News in Republic of Venezuela

• Venezuela's Chavez: Internet should be regulated (NBC26 Green Bay)
  

  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called for regulation of the Internet on Saturday while demanding authorities crack down on a critical news Web site that he accused of spreading false information.
  
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• Venezuela tests its new Chinese jets (Press TV)
  

  Venezuela has tested six training and light attack jets bought from China for defense and the campaign against drug trafficking.
  
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• Venezuela's Chavez calls for internet controls (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
  

  Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, who is criticized by media freedom groups, called on Saturday for regulation of the Internet and singled out a website that he said falsely reported the murder of one of his ministers.
  
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• Venezuela seizes 2 tons of cocaine hidden at port (San Francisco Chronicle)
  

  A Venezuelan police official says security forces have seized two tons of cocaine that was intended to be smuggled to the Netherlands. Federal Police Chief Wilmer Flores Trosel says the drugs were hidden in two bulldozers at a port in the central state of... Police - Venezuela - Cocaine - Law - Law Enforcement
  
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• Venezuela seizes 2 tons of cocaine hidden at port (AP via Yahoo! News)
  

  A Venezuelan police official says security forces have seized two tons of cocaine that was intended to be smuggled to the Netherlands.
  
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• Arrests Expose ETA's Roots In Venezuela (Free Internet Press)
  

  The shadowy underworld of Basque exiles in Caracas is coming under sharp scrutiny after recent arrests in Europe and an indictment this month from one of Spain's top judges asserting that Venezuelan intelligence officials were involved in training Basque separatists and Colombian guerrillas in Venezuela.
  
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• China delivers Venezuela jets for anti-drugs fight (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
  

  CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela on Saturday tested six training and light attack jets bought from China for defence and anti-drugs flights in a deal that dodges an embargo banning sales of U.S. weapons parts to oil exporter Venezuela.
  
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• Arrests Show ETA Roots in Venezuela (International Herald Tribune)
  

  A shadowy underworld of Basque exiles in Caracas is under scrutiny after an indictment from a Spanish judge.
  
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• China delivers Venezuela jets for anti-drugs fight (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
  

  Venezuela on Saturday tested six training and light attack jets bought from China for defence and anti-drugs flights in a deal that dodges an embargo banning sales of U.S. weapons parts to oil exporter Venezuela.
  
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• China delivers Venezuela jets for anti-drugs fight (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
  

  Venezuela on Saturday tested six training and light attack jets bought from China for defense and anti-drugs flights in a deal that dodges an embargo banning sales of U.S. weapons parts to oil exporter Venezuela.
  
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• Arrests Expose ETA’s Roots in Venezuela (New York Times)
  

  An indictment this month from one of Spain's top judges asserts that Venezuelan intelligence officials were involved in training Basque separatists.
  
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• Venezuela pledges $100 million in aid for Haiti (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
  

  CARACAS - President Hugo Chavez Friday announced Venezuela would donate 100 million dollars to help Haiti rebuild itself from last month's devastating earthquake.
  
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• Venezuela’s Dollar Bonds Rise to Seven-Week High on Oil Rally (BusinessWeek)
  

  Venezuela's benchmark dollar bonds rose to a seven-week high on speculation a rally in crude oil, the country's biggest export, will prompt the government to pare back debt sales this year.
  
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• Venezuela’s Dollar Bonds Rise to Seven-Week High on Oil Rally (Bloomberg)
  

  March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Venezuela's benchmark dollar bonds rose to a seven-week high on speculation a rally in crude oil, the country's biggest export, will prompt the government to pare back debt sales this year.
  
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• Venezuela Oil Minister: Payment Deal Expected Soon With Holcim (Fox News)
  

  Venezuela Oil Minister: Payment Deal Expected Soon With Holcim
  
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• Venezuela’s Dollars Bonds Rise to Seven-Week High on Oil Rally (Bloomberg)
  

  March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Venezuela's benchmark dollar bonds rose to a seven-week high on speculation a rally in crude oil, the country's biggest export, will prompt the government to pare back debt sales this year.
  
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• Spain seeks to defuse tension with Venezuela over ETA link - Summary (EARTHtimes.org)
  

  Madrid - Portuguese police have detained a suspected member of the militant Basque separatist group ETA who was trying to fly to Venezuela from Lisbon, police and immigration sources said Friday. The arrest came less than two weeks after a Spanish ju...
  
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• Arrest of ETA suspect sparks questions about alleged Venezuela link (EARTHtimes.org)
  

  Madrid - Portuguese airport police have detained a suspected member of the militant Basque separatist group ETA who was trying to take a flight to Venezuela, Spanish and Portuguese media Friday quoted Spanish police sources as saying. The arrest came...
  
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• Belarusian President Lukashenko to visit Venezuela next week (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
  

  Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko will pay an official visit to Venezuela on March 16-17, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro said on Friday.
  
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• Venezuela Bolivar May Sink as Low as 9, Barclays Says (Update2) (BusinessWeek)
  

  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.
  
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• Venezuela murder-rate quadrupled under Chavez -NGO (Deepika)
  

  CARACAS, Mar 11 (Reuters) 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 organisation.
  
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• Venezuela's Chavez thanks actor Sean Penn for defending him against US media critics (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
  

  CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is grateful that actor Sean Penn has defended him against his critics within the U.S. media. In an appearance on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" last week, Penn slammed Chavez critics who refer to the socialist leader as a dictator.
  
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• Venezuela's Chavez thanks actor Penn for defending him against US media critics (Kitchener - Waterloo Record)
  

  CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is grateful that actor Sean Penn has defended him against his critics within the U.S. media.
  
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• Venezuela seizes top food producer's property (San Francisco Chronicle)
  

  A mayor loyal to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has ordered the expropriation of property owned by the country's largest food producer. Amalia Saez is mayor of the industrial city of Barquisimeto in northwestern Venezuela. She has issued a decree allowing... Venezuela - List of Presidents of Venezuela - Hugo Chávez - South America - Barquisimeto
  
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• 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.
  
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• 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.
  
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• 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.
  
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• 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.
  
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• 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.
  
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• 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
  
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• 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.
  
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• 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
  
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• 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.
  
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• 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.
  
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• 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 ...
  
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• 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).
  
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• 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 ...
  
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