Venezuela Newslinks Dec 1-12

VENEZUELA NEWSLINKS DECEMBER 1-12 2004

12/12/04

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias postpones 24-hour visit to …
VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA
… hour visit and to meet with Cuban President Fidel Castro marking the 10th anniversary of his first trip to Cuba in 1994 as the then leader of Venezuela’s MBR …

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CIA Documents Cast New Light on Washington’s Role in Venezuela
ZNet – Woods Hole,MA,USA
WASHINGTON, December 8. When it comes to Venezuela’s rocky diplomatic relations with the United States, Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez is usually given the …

www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=1444
Venezuela “Deeply Troubled” by US Persecution of Journalists
Venezuelanalysis.com – Caracas,Venezuela
Caracas, Venezuela. Dec 11, 2004 (Venezuelanalysis.com).- Venezuela’s Information and Communications Minister Andres Izarra expressed …

www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/world/10392872.htm
Penalties Stiff for Slander in Venezuela
Miami Herald (subscription) – Miami,FL,USA
CARACAS, Venezuela – A new penal code approved by Venezuela’s Congress would stiffen prison sentences for slander and libel, drawing criticism from opponents …

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Venezuela cracks down on dollar dealers
Ireland Online – Dublin,Ireland
Venezuelans and foreigners attempting to buy or sell US dollars on the black market will face jail if ruling party lawmakers approve a pending law punishing …

11/12/04

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Venezuelan State news agency VENPRES’ round-up — December 10 …
VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA
… With respect to Venezuela, Iran and Indonesia, the decision will not affect them because they are not exceeding their oil production quotas. …

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Venezuela “deeply troubled” by arrest of US reporter
Khaleej Times – Dubai,United Arab Emirates
… Izarra said he had instructed Venezuela’s ambassador to the Organization of American States to “take up this matter for discussion before the body.”. …

www.voanews.com/english/2004-12-10-voa52.cfm
New Media Law Draws Criticism in Venezuela
Voice of America – Washington,DC,USA
A new media law that came into force this week in Venezuela has caused widespread concern among Venezuelan and international human rights and press freedom …

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Interior & Justice Minister Jesse Chacon: Venezuela will request …
VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA
Venpres (Anaís Pérez): The Venezuelan government will request the extradition from the United States of Johan Pena … suspected …

10/12/04

www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=1442
Corruption – How does Venezuela measure up?
Venezuelanalysis.com – Caracas,Venezuela
… extremely corrupt). In Venezuela, the judicial system was rated as the most corrupt institution, with an index of 4.3. The legislature …

www.cubanet.org/CNews/y04/dec04/10e9.htm
Self-censorship in Venezuela
CubaNet – Coral Gables,FL,USA
By John Germany, Vcrisis, Venezuela, December 10, 2004. 10.12.04 | It’s official: the Venezuelan president has, as was expected, signed …

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Venezuela’s international reserves have now reached US$23.097 …
VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA
… million dollars during the first week of December, placing reserves at $23,097 million, according to the latest report from the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV …

www.venezuelanalysis.com/articles.php?artno=1333
CIA Documents Cast New Light on Washington’s Role in Venezuela
Venezuelanalysis.com – Caracas,Venezuela
WASHINGTON. When it comes to Venezuela’s rocky diplomatic relations with the United States, Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez is usually given the blame. …

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Americans in Venezuela to support leftist leader
San Francisco Chronicle – San Francisco,CA,USA
Caracas, Venezuela — When Katie Lahey arrived here in the spring, she didn’t go to the country’s scenic beaches or picturesque mountain villages like most US …

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The mountains of Venezuela rise steeply out of the warm Caribbean …
VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA
US Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees’ Beatrice Lumpkin writes: The mountains of Venezuela rise steeply out of the warm Caribbean Sea. …

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Spain’s Foreign Minister Claims Aznar Government Supported …
DisInfo.com – USA
‘Spanish foreign minister Miguel Angel Moratinos has refused to retract his claims that the former Popular Party (PP) government under the leadership of Jose …

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Oil up over supply call
Gulf Daily News – Manama,Bahrain
… Kuwait, Venezuela, Libya and the UAE have urged greater compliance by Opec with its output target of 27 million barrels per day (bpd) due to concerns that oil …

www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4663868,00.html
Some Venezuela TV Channels Alter Programs
Guardian – UK
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Some Venezuelan television channels began altering their programs Thursday, citing fears of penalties under a new law restricting …

news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/10/content_2316520.htm
One killed, 40 injured in riots in Venezuela
Xinhua – Beijing,China
CARACAS, Dec. 9 (Xinhuanet) — One person was killed and 40 others injured when some street vendors clashed with police in downtown …

www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=1441
Venezuela Signs South American Integration
Venezuelanalysis.com – Caracas,Venezuela
… Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay are full members of MERCOSUR, and Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Ecquador, and Bolivia make up the Andean Community. …

www.cato.org/dailys/12-09-04.html
No Bail for Venezuela
Cato Institute – Washington,DC,USA
… Spanish-language news organization based in Florida. Judicial terrorism is nothing new in Venezuela. Together with an urge to control …

