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The Chavez administration is infested with political “chameleons” who have colored themselves precisely to match the revolutionary government and its intentions!
By: Rev. Obed Juan Vizcaino Najera
Manuel Rosales’ escape has revealed a lot of things that had been lurking in his shadow for years … ten years exactly. We have previously denounced this as a weakness in our Biolivarian Revolution .. an eternal political naivete which is simply ab
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Revaluation of the bolivar means the price of imports will fall significantly
By: Arthur Shaw
For time being, it seems that Hugo Chavez prefers, if possible, to keep the official foreign exchange rate for the bolivar against the dollar at Bs.F 2.15 = 1 US$ … but in line with consensus opinion among socialist economists expressed with mathem
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Canada rejects social responsibility for mining companies operating abroad
By: Yves Engler
Barrick Gold and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce opposed the position of the Mining Association of Canada (a group not known for radicalism) and lobbied the Conservatives to reject the roundtable’s recommendations. And they won. After stalling on th
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Venezuela gasoline price hike in sight — unchanged for the last 13 years!
By: Laht.com
The government sent out another reminder to the public that the time had come for gasoline prices — unchanged for the last 13 years — to go up. The warning from Finance Minister Ali Rodriguez Araque came amid gathering signs that problems are pilin
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VZLA arrest warrant issued for another ex-Chavista Governor who defected
By: Laht.com
Interior & Justice Minister Tarek El Assaimi said that an international arrest warrant on corruption charges had been issued by a court for the capture of a former State Governor who fell out of favor with President Hugo Chavez and the ruling United
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Barrio Adentro healthcare workers in uproar over pay arrears and benefits
By: Laht.com
Employees of Barrio Adentro, President Hugo Chavez’ network of basic health centers in poorer districts of the country, are up in arms about arrears in payments and welfare benefits, and gathered outside the Labor Ministry to make their point earlier
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Eight Colombian soldiers arrested charged and with extrajudicial executions
By: Laht.com
Agents of Colombia’s Attorney General’s Office arrested eight soldiers in the northeastern part of the country, accusing them of extrajudicial executions as part of the so-called “false-positives” scheme, or the slaying of youths they claimed to be g
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Miguel Octavio: Venezuelan Bs.F falls to a new low of against the US$
By: Miguel Octavio
In the unregulated parallel market, Venezuela’s beleaguered currency fell to a new low of 6.75-7.10 on Thursday before rebounding slightly to close at 6.80-6.90 on Friday. Miguel Octavio, Executive Director and head of research at Venezuela’s leading
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No criminal charges laid yet in $-multi-million fraud at Guyana Customs
By: The Stabroek News
No criminal charges have been laid against anyone for the multimillion-dollar Polar beer fraud at Customs (in Georgetown, Guyana), despite recommendations by a special task force that several officers be prosecuted for their part in the scheme. Since
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Delaware labor leaders delegation leaves on weeklong visit to Venezuela
By: Angie Basiouny
A delegation of labor leaders is leaving Delaware on Sunday for a weeklong visit to Venezuela, to share ideas with government and business officials there. The trip highlights the ongoing relationship Delaware has had with the South American nation
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Chicago Tribune letter writer Larry Vigon: “Dealing with Chavez!”
By: Chicago Tribune
This is regarding “Obama touts benefits of diplomacy at summit; He says no strategic harm done by being friendly to Chavez” (April 20). Those who criticize President Barack Obama for exchanging pleasantries with President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela
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Interview with Economic Sciences psychologist Axel Capriles, Ph.D.
By: El Universal
Yes, because little by little a process of disintegration and break with values, social cohesion, moral roots, institutions and rules has been created. In this way, we have reached an emotional climate different from the prevailing environment in 200
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Interview with former Caracas Metropolitan Mayor Juan Barreto Cipriani
By: El Universal
As soon as Juan Barreto stopped being the Caracas Metropolitan Mayor, he went back to teaching at the University of the Armed Forces (Unefa) and the Central University of Venezuela (UCV). He has his own radio show and a weekly called ‘Panfleto Insurg
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Happy to shake hands with Obama, Chavez says USA is still an Empire
By: Laht.com
“I gladly gave my hand to the president of the United States; he made a gesture and I have to acknowledge it,” the leftist president said of his encounter with Obama at the summit in Trinidad & Tobago’s capital. “Gentleman Obama came directly to shak
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Venezuelan Bishops call on Chavez’ government to respect election results
By: Catholic News Agency (CNA)
Venezuela Bishops of meeting in Plenary Assembly have issued a statement calling on government officials to respect the will of the people and not to seek to impose the government’s agenda on the country by force. The bishops lamented that the action
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New ambassador Medina Rubio heads for Lima-Peru to take office
By: El Universal
The Peruvian government gave the placet to the new Venezuelan ambassador to Peru, Aristides Medina Rubio, who will travel “in the next few days” to take office, a press release from the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported on Friday. Medin
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CTV trade union to stage march on May 1 for labor rights and democracy
By: El Universal
Pablo Castro, Secretary for Labor Conflicts, Venezuelan Workers’ Confederation (CTV), called upon workers to demonstrate next May 1 against the delay in the signature of collective bargaining agreements of education, electricity and steel workers, am
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Kenneth T. Tellis: The beginnings of Hypocrisy and its end result…
By: Kenneth T. Tellis
The Ottoman Turks were fanatical Muslims and their acts of barbarism still echo in the Armenian community worldwide. The 1916 – 21 genocide of between 1-2 million Armenians by Turkey should not have been condoned .. but how could the German allies o
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Venezuelan Laura Testini excels at Community College, wins scholarship
By: Sandy Wall
Craven Community College student Laura Testini has excelled in her engineering, science and high-level math courses. While that’s an impressive feat, it’s more amazing when you consider she’s being taught in her second language. Testini is a native o
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