Venezuela Government Seeks Food Sovereignty
Escambray – Sancti Spiritus,Cuba
Caracas (PL) – The introduction of new technologies to facilitate the delivery of credits and supplies and pre-distribution of lands is stressed Sunday in …
www.escambray.cu/Eng/news/Wfood080120331.htm

Oil Hits $100 and Production Falls in Venezuela
By Toro
The figure does not necessarily reflect Venezuela’s oil income, which has soared on record prices, but rather demonstrates changes in the total amount of production, transport and processing of oil and gas. …
runningofthebulls.typepad.com/toros_run
ning_of_the_bull/2008/01/oil-hits-100-an.html

Chavez threatens banks with takeover
The Australian – Sydney,Australia
CARACAS: President Hugo Chavez has threatened to take control of banks that fail to meet state-imposed lending requirements designed to benefit Venezuela’s …
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story
/0,25197,23080974-36235,00.html

Chavez ‘making Venezuela a haven’ for drug smuggling
A senior American official in the fight against illegal drugs, John Walters, has accused Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of being complicit in the trade. Speaking during a visit to Colombia, Mr Walters said Mr Chavez had failed to root …
www.terrorism.com/modules.php?op=
modload&name=News&file=article&sid=85714

Chavez keeps up campaign to get rebels off terrorist list
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
The leader’s efforts bring Venezuela’s relations with neighbor Colombia to what may be a new low. By Chris Kraul, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer BOGOTA, …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-far
c20jan20,1,3726641.story?coll=la-headlines-world

Chavez threatens to seize Venezuelan banks that don’t finance …
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) – Wien,Austria
AP CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – President Hugo Chavez threatened on Saturday to take control of banks that fail to meet state-imposed lending requirements …
www.pr-inside.com/chavez-threatens
-to-seize-venezuelan-banks-r395286.htm

UPDATE 1-Venezuela says refinery complex back to normal
Reuters UK – UK
CARACAS, Jan 19 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s largest refinery complex, the Cardon-Amuay plant, has resumed normal operations after two power failures took units …
uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN1937496820080120

Venezuela’s zionists start to squirm
By Abdul Alhazred
read more.
www.wakeupfromyourslumber.com/node/5381

Chavez threatens to seize Venezuelan banks that ignore farm loan laws
WANE – Fort Wayne,IN,USA
He says many private banks are ignoring laws designed to benefit Venezuela’s farmers. Those laws require banks to set aside nearly a third of all loans at …
www.wane.com/Global/story.asp?S=7746373&nav=0RYb

Venezuela’s Chavez reviews vote results, plans for readvancement
People's Weekly World – USA
Inflation last year averaged 22.7 percent, essential foods are not always available, and all but 30 percent of Venezuela’s food supply still has to be …
www.pww.org/article/view/12358/

19/1/08

Economic News-Venezuela
By venezuelanpolitics
Venezuela December Unemployment Drops to Record Low-according to Bloomberg.
venezuelanpolitics.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/economic-news-venezuela/

Chavez Inaugurates Founding Congress of New Socialist Party of …
By tim(tim)
Over one year after he first proposed the formation of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez opened the founding congress of the new party on Saturday with a four hour long speech in the San …
demleft.blogspot.com/2008/01/chavez-
inaugurates-founding-congress-of.html

Fred Schepartz: Buying gas from Venezuela-backed Citgo is right …
The Capital Times – Madison,WI,USA
Hugo Chavez is the democratically elected leader of Venezuela. Yes, he proposed several amendments to the constitution, including the one that got all the …
www.madison.com/tct/opinion/letters/268280

Venezuela Strengthens Ties with Central America
For more details, please click on the link to read the article.
www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context
=viewArticle&code=20080119&articleId=7843

Colombian Paramilitary in Venezuela
Caracas, Jan 18 (Prensa Latina) Colombian paramilitary posses, present in Venezuelan rural zones for many years, are also penetrating the cities and control illegal activities in some neighborhoods, denounced local weekly Temas Friday.
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BD8F37353-
7A2A-4708-A561-3721E50CCE81%7D&language=EN

