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Venezuelan government officials backed by National Guard troops seized control of cement plants owned by Mexico’s Cemex SAB after failing to reach a deal on terms for nationalizing them.
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The Venezuelan government has ordered all McDonald’s restaurants in the country closed for 48 hours for what it calls irregularities in the fast-food...
made popular Oct 10 2008
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Give up your gas-guzzler and get a free car. That’s President Hugo Chavez’s offer to Venezuelans.
made popular Oct 6 2008
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Bureaucrats in oil-rich Venezuela can look forward to fewer expensive SUVs, top-of-the-line mobile telephones and whiskey-fueled parties next year.
made popular Oct 5 2008
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Venezuela’s state-owned bank says it will not be affected by the U.S. financial crisis.
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A former Venezuelan defense minister who is a prominent critic of President Hugo Chavez has been detained by military intelligence agents.
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Venezuelan authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a student leader who helped organize protests against constitutional amendments proposed by President...
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The attorney general said Monday she is seeking to freeze the assets of two Venezuelans jailed in the U.S. in a case involving the seizure of a cash-filled suitcase.
made popular Sep 29 2008
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President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that Russia will help Venezuela develop nuclear energy _ a move likely to raise U.S. concerns over increasingly close cooperation...
made popular Sep 29 2008
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A monument to the late Colombian rebel leader Manuel Marulanda, who died in March at age 78, is going up in a poor Caracas neighborhood.
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Venezuelan authorities have arrested two people suspected of plotting to kill Hugo Chavez by blowing up the president’s plane with an anti-tank weapon, the...
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Venezuelan authorities have arrested two people suspected of plotting to kill Hugo Chavez by blowing up the president’s plane with heavy artillery, the...
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez began a five-nation tour Sunday with a stop in Cuba to visit ailing former leader Fidel Castro.
made popular Sep 22 2008
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Venezuela is taking issue with a John McCain campaign ad focusing on President Hugo Chavez.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says both U.S. presidential candidates have been making “gratuitous attacks” against him, but he won’t rise to the...
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Venezuela is urging the Vatican to turn over a government opponent who has sought refuge inside the Vatican’s diplomatic mission for the past year and a half.
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A Venezuelan government opponent who has sought refuge inside the Vatican’s diplomatic mission for the last year and a half has been granted asylum by the Holy...
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President Hugo Chavez reprimanded skeptics on Sunday for questioning his warnings that Washington is out to kill him _ an accusation that Venezuela’s opposition...
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has observed military exercises with planes dropping bombs and commandos resisting a mock invasion.
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Venezuela has deported two suspected drug traffickers wanted in Colombia and the United States.
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The Bush administration on Thursday ordered the expulsion of Bolivia’s ambassador to the U.S. after Bolivia expelled the U.S. envoy there in an escalating...
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Venezuela is moving ahead with the nationalization of foreign-owned cement companies, President Hugo Chavez said Sunday, a day before the expiration of a 60-day period...
made popular Aug 17 2008
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A 10-day strike by cement truck drivers who work at some of New York City’s biggest construction sites has been settled.Teamsters Local 282 spokeswoman Carolyn...
made popular Jul 11 2008
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Hundreds of cement-truck drivers are on strike in New York, stalling work at some of the largest construction projects in the city.The strike began on Tuesday and could...
made popular Jul 2 2008
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Venezuela said Monday that it will take control of three foreign-owned cement businesses, but will let the current owners keep minority shares.Oil Minister Rafael...
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Venezuela says that foreign companies will be allowed to keep minority shares when the government takes control of three foreign-owned cement businesses.Oil Minister...
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President Hugo Chavez has ordered the nationalization of Venezuela’s cement industry, saying his government cannot allow businesses to export raw materials needed...
made popular Apr 4 2008
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Responding to a lawsuit by Michigan and eight other states, the Bush administration is reconsidering its policy on mercury emissions from cement plants, which critics...
made popular Mar 7 2008
Our cities the hub of economic, social and political life are concrete jungles. The industrial revolution could not have flourished if it were not for concrete, the...
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Whenever you are alone and feel like talking to someone then you feel that walls should also talk so that you don’t get bored.
Well this will not be a dream...
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Here is a cement that is capable of absorbing pollution created by vehicles. Italcementi, an Italian company has begun marketing this cement, after spending 10 years...
made popular May 22 2006
Among all the environmentally hazardous materials in the world, cement is somewhere in the top among the most destructive. Compared to even the entire weight of the...
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In this picture released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez gestures in front of products made in Venezuela during a meeting with his Cabinet at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Thursday, April 3, 2008. Chavez ordered the...
