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Venezuela denies report of Russian base

AP — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:36:07 +0000

Venezuela’s government denied on Wednesday that President Hugo Chavez invited Russia to open a military base in his country, disputing a report by Russia’s Interfax saying that Russian troops were welcome in the South American...

Venezuela, Belarus sign oil deal

AP — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:37:02 +0000

Venezuela signed over three more oil fields to a joint venture with Belarus on Wednesday, with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez declaring that the two nations were strongly united in their resistance to “U.S. imperialism” and Washington’s “lackeys.”

ConocoPhillips 2Q profit soars

AP — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:57:39 +0000

Oil giant ConocoPhillips says record crude prices helped its second-quarter profit dwarf year-ago results, when the company incurred a $4.5 billion charge related to its former assets in...

Homeless children: Lock them up or look after them; the US Vs Venezuela

Tamara Pearson — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:16:37 +0000

According to the New York Times, children forced to sell their bodies in the US in order to survive are processed by the authorities as criminals. In Venezuela, the number of children living in the street has gone down from 9,000 in 1998 (before...

Chavez touts socialism to Venezuela kids

AP — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:55:25 +0000

Hugo Chavez on Sunday urged kids to embrace socialism, raising the ire of educators and parents who turned back the Venezuelan president’s earlier proposal to rewrite textbooks to add socialist...

Chavez party seeks changes for 3rd term

AP — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:07:38 +0000

Venezuela’s ruling party pledged Thursday to seek to reform the nation’s constitution to let President Hugo Chavez seek indefinite re-election.

Venezuela, US may renew drug cooperation

AP — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:04:50 +0000

The United States and Venezuela may renew anti-drug cooperation that has been stalled for three years amid deteriorating relations, top officials from both nations said...

CITGO hands out energy efficient light bulbs in US

AP — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:24:36 +0000

Venezuela’s CITGO Petroleum Corp. is handing out energy efficient light bulbs across the U.S., despite political tensions between the two nations.

Paid to be housewives

Tamara Pearson — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:13:25 +0000

If house work and child rearing is hard and important work, why shouldnâ€™t people be paid for it? The National Assembly in Venezuela has approved the first discussion of the Law of Social Protection of House Wives. The object of the law is...

Venezuela replacing slum housing with houses made out of oil left overs

Tamara Pearson — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:05:31 +0000

Having basic housing is having not only the necessary comfort to live and work, but dignity. The Venezuelan government has constructed another 706 houses out of oil derivatives to replace what were previously slums. The state owned company,...