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Venezuela to ask US to extradite suspect involved in murder
Xinhua – Beijing,China
9 (Xinhuanet) — Venezuela will request the United States to extradite a suspect who is implicated in the murder of political crimes prosecutor Danilo Anderson …

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Humberto Marquez: Intellectuals of the world express support for …
VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA
… One of the goals of the network is to counteract the frequent negative and biased international press coverage of current events in Venezuela by spreading …

9/12/04

www.pww.org/article/articleview/6210/1/243/
Workers witness Venezuela?s Bolivarian Revolution
People’s Weekly World – USA
In late November, Chicagoans Beatrice Lumpkin and her husband Frank, a retired steelworker leader, traveled to Venezuela. The mountains …

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Venezuela gets new media law
MENAFN – Middle East
CARACAS, Venezuela, Dec. … During a short-lived coup in April 2002, Venezuela’s independent TV stations appeared to side with the opposition. …

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Venezuela for $30 a barrel:
New Kerala – Ernakulam,Kerala,India
[Business India]: Caracas, Dec 9 : Venezuela plans to propose a minimum oil price of $30 a barrel at the coming extraordinary meeting of the Organisation of …

www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=23902
Colombia and Venezuela: Labor in Canada builds solidarity
VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA
… Columbia Federation of Labor convention in Vancouver, an international solidarity evening was held, highlighting the situations in Venezuela and Colombia …

english.pravda.ru/world/20/91/368/14698_.html
Controversy in Venezuela over new media law
Pravda – Moscow,Russia
A new media law passed by the Venezuela’s National Parliament enters into force on Thursday, as President Hugo Chavez confirmed he has already approved it. …

www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/international/latin_america/10371467.htm
Bolivar falls to 6-week low against dollar in trading
Miami Herald (subscription) – Miami,FL,USA
Venezuela’s bolivar tumbled to a six-week low, extending its decline to 9 percent since devaluation announcements. BY ALEX KENNEDY AND PETER WILSON. …

www.nytimes.com/2004/12/09/international/americas/09venez.html
Venezuela Chief Signs Press Law Some See as Aimed at His Critics
New York Times – New York,NY,USA
BOGOTÁ, Colombia, Dec. 8 – President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela signed a new law on Wednesday that would permit the government to censor news reports. …

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Gunfire Wounds 14 as Venezuela Street Vendors Riot
ABC News – USA
Dec 8, 2004 — CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuelan police firing tear gas and shotgun pellets clashed with rioting street vendors in Caracas on …

www.forbes.com/business/feeds/ap/2004/12/08/ap1699522.html
Venezuela to Create New Petrochemical Co.
Forbes – New York,NY,USA
Venezuela will create a new petrochemical company, in an effort to emphasize the petrochemical business in the country, a ranking government official said. …

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Venezuela’s media mafia wants unilateral ‘freedom’ to lie through …
VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA
CARACAS, Venezuela (December 7, 2004) The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) expressed strong criticism of the newly-passed Law on Social Responsibility …

8/12/04

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Police, peddlers clash in Venezuelan city
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Seattle,WA,USA
CARACAS, Venezuela — Police and National Guard troops fired tear gas and plastic bullets at crowds of angry street vendors in Venezuela’s capital Wednesday as …

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Venezuelan Bolivar Weakens to 3-Month Low in Street Trading
Bloomberg – USA
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) — Venezuela’s bolivar tumbled to a three-month low against the dollar in street trading, extending its declines to 9 percent since former …

www.venezuelanalysis.com/articles.php?artno=1332
Venezuela — Colombia: To Washington’s Chagrin, Economics …
Venezuelanalysis.com – Caracas,Venezuela
… Bush confidante and echo Condoleezza Rice, Washington likely will continue to emerge as an even more disruptive force towards Venezuela — Colombia relations …

www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=1440
US Congressman Blasts Bush Administration for Handling of …
Venezuelanalysis.com – Caracas,Venezuela
… coup threats and downplayed the role that dissident military officers played in carrying out the coup against President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela on April 11 …