Prison violence rises in Venezuela
More than an inmate a day died violently in Venezuela’s crowded prisons last year, as riots and weapons trafficking ran rampant behind bars, a human rights group said in an annual report. Some 498 Venezuelan prisoners were killed in …
www.terrorism.com/modules.php?op=mod
load&name=News&file=article&sid=85684

Venezuela: 2007 unemployment rate lowest in 16 years with 6.2 percent
Mathaba.Net – London,UK
Caracas, Jan 18 (ABN).- The unemployment rate in December was placed at 6.2% (774 thousand 463 unemployed people), which is the lowest registered since the …
mathaba.net/news/?x=578619

Relatives of rebel-held hostages discuss Colombia with Venezuela’s …
Source: [b]Associated Press[/b] Relatives of rebel-held hostages discuss Colombia with Venezuela’s Chavez By Christopher Toothaker ASSOCIATED PRESS 7:47 pm January 18, 2008 CARACAS, Venezuela – Relatives of hostages held by Colombia’s …
www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/
duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3147295

Venezuela Strengthens Ties with Central America
By Simon Wood
In a recent 3-day whirlwind tour of Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, Venezuela’s President Chavez strengthened ties between Venezuela and these Central American countries. Chavez also spoke on the troubled relationship between …
www.care2.com/news/member/860103097/607634

Relatives of rebel-held hostages discuss Colombia with Venezuela’s …
San Diego Union Tribune – United States
By Christopher Toothaker AP CARACAS, Venezuela – Relatives of hostages held by Colombia’s largest rebel group sought assistance Friday from Venezuelan …
www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/
20080118-1947-colombia-hostages.html

A blast from the past, here comes nationalisation again
Financial Times – London,England,UK
Hugo Chávez, Venezuela’s populist president, nationalised the largest remaining private telecommunications and electricity companies last year,…
www.ft.com/cms/s/d3d9c920-c632-11dc-8378-0000779fd2ac.html

Venezuela: Unemployment Reaches Record LOW
By leftside(leftside)
Rising employment, spurred in part by increased hiring at government ministries and state-owned companies, has fueled a consumption boom in Venezuela, which has in turn led to a jump in inflation. Consumer prices rose 22.5 percent last …
aviewtothesouth.blogspot.com/2008/01/
venezuela-unemployment-reaches-record.html

Venezuela Faces the Future
Teodoro Petkoff has taken on many roles in his varied life, among them professor, guerrilla, economist, journalist and politician. One of the founders of the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS), he left the party in 1998 when it decided to …
events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/
pubaff.html?event_ID=6096&date=2008-01-25

18/1/08

Colombian Peso Drops Amid US Growth Concern, Venezuela Rift
Bloomberg – USA
18 (Bloomberg) — Colombia’s peso fell on concern that slower US economic growth and a rift with neighboring Venezuela will hurt demand for the nation’s …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601
086&sid=abZn3weQrfT4&refer=latin_america

Venezuela December Unemployment Drops to Record Low (Update1)
Bloomberg – USA
18 (Bloomberg) — Venezuela’s unemployment rate fell to a record low in December as a fourth year of economic growth spurred increased hiring. …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206
01086&sid=aJg_cWr.vvIw&refer=latin_america

Colombian Paramilitary in Venezuela
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
In an article headlined “Venezuela: The Invasion Is On” Venezuelan intellectual Luis Brito assured that he had reports that paramilitary groups, …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BD8F
37353-7A2A-4708-A561-3721E50CCE81%7D

Colombia Guerrillas Have Crossed Into Venezuela, Rosales Says
Bloomberg – USA
Rosales said kidnappings have become a business in western Venezuela, providing incentives for common criminals to kidnap people and sell them to guerrillas …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601
086&sid=ahMLDYa681Zc&refer=latin_america

