News in Republic of Venezuela

• Venezuela murder-rate quadrupled under Chavez -NGO (AlertNet)
  

  Source: Reuters * Caracas most violent capital in Western Hemisphere * Chavez's popularity affected by crime wave CARACAS, March 11 (Reuters) - Homicides in Venezuela have quadrupled during President Hugo Chavez' ...
  
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• Venezuela’s Bolivar May Sink as Low as 9, Grisanti Says (Bloomberg)
  

  March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Venezuela's bolivar may fall as low as 9 per dollar in the "worst scenario" as the government refrains from selling U.S. currency in the unregulated market to preserve foreign reserves, Barclays Plc said.
  
  29 Vote(s)

• Venezuela murder-rate quadrupled under Chavez: NGO (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
  

  Homicides in Venezuela have quadrupled during President Hugo Chavez's 11 years in power, with two people murdered every hour, according to new figures from a non-governmental organization.
  
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• Torrealba still fears for family in Venezuela (San Francisco Chronicle)
  

  Although Yorvit Torrealba's son is safe, the San Diego Padres catcher still fears for the rest of his family. Nine months after his son was kidnapped by five men in Caracas, Venezuela, and later returned unharmed, Torrealba said his son and wife are now... Venezuela - Yorvit Torrealba - San Diego Padres - Catcher - United States
  
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• Venezuela Approves Oil Joint Venture (The Moscow Times)
  

  CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela's national legislature approved the creation of a joint venture between state energy company Petroleos de Venezuela and National Oil Consortium to pump as much as 450,000 barrels of crude a day.
  
  25 Vote(s)

• Torrealba still fears for family in Venezuela (AP via Yahoo! News)
  

  Although Yorvit Torrealba's son is safe, the San Diego Padres catcher still fears for the rest of his family.
  
  12 Vote(s)

• Turkish tanker crew face drug charges in Venezuela (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
  

  Venezuelan authorities have arrested 23 Turkish oil tanker crew members on drug trafficking charges stemming from a recent bust aboard the vessel.
  
  18 Vote(s)

• Venezuela's top food producer may lose warehouses (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
  

  Allies of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez have cleared the way for the expropriation of warehouses owned by the country's largest food producer.
  
  12 Vote(s)

• SNC-Lavalin to engineer crude oil facilities at Venezuela's state-owned oil firm (Canadian Business)
  

  MONTREAL - SNC-Lavalin has nabbed a new contract to provide conceptual engineering for crude oil facilities at Venezuela's state-owned oil
  
  28 Vote(s)

• SNC-Lavalin to engineer crude oil facilities at Venezuela's state-owned oil firm (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
  

  MONTREAL - SNC-Lavalin has nabbed a new contract to provide conceptual engineering for crude oil facilities at Venezuela's state-owned oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela S.A.
  
  10 Vote(s)

• Hugo Chavez trusts God will end Venezuela's power crisis (TVNZ)
  

  President Hugo Chavez is confident that God and nature will pull Venezuela out of a power crisis battering both the economy and his popularity
  
  36 Vote(s)

• Venezuela Celebrates Women’s Day, Discusses Abortion Rights (Venezuelanalysis.com)
  

  Merida, March 9 th , 2010 (Venezuelanalysis.com) - Yesterday Venezuela celebrated International Women's Day with a ceremony involving 200,000 women and some of Venezuela's highest political female leaders. The women also formed a Bicentenary Front of Women.
  
  30 Vote(s)

• Venezuela takes temporary control of 2 sugar mills, alleging 'hoarding' amid price controls (Sun-Sentinel)
  

  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela's government seized temporary control of two sugar mills Tuesday, accusing managers of hoarding a basic good and violating the labor rights of employees.
  
  33 Vote(s)

• FACTBOX-Facts about Venezuela's energy crisis (AlertNet)
  

  Source: Reuters March 9 (Reuters) - Venezuela's worsening electricity crisis, caused in part by a drought linked to the El Nino climate phenomenon, puts its $300 billion economy at risk of contraction and may cut the ...
  