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Venezuelan State news agency VENPRES’ round-up — December 7, 2004
VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA
… Venpres (Betty Colina).- US Ambassador to Venezuela William R. Brownfield visited official state news agency, Venpres, yesterday to initiate a process of …

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Stephen Johnson
National Review Online – USA
Take, for instance, Venezuela, where President Hugo Chávez is laboring mightly to mute American influence in the Western Hemisphere. …

www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=1439
Venezuela Embraces Open Source Software but Faces Challenges
Venezuelanalysis.com – Caracas,Venezuela
Dec, 8, 2004 (Venezuelanalysis.com).- Venezuela’s government is quickly moving towards the adoption of Open Source software, in a bid to save money and move …

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US wrestles with Venezuela policy
BBC News – London,England,UK
By Iain Bruce. “What’s her name?” quipped President Hugo Chavez, as he came out from voting in Venezuela’s local elections last month. “Condolences Rice?”. …

www.venezuelanalysis.com/articles.php?artno=1331
Problems and Opportunities for Citizen Power in Venezuela
Venezuelanalysis.com – Caracas,Venezuela
… Yet the particular model implemented in Venezuela is not without its flaws. … Participatory democracy in Venezuela still remains at a theoretical stage. …

www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=1438
Venezuela’s Chavez and Inter American Press Association go Head to …
Venezuelanalysis.com – Caracas,Venezuela
… This announcement coincides with the visit of IAPA to Venezuela, an organization that Chávez has denounced as having “taken up the fight of the private …

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Venezuela holds baseball winter league All-Star game in …
VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA
Venezuela’s winter baseball league plays host this evening to its mid season All-Star game between the western and eastern divisions. …

7/12/04

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Oil market prepares for OPEC´s next move –
FXStreet.com – Barcelona,Catalunya,Spain
… The former group includes Iran and Venezuela, which called for cuts to the production quota last month, said Michael Lynch, president of Strategic Energy & …

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Statement by Venezuela’s Communication & Information Ministry …
VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA
In an official statement, Venezuela’s Communication & Information Ministry says it feels compelled to respond to the InterAmerican Press Association (IAPA) on …

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Talk: building a caring economy in Venezuela
Black Information Link – UK
She is in the network of users of Banmujer, the Women’s Development Bank of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. An exceptional …

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Venezuela November vehicle sales up 128.3%
AWKnowledge (subscription) – London,UK
By AWKnowledge staff writer (AG). New vehicle sales in Venezuela leapt 128.3% to 16,917 units in November, backed by tax incentives on ‘family cars’. …

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Venezuela’s Health Ministry (MSDS) issues alert ahead of invasion …
VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA
Venezuela’s Ministry of Health & Social Development (MSDS) has issued a warning ahead of a possible invasion by Lepidoptera Saturniidae (Luna moths) in …

6/12/04

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Colombia and Venezuela: Labour in Canada builds solidarity
Seven Oaks – Vancouver,BC,Canada
… Federation of Labour convention in Vancouver, an international solidarity evening was held on November 30, highlighting the situations in Venezuela and Colombia …

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Venezuela dismisses finance minister
Financial Times – London,England,UK
Venezuela’s finance minister has been dismissed after making inopportune public comments that bankers said appeared to be deliberately chosen to ensure his …

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Venezuela, Algeria to enhance commercial ties in energy sector
Xinhua – Beijing,China
6 (Xinhuanet) — Venezuela and Algeria, both membersof the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), aspire to enhance their commercial relations …

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Art saved by biotechnology in Venezuela
swissinfo – Switzerland
By Pascal Fletcher. are working to preserve Venezuela’s rich cultural heritage from the ravages of the tropical climate. The team …

www.forbes.com/work/feeds/ap/2004/12/06/ap1694050.html
IMF Hints Venezuela Should Save Revenues
Forbes – New York,NY,USA
Representatives of the International Monetary Fund hinted Monday that Venezuela should save more oil revenues, and offered to help the Andean country improve …

www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=1437
World Forum of Intellectuals and Artists in Venezuela Ends with …
Venezuelanalysis.com – Caracas,Venezuela
President Chavez pledged to provide an office and resources in Venezuela to initiate a “network of networks” of social organizations and institutions around …

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Miami group claims 500 Barrio Adentro doctors have fled Venezuela
VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA
According to a Miami-based organization, Solidaridad sin Fronteras (SSF), 500 Cuban doctors brought over to Venezuela under the Barrio Adentro health scheme …

www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=23851
Franz JT Lee — Venezuela: The Truth beats Censorship
VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA
… terrorism of whatever caliber, be it incitement of violence on the internet, be it the continuous diatribe being spit out daily by Venezuela’s private media on …

