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Venezuela stories: 157 news summaries

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 Latin American 
 Nations Reject DEA 

Bolivia, Ecuador latest to repudiate US anti-drug operations

Nov 10, 08 12:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Some Latin American countries are pushing back against the US by cutting off DEA operations, the Christian Science Monitor reports. President Evo Morales, saying DEA agents "worked to conduct political espionage," gave them 3 months to leave Bolivia. Ecuador, meanwhile, has refused to renew the US lease on... More »

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Latin America • War on Drugs • Venezuela • DEA • Bolivia • Drug Enforcement Administration • Evo Morales • Ecuador • Hugo Chávez • George W. Bush

Miami Man Convicted in $800K Suitcase Scandal

Businessman was Chávez agent, jury says

Nov 4, 08 8:41 AM CST
(Newser) - The international political funding scandal known as Suitcasegate took a new, diplomatically fraught turn yesterday when a Miami court convicted a businessman of conspiracy and of acting as an "unregistered agent" of the Venezuelan government. The trial concerns a suitcase filled with $800,000 that was intercepted in Buenos... More »

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Venezuela • Miami • corruption • Argentina • Hugo Chávez • Cristina Kirchner • Buenos Aires • Suitcasegate

 OPEC Panics as Oil Plunges 

Cartel plans emergency meeting this week to cut production

Oct 22, 08 8:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Earlier this year the nations of OPEC were riding high as booming economic growth and tight supplies buoyed crude above $100. But now a barrel of oil is $70 and dropping fast, and frightened petroleum producers are holding an emergency meeting this week to discuss a production cut. As the... More »

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Iran • oil • Venezuela • OPEC • recession • petroleum • oil price • oil production

 Penn Hangs Again 
 With Pal Chavez 

Actor and anti-American leader tour natural gas pipeline

Oct 21, 08 11:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sean Penn is again in Venezuela visiting President Hugo Chavez, the New York Post reports. The two met last year, and the actor calls Chavez—who tends to be critical of the US, to put it mildly—"a fascinating guy," while the prez and equally ardent Bush-hater has... More »

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Venezuela • Sean Penn • Hugo Chávez • natural gas • Iraq war

Chavez's Stature Shrinks as Price of Oil Plummets

Venezuela's largesse depends on high volume, expense

Oct 20, 08 11:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hugo Chavez’s days as an international sugar daddy may be ending, at least for now. Chavez has made a habit of lavishing gifts on his political allies, but with crude around $70—less than half its peak price—he may not have the wealth to spread, the Christian ... More »

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Venezuela • Nicaragua • Ecuador • oil price • Hugo Chávez • international aid • oil prices

OPINION

 Hitchens: 
 We're Now 
 a Banana 
 Republic 

Accountability is nil, the president useless

Oct 10, 08 2:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - The credit crisis has laid bare the failings of US government, writes Christopher Hitchens in Vanity Fair, putting us on par with other banana republics such as Zimbabwe and Venezuela. How else to describe this "collusion between the overweening state and certain favored monopolistic concerns, whereby the profits can... More »

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Zimbabwe • Venezuela • Christopher Hitchens • United States • George W. Bush • credit market chaos • banana republics • financial crisis • Wall Street bailout • Bill Maher Grid

Chavez Building Reactor
With Russian Support

Only for 'peaceful purposes,' Chavez insists

Sep 29, 08 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - In his latest challenge to Washington, Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez has announced that his nation is developing a nuclear reactor—with Russian support, Reuters reports. "We are interested in development of nuclear energy, of course for peaceful purposes—for medical purposes, for  electricity," Chavez said yesterday at a... More »

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Russia • Venezuela • Vladimir Putin • Brazil • OPEC • nuclear reactor • Argentina • Hugo Chávez • oil imports

 Resurgent Russia 
 Vows to Beef Up Military 

'Colossus' created with $1B Venezuela military loan, oil deal

Sep 27, 08 6:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia signed a $1 billion military loan deal with Venezuela yesterday while pledging to upgrade its own military, the New York Times reports. The country plans to ratchet its defense budget back up to Cold War levels next year and intends to have new warships built by 2020. President Dmitry... More »

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Russia • Venezuela • Vladimir Putin • Georgia • Russian military • Hugo Chávez • Dmitry Medvedev

Russian Warships Head to Venezuela for 'Training'

Chavez says coordinated exercise is 'warning' to US

Sep 22, 08 11:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russian warships left this morning for coordinated training exercises with the Venezuelan navy, the AFP reports. The group, consisting of a nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser, anti-submarine ship, and supporting craft, were seen firing artillery on the open ocean in tests. Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez said the deployment was a “warning”... More »

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Russia • Syria • Venezuela • Vladimir Putin • Cold War • navy • military exercises

 Russia Snubs US, 
 Sells Arms to Iran 

Rice blasts belligerence as Moscow sells surface-to-air missiles

Sep 19, 08 8:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Defying the objections of the United States, Russia has announced plans to sell military hardware to Iran and Venezuela. In the latest escalation of the diplomatic standoff between Russia and the West, the state arms exporter will sell anti-aircraft systems to the two countries, the Times of London reports. "... More »

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Iran • Russia • Venezuela • Condoleezza Rice • missile • arms deal • weapons • surface to air

US Slaps Sanctions on Chavez Aides

3 charged with backing FARC drug runners, as tensions mount

Sep 13, 08 5:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Escalating the diplomatic crisis with Venezuela, the US has frozen the assets of three members of Hugo Chavez's inner circle it accuses of having links with drug-running Colombian rebels, the Wall Street Journal reports. The sanctions follow the expulsion by Venezuela and Bolivia of their US ambassadors—a move the... More »

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Venezuela • cocaine • Bolivia • diplomat • Evo Morales • FARC • Hugo Chávez • embassy staff • Colombian rebels

 Chavez Boots 
 US Envoy: 
 'Go to Hell, 
 Yankees!' 