  20 Vote(s)

• Ousted Honduran President Visits Venezuela (Venezuelanalysis.com)
  

  Merida, March 2 nd , 2010 (Venezuelanalysis.com) - During a visit to Venezuela on Friday and Saturday, deposed Honduran president Manuel Zelaya met with Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and spoke at the extraordinary congress of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV).
  
  12 Vote(s)

• Venezuela linked to terror groups (The Washington Times)
  

  Accusations by Spanish authorities that Venezuela aided an alliance between Basque and Colombian terror groups that plotted joint attacks in Colombia and Spain have revived a debate over Venezuela's possible role as a state sponsor of terrorism. A Feb. 24 indictment issued by Judge Eloy Velasco of Spain's anti-terrorism court specifically cites "Venezuelan governmental cooperation" with 12 ...
  
  27 Vote(s)

• Venezuela linked to terror groups (MalaysiaNews.net)
  

  Martin Arostegui Accusations by Spanish authorities that Venezuela aided an alliance between Basque and Colombian terror groups that plotted joint attacks in Colombia and Spain have revived a debate ...
  
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• Venezuela Food And Drink Report Q1 2010 - New Market Report Published (OfficialWire)
  

  According to our latest Business Environment Ratings (BER) update for the Americas, Venezuela remains - decidedly - placed last in the Q110 matrix of the seven major regional markets.
  
  37 Vote(s)

• Drought snuffs out Venezuela's lightning (Guardian Unlimited)
  

  Lake Maracaibo left in darkness as drought caused by El Niño disrupts weather patterns that cause constant lightning storms In pictures: Venezuela's vanishing lightning Darkness rarely lasted long in the skies over Lake Maracaibo. An hour after dusk the show would begin: a lightning bolt, then another, and another, until the whole horizon flashed white. Electrical storms, product of a unique ...
  
  33 Vote(s)

• Venezuela officially informs ConocoPhillips of international lawsuit (American Petroleum Institute)
  

  ConocoPhillips said it received notice that Venezuela's PDVSA is starting arbitration proceedings with the International Cham - More - 
  
  14 Vote(s)

• Research and Markets: Venezuela Commercial Banking Report Q1 2010 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
  

  DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Venezuela Commercial Banking Report Q1 2010" report to their offering.
  
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• Spain downplays fresh outburst in Venezuela row over ETA and FARC (EARTHtimes.org)
  

  Madrid - Spain on Monday downplayed the latest suggestions of a row between Madrid and Caracas over possible links between the militant Basque separatist group ETA with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Madrid and Caracas had put an ...
  
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• Late goal dooms Korea DPR against Venezuela (Soccer Way)
  

  A late strike by Mario Sánchez gave Venezuela a 2-1 friendly victory over World Cup-bound Korea DPR on Saturday.
  
  25 Vote(s)

• Late goal lets Venezuela squelch North Korea 2-1 (Sports Illustrated)
  

  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Mario Sanchez scored in the final minute of regulation time as Venezuela defeated World-Cup bound North Korea 2-1 in an international friendly Saturday.
  
  33 Vote(s)

• Venezuela beat World Cup-bound North Korea 2-1 (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
  

  Venezuela's new cap Mario Sanchez scored a late winner to hand North Korea a 2-1 defeat in their second World Cup warm-up in three days in the South American country on Saturday.
  
  34 Vote(s)

• Venezuela defeats North Korea 2-1 (Connecticut Post)
  

  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Mario Sanchez scored in the final minute of regulation time as Venezuela defeated World-Cup bound North Korea 2-1 in an international friendly Saturday.
  
  14 Vote(s)

• Venezuela, Spain boost anti-terror ties after row (AFP via Yahoo! News)
  

  Spain and Venezuela vowed Saturday to deepen their anti-terror ties as they sought to dampen a row over Caracas's alleged involvement in plots with guerillas to assassinate the Colombian president.
  