5/12/04

www.greenleft.org.au/back/2004/609/609p12.htm
VENEZUELA: An unfolding revolution
Green Left Weekly – Chippendale,NSW,Australia
… At the World Social Forum in January 2003, Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez described how, in the lead-up to his 1998 election, a political force was built …

www.greenleft.org.au/back/2004/609/609p24.htm
US backs Venezuelan terrorists
Green Left Weekly – Chippendale,NSW,Australia
… since. Now, it is Venezuela’s pro-worker government that is in Washington’s gun sights. … Venezuela is not Grenada. Venezuela …

www.greenleft.org.au/back/2004/609/609p14.htm
VENEZUELA: Education for revolution
Green Left Weekly – Chippendale,NSW,Australia
… Since the late 1980s, a wave of neoliberalism led to gradual privatisation of Venezuela’s already limited public education system, and added new fees to …

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US Ambassador William Brownfield: Most US companies invest in …
VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA
Venpres: After a meeting with the Governor of Miranda State, Diosdado Cabello, US Ambassador to Venezuela, William Brownfield has claimed that a great majority …

www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=23834
Franz JT Lee — Venezuela: Revolutionary praxis and theory?
VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA
Workers from all over America and the Caribbean will attend the Second Bolivarian Congress of the Peoples in Venezuela (December 6-9) to defend the unity and …

www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=23846
Chris Herz: Relationship with USA is not and never can be …
VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA
… traditional social status quo. This being so, why should Venezuela expect that any reconciliation is possible? Historical events show …

www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=23835
Carlos Herrera: Can we really accept this sort of terrorism on the …
VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA
Yesterday I had a conversation with someone about Venezuela and its problems. … Boyd has to realize that he is not in Venezuela … …

www.iht.com/articles/2004/12/03/news/venez.html
Documents show CIA knew of Venezuela plot
International Herald Tribune – Paris,France
BOGOTÁ The CIA was aware that dissident military officers and opposition figures in Venezuela were planning a coup against President Hugo Chávez in 2002 …

www.boston.com/news/world/latinamerica/articles/
2004/12/03/venezuela_appeals_coup_acquittals
Venezuela appeals coup acquittals
Boston Globe – Boston,MA,USA
CARACAS — Venezuela’s government asked the Supreme Court yesterday to overturn the acquittals of the military ringleaders of a 2002 coup against President …

www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=23814
Venezuela to adjust US$ exchange rate to 2,150 bolivares as of …
VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA
… Venezuela is recovering from an economic slump which was induced by political opposition sabotage, including a 2-day coup d’etat and a crippling 2-month …

www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=23832
Venezuela urges UN to guarantee existence and development of …
VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA
… at the first post-Arafat plenary meeting on the annual consideration of the question of Palestine at the United Nations in New York, Venezuela’s deputy UN …

www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=1435
Venezuela’s Attorney General Asks Court to Review Exoneration of …
Venezuelanalysis.com – Caracas,Venezuela
Caracas, December 3, 2004—Yesterday, Attorney General Isaías Rodríguez asked the Constitutional Chamber of Venezuela’s Supreme Court to reverse a ruling …

3/12/04

washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041203-035109-5756r.htm
El Salvador turns over murder suspects
Washington Times – Washington,DC,USA
Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 3 (UPI) — El Salvador expelled from its embassy in the Venezuelan capital Friday two police officers accused …

www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=23826
London terrorist activity must justly be frowned upon by British …
VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA
… have enough things to attend to rather than making myself feel nauseous reading the rabid garbage published in thr opposition financed hate-Venezuela site, but …

www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=23825
Oscar Heck: We all make mistakes in life … but some of us do it …
VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA
VHeadline.com commentarist Oscar Heck writes: Almost every time that a major event happens in Venezuela (which is often), VHeadline.com writers receive a …

www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N03701776.htm
El Salvador denies asylum to Venezuelan ex-officers
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
CARACAS, Venezuela, Dec 3 (Reuters) – El Salvador on Friday denied a request for asylum from two Venezuelan former police commanders facing charges for …

www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4650710,00.html
CIA Documents: US Knew of Venezuela Coup
Guardian – UK
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – The US Central Intelligence Agency knew dissident military officers were planning a coup in 2002 against Venezuelan President Hugo …