Threatens to cut oil shipments

Sep 12, 08 4:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a dramatic move in support of Bolivia, Venezuela President Hugo Chavez yesterday slashed diplomatic ties with the US, booting the American ambassador and calling home his envoy from Washington, reports Reuters. The socialist leader has also threatened to stop all oil shipments to the US—Venezuela’s largest customer—... More »

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Russia • oil • Latin America • Venezuela • Bolivia • Caracas • Evo Morales • Hugo Chávez • embassy staff

 Russian Bombers 
 Land in Venezuela 

Strategic fighters arrive after Chavez's invitation

Sep 11, 08 6:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two Russian bombers have landed at an airfield in Venezuela, where the Russian defense ministry says they will conduct a few days of test flights. The mission comes after Hugo Chávez, the Venezuelan president, invited the Russian air force to conduct operations in its territory. A spokesman for the... More »

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Russia • Venezuela • fighter jet • Hugo Chávez • stealth bomber • airplanes

Former London Mayor Will
Advise Chávez

'Red Ken' seals urban planning deal nixed by his successor

Aug 28, 08 6:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ken Livingstone, London's mayor from 2000 until his election defeat this May, has found a new job: consultant to Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chávez. "Red Ken," who has long been a supporter of the socialist president, will advise pro-government mayors on urban planning, reports the BBC. Last year... More »

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Venezuela • London • Ken Livingstone • Caracas • Hugo Chávez

Chavez Grabs Vast New Powers With Dictator Decrees

List includes a personal militia

Aug 6, 08 2:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Avowed US foe Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has drastically expanded his powers with a litany of personal decrees that bypass the nation's legislature, reports the Wall Street Journal. Some of the decrees enact laws specifically rejected by the electorate in a referendum just months ago. More »

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Venezuela • Hugo Chávez • Luis Miquilena • National Armed Forces • Banco de Venezuela

 China's Thirst for
 Gaz-Guzzlers
 Boosts Oil Demand

SUV sales jump 43% over last year

Jul 28, 08 3:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - While soaring gas prices are driving Americans to buy more energy-efficient cars, Chinese consumers are opting for gas-guzzling Buicks and Hummers, reports the Washington Post. China accounts for 40% of the world's recent increase in oil demand. There were few private cars in China 15 years ago, but today... More »

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China • Russia • Saudi Arabia • Venezuela • India • gas prices • Hummer • oil demand • Buick • oil subsidies • International Energy Agency

 Chavez: I'd Welcome Russian Troops in Venezuela

Seeking military pact with Moscow to ward of North American 'invasion'

Jul 23, 08 3:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is on a two-day trip to Moscow seeking closer military and economic ties —and raising the possibility that Russian troops may be stationed in Venezuela. Chavez and Russian president Dmitry Medvedev have already agreed to extend an energy partnership and are negotiating an arms deal... More »

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Russia • Venezuela • Vladimir Putin • Hugo Chávez • Dmitry Medvedev

GLOSSIES

Chavez: US Confrontation 'Inevitable'

But Venezuelan leader receives steadying advice from Castro

Jun 23, 08 3:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - With the US distracted by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been busy amassing a Latin American power bloc to blunt Washington’s influence. But the firebrand leader, who calls President Bush “the devil” and the US “the empire,” is receiving level-headed... More »

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oil • Venezuela • Fidel Castro • Cuba • United States • Colombia • Hugo Chávez • Alvaro Uribe • George W. Bush

Four Nations Fight Microsoft Doc Standard

Brazil, Venezuela, South Africa and India target format

Jun 10, 08 3:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Four nations have appealed to stop the fast-track adoption of Microsoft’s Office Open XML file format as an international standard, a world standards body announced yesterday. Venezuela, Brazil, South Africa and India have all appealed. The exact reason is unknown, but many have complained that the March vote to... More »

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Microsoft • Venezuela • India • Brazil • South Africa • Open XML • International Organization for Standardization • OOXML

 Analysts See Oil Bust Ahead 

Stronger dollar, other factors will take air out of 'classic' bubble

Jun 4, 08 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - The oil price surge is just like the dot-com boom, analysts at Lehman Brothers tell the Wall Street Journal, and costs will sharply decline once the US dollar strengthens and demand dips in certain countries. Lehman claims oil is experiencing the "classic ingredients of an asset bubble," and... More »

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Russia • Venezuela • Mexico • Lehman Brothers • oil price • crude oil • oil bubble • speculators

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