
Well, things aren’t quite that bad for prosperous people in Venezuela who have bank accounts and credit cards. For them, it seems, the system appears to be …
www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=77325

Spanish Crown Prince meets Venezuela’s President in cordial …
VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA
(and about restoring) normality in the relations between Spain and Venezuela, which must continue being as good as ever, because there’s no reason for …
www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=77326

How Does the US Media Cover Venezuela?
By Manila Ryce
WPvideo 1.10 Real News talks with Danny Schechter, a former network TV
producer and radio newscaster who has gained a reputation as “The
News Dissector”. Schechter is editor and co-founder of
Mediachannel.org and the author of several …
www.jwharrison.com/blog/2007/12/
11/how-does-the-us-media-cover-venezuela/

Progressive Change in Venezuela
11th December 07 – Mark Weisbrot, The Nation The defeat of the Venezuelan government’s proposed constitutional reforms last Sunday will probably not change very much in Venezuela. Most of what was…
www.stwr.net/content/view/2515/37/

Venezuela hearts President Bush
By Karol
I read this in the Economist on the plane home and found it quite satisfying: AT HIS final rally before a referendum on constitutional reform on December 2nd, President Hugo Chávez warned tens of thousands of his red-shirted supporters, …
www.alarmingnews.com/archives/006754.html

Ritual Gloating Postmortems – The Corporate Media v. Hugo Chavez
Stephen Lendman
Dateline December 3, 2007 – the corporate media is euphoric after Venezuelans narrowly defeated Hugo Chavez’s constitutional reform referendum the previous day. The outcome defied pre-election independent poll predictions and was a cliffhanger to the end. Near-final results weren’t announced until 1:15AM December 3 with about 100,000 votes separating the two sides and a surprising 44% of eligible voters abstaining. On December 7, Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) released the final outcome based on 94% of ballots counted…
www.uruknet.de/?p=3906

How does U.S. TV cover Venezuela?
Danny Schechter: “The News Dissector” on television coverage of the Venezuelan referendum view video
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5F203ADDA66F317E2AEA879B3F27D96AEDC3615173C7E546&

Venezuela Local Elections in 2008
Caracas, Dec 11 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan opposition and authorities are preparing for the 2008 elections for governors and mayors announced for the month of October.
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BD6AA0370-FE1
5-4A1D-82A4-3A73C942B3F4%7D&language=EN

Chavez says Venezuela to buy fewer Colombian goods
Reuters – USA
Venezuela is the top market for Colombia’s exported manufactured goods, including such basic staples as powdered milk, which has been in short supply in …
www.reuters.com/article/americasCrisis/idUSN11484285

Charity receives donation from Venezuela
United Press International – USA
11 (UPI) — A Massachusetts charity run by Joseph P. Kennedy II received a heating oil donation from Venezuela. The Boston Globe and other local newspapers …
www.upi.com/International_Security/Energy/Briefing/2007/
12/11/charity_receives_donation_from_venezuela/9768/

Venezuela Oil and Gas Assets Report Provides Data and Information …
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) – Wien,Austria
assets for Venezuela. The report contains in-depth coverage of crude oil and natural gas assets’ exploration, production and reserves data. …
www.pr-inside.com/venezuela-oil-and
-gas-assets-report-r342305.htm

Venezuela Local Elections in 2008
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Among the Hugo Chavez followers action includes retaking the formation of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) whose base organizations renewed …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BD6AA0370
-FE15-4A1D-82A4-3A73C942B3F4%7D)&language=EN

Citizens Energy Accepts $25m of Oil from Venezuela
No description available.
www.civilrights.org/press_room/buzz_
clips/citizens-energy-accepts-25m.html

Venezuela Lifts Price Caps on Milk to Ease Shortage
Venezuela has been increasingly, suffering milk, egg and other food staple shortages. Finally, Venezuelan milk producers are able to sell sterilized milk without government price controls. While it is suggested this may spark faster …
www.gnn.tv/headlines/16138/Venezuela_
Lifts_Price_Caps_on_Milk_to_Ease_Shortage

Chávez, allies launch Bank of the South Regiona to multilaterals
Jamaica Gleaner – Kingston,Jamaica
Venezuela, with South America’s largest known oil reserves, is expected to be a leading financier along with Brazil. But critics note much remains to be …
www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/2
0071211/business/business4.html

Citizens Energy accepts $25m of oil from Venezuela
Boston Globe – United States
“I know there’s a lot of controversy about the fact that this oil ultimately comes from Citgo, from Venezuela and, yes, from Hugo Chávez.
…
www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/12/11/citizen
s_energy_accepts_25m_of_oil_from_venezuela

Cold War view of today’s Venezuela
Boston Globe – United States
4 editorial (”Democracy stirs in Venezuela”) on Venezuela’s recent national referendum strongly echoed the opinions of the Bush administration, …
www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/
articles/2007/12/11/cold_war_view_of_todays_venezuela