2/12/04

news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/03/content_2290069.htm
Chavez: Aznar supported Venezuelan coup in 2002
Xinhua – Beijing,China
… it has been verified that the right-wing government of former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar supported the short-lived coup in April 2002 in Venezuela …

www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_14124.shtml
John Pilger: What happens in Venezuela is incredibly important to …
Axis of Logic – Boston,MA,USA
… Pilger spoke passionately about the movement for radical social change in Venezuela … “What happens in Venezuela is incredibly important to all of us.”. …

www.venezuelanalysis.com/articles.php?artno=1328
The Legal and Practical Basis of Citizen Power in Venezuela
Venezuelanalysis.com – Caracas,Venezuela
… When these structural adjustment policies came to Venezuela in 1989, during the second Presidential term of Carlos Andrés Pérez,[2] the country was …

1/12/04

www.venezuelanalysis.com/articles.php?artno=1327
A People’s Health System in Venezuela
Venezuelanalysis.com – Caracas,Venezuela
Caracas, Venezuela — “Much of our health problem has to do not so much with economic factors as with the organization of communities,” explains Luis …

www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=23792
Oscar Heck: Just imagine if VHeadline.com Venezuela did not exist?
VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA
… unfortunately!). But what does all this have to do with Venezuela? Lots. … But now … the good news. Venezuela is luckily heading in the opposite direction. …

www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=23789
Iran and Venezuela oppose unilateralism; pinpoint importance of …
VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA
The Iranian News Agency (IRNA): Iran and Venezuela have pinpointed the importance of establishing peace and stability in the international arena and opposing …

www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=23791
Venezuela-Colombia: To Washington’s chagrin, economics bridge …
VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA
… Bush confidante and echo Condoleezza Rice, Washington likely will continue to emerge as an even more disruptive force towards Venezuela — Colombia relations …

www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=1431
Venezuela Political Scene Explored in New Documentary
Venezuelanalysis.com – Caracas,Venezuela
Dec 1, 2004.- Turmoil, a new documentary that peels back the layers of political upheaval that have troubled Venezuela in recent years, is set to make its …

washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041201-084837-2148r.htm
Spain: Ex-leaders supported Venezuela coup
Washington Times – Washington,DC,USA
1 (UPI) — Spain’s previous government supported the 2002 coup in Venezuela that temporarily ousted President Hugo Chavez, the foreign minister said Wednesday. …

www.agi.it/english/news.pl?doc=200412011402-1091
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FROM VENEZUELA TO ROMA: BELTS FILLED WITH COCAINE
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia – Italy
… the skins of their travel bags of their document holders and their wallets in a special mix of drugs and solvents to import cocaine in Italy from Venezuela. …

www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=23785
Candlelight vigil in London in memory of assassinated prosecutor …
VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA
… bomb in Caracas. The vigil has been organized by the Hands Off Venezuela campaign and the UK Bolivarian Circle. Danilo Anderson …

www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L01607245.htm
Spain backed Venezuela coup but took no part-minister
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
… Spain’s foreign minister said on Wednesday the previous government had given its diplomatic blessing to a short-lived 2002 coup in Venezuela, but did not take …

1/12/04

hrw.org/english/docs/2004/11/30/venezu9754.htm
Venezuela: Media Law Undercuts Freedom of Expression
Human Rights Watch – USA
(Washington, November 24, 2004) — A draft law to increase state control of television and radio broadcasting in Venezuela threatens to undermine the media…

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Washington opposes Venezuela arms build-up
Financial Times – London,England,UK
… by Sean McCormack, the National Security Council spokesman at the White House, who said the comment simply reflected the fact that Venezuela's arms build-up…

news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/30/content_2276988.htm
Iran, Venezuela ink 5 economic deals
Xinhua – Beijing,China
30 (Xinhuanet) — Venezuela and Iran have signed five agreements to boost economic and commercial cooperation, during a state visit by Venezuelan President…

www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N30359651.htm
Ex-policeman charged in murder of Venezuelan prosecutor
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
CARACAS, Venezuela, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Venezuelan authorities filed homicide and explosives charges on Tuesday against a former police officer accused in the…

www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=6959583
US Official Concerned About Venezuela Arms Plans
Reuters – NY,USA
OTTAWA (Reuters) – A senior US official on Tuesday took a dim view of the possibility that Venezuela would buy Russian MiG-29 fighter jets to replace its US…

www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=23781
Thrilled with what ordinary real people in Venezuela are…
VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA
… circulating on the web. I am thrilled with this man and what he and ordinary real people in Venezuela are accomplishing. I only wish…

www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=23778
El Salvador FMLN opposes granting of asylum to ex-PMs Vivas and…
VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA
… the granting of political refuge to the two chiefs of police who are being investigated with regards to murders during the fail coup of April 2002 in Venezuela…