Kite-pulled ship on its way to Venezuela
Independent Online – Cape Town,South Africa
Bremerhaven – A kite-drawn German freighter was bound for Venezuela Friday on its maiden voyage, testing out wind- assistance for its diesel engines.…
www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_
id=143&art_id=nw20080118162423314C476412

Colombian senator warns against FARC-Venezuela alliance
El Universal – Venezuela
Venezuela’s move to recognize the rebel Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) as a belligerent force could have “very serious political and even …
english.eluniversal.com/2008/01/18/en_
chcol_art_colombian-senator-wa_18A1311777.shtml

Colombia-Venezuela Rift Grows as Chávez Appears to Confirm Support …
… diplomatic crisis between the two neighboring nations. Statements by Chávez and other Venezuelan officials following the hostage release appear to have confirmed Colombia’s suspicions that Venezuela is an ally of the guerrilla groups.
www.worldpoliticsreview.com/Article.aspx?id=1516

Venezuela Lawmakers Approve Joint Venture With China’s CNPC
Bloomberg – USA
18 (Bloomberg) — Venezuela’s National Assembly has approved the creation of a joint venture between a subsidiary of state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela SA …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206010
86&sid=aN6xAzdEdQ5o&refer=latin_america

Likely breaking-off with Colombia may hit Venezuela seriously
El Universal – Venezuela
The Venezuelan government’s threats and discrediting remarks against Colombia are seriously undermining bilateral trade, upon which Venezuela is highly …
english.eluniversal.com/2008/01/18/en_eco
_art_likely-breaking-off_18A1311119.shtml

New Financial Institutions in Venezuela
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
The participation of Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Paraguay and Venezuela grants that organization joint reserves of nearly 300 billion…
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B063
F0E8A-9DC7-44DF-823B-9CE7CF4BBC28%7D

Cuba and Venezuela Take on New Joint Projects
Cuba News – Cuba
Havana, Jan 18 (acn) Relations between Venezuela and Cuba have been the driving force for Latin American integration, said Cuban Minister of Foreign …
www.cubanews.ain.cu/2008/0118cubavenez.htm

Colombia-Venezuela Rift Grows as Chávez Appears to Confirm Support …
World Politics Review – USA
“FARC and the ELN are insurgent forces who have a political and Bolivarian project which is respected in Venezuela,” said Chávez while addressing …
www.worldpoliticsreview.com/article.aspx?id=1516

Venezuela Strengthens Ties with Central America
By Signs of the Times(Signs of the Times)
Caracas – Following a three-day whirlwind tour of Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, Venezuela’s President Chavez returned today with strengthened ties between Venezuela and these Central American countries. …
www.sott.net/articles/show/147373-Venezu
ela-Strengthens-Ties-with-Central-America

Venezuela, oil subsidies, socialism and so forth
By Roobin(Roobin)
The fact of the matter is, for the middle and ruling classes in Venezuela things aren’t that bad. The fuel subsidy is an example of the old privileges that have carried on into the new society. The government could cut the subsidy. …
throughthescarydoor.blogspot.com/2008/01/
venezuela-oil-subsidies-socialism-and.html

The Struggle to Industrialize Venezuela
By Simon Wood
Dear friends, I just found and read this inspiring article about the development of Venezuela. I very much recommend it for anyone who wants to understand how a Third World country can develop its economy and get out of poverty. …
www.care2.com/news/member/860103097/605080

US military chiefs says Venezuelan arms buildup destabilizing
AFP –
Chavez is negotiating with Russia to buy five diesel electric submarines that he says Venezuela needs to protect its extensive offshore oil drilling…
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jGA7N
Mpr2K1HGHSXKGJgUnkKYamA

Italy, Venezuela Strengthen Ties
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
… dealt with the process of Latin American integration, the experience of the government of Venezuela and its relations with the countries of the area. …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B46750B0F-
6E65-46C2-BE1B-6E59AD1253EE%7D&language=EN