  22 Vote(s)

• Spain and Venezuela end spat over terror accusation (Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News)
  

  MADRID (Reuters) - Spain and Venezuela united to condemn all forms of terrorism on Saturday, ending a spat between the two countries that arose after a Spanish judge alleged links between the Venezuelan government and ETA rebels.
  
  23 Vote(s)

• Spain and Venezuela end spat over terror accusation (AlertNet)
  

  Source: Reuters * Countries issue joint statement condemning terrorism * Declare intent to deepen "friendly and fruitful" ties MADRID, March 6 (Reuters) - Spain and Venezuela united to condemn all ...
  
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• Venezuela ends spat with Spain over ETA links (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
  

  Spain and Venezuela ended a tense spat between governments by issuing a joint statement Saturday in which the Latin American country denied any links with Basque separatists.
  
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• Spain presses Venezuela for cooperation over ETA link (People's Daily)
  

  Spain's Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba pressed Venezuela on Friday for cooperation over the latter's link with Spain's Basque separatist group ETA. Rubalcaba said in a statement that Spain won't give up the efforts to investigate Venezuela's role in the cooperation between the ETA and Colombian Guerrilla group FARC. "We will take this to the end," Rubalcaba added. On Monday, Spanish ..
  
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• Venezuela business eyes closings to curb power use (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
  

  Venezuelan industries and retailers may close their doors one day a week to curb electricity consumption and help the government cope with an energy crisis.
  
  32 Vote(s)

• Venezuela Central Bank to Increase Gold Purchases, Khan Says (Bloomberg)
  

  March 5 (Bloomberg) -- Venezuela's central bank will boost its gold reserves this year and will buy more than half the estimated 20 metric tons of domestic production, bank director Jose Khan said today at an event in Caracas.
  
  20 Vote(s)

• Venezuela, North Korea draw 1-1 (The Star)
  

  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - World Cup qualifier North Korea, wearing borrowed uniforms, played a 1-1 draw with Venezuela on Thursday in a friendly that was ended after 80 minutes due to darkness.
  
  24 Vote(s)

• Venezuela Strengthens National Health System, Marks Advance in Fight Against Poverty (Venezuelanalysis.com)
  

  Mérida, March 4 th , 2010 (venezuelanalysis.com)-- Venezuela will see an increase in health spending this year and expand its immunization program, while statistics also highlight the country's decreasing poverty and inequality.
  
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• Venezuela's Chavez says Clinton trying to 'sow discord' in Latin America (Sun-Sentinel)
  

  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is trying to undermine efforts by Latin American leaders toward regional unity.
  
  16 Vote(s)

• North Korea ties Venezuela in World Cup warmup (Sports Illustrated)
  

  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- North Korea borrowed uniforms as it played a 1-1 tie against Venezuela in a delayed World Cup warmup cut to 80 minutes Thursday due to darkness.
  
  31 Vote(s)

• Venezuela, North Korea draw 1-1 (Connecticut Post)
  

  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - World Cup qualifier North Korea and Venezuela played out a 1-1 draw Thursday in a friendly match that was ended after 80 minutes when darkness set in.
  
  35 Vote(s)

• Venezuela, North Korea tie 1-1 (Connecticut Post)
  

  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - North Korea borrowed uniforms as it played a 1-1 tie against Venezuela in a delayed World Cup warmup cut to 80 minutes Thursday due to darkness.
  
  27 Vote(s)

• Venezuela, North Korea draw 1-1 (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
  

  World Cup qualifier North Korea and Venezuela played out a 1-1 draw Thursday in a friendly match that was ended after 80 minutes when darkness set in. North Korean defender Pak Nam Chol gave the Koreans a 1-0 lead in the seventh minute with Angelo Pena equalizing in the 43rd. The match began two hours late after the North Koreans declined to play in the middle of the afternoon when temperatures..
  
  37 Vote(s)