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The United States and Colombia have long been wary of Venezuela’s peacetime military buildup, suspecting the weapons could end up in the hands of drug-trafficking Colombian rebels.Now they have documented reasons for their worries _ certified by...

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A Venezuelan opposition leader is demanding that President Hugo Chavez explain accusations of close ties between his government and Colombian rebels.

 
 
8 hr. ago by AP0 Comments

European and Latin American leaders sought to unite against poverty, global warming and high food prices on Friday, but their summit was clouded by a feud between Colombia and Venezuela.

 
 
May 15 2008 by AP0 Comments

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is denouncing as “ridiculous” an Interpol report on documents that Colombia says were retrieved from the computers of slain rebels.

 
 
May 15 2008 by AP0 Comments

President Hugo Chavez is warning Colombia against any U.S. military base near its border with Venezuela, though neither Colombia nor the United States have publicly suggested such a plan.

 
 
May 14 2008 by AP0 Comments

President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday he will try to re-establish contacts with Colombian rebels to try to win freedom for more hostages held by the guerrillas.

 
 
May 12 2008 by AP0 Comments

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez lashed out at Germany’s chancellor on Sunday, suggesting that her party shares the political ideals of Adolf Hitler.

 
 
May 9 2008 by AP0 Comments

Oil rose above $126 a barrel for the first time Friday, bringing its advance this week to nearly $10, as investors questioned whether a possible confrontation between the U.S. and Venezuela could cut exports from the OPEC member. Gas prices, meanwhile, rose above an average $3.67 a gallon at the pump, following oil’s recent path higher.

 
 
May 9 2008 by AP0 Comments

President Hugo Chavez says Venezuela will not tolerate a movement for secession in Bolivia’s eastern lowland states. Chavez says his government has not meddled in the domestic affairs of other Latin American nations, but would if Bolivian states now seeking greater autonomy from Bolivia’s central government push for total independence.

 
 
May 7 2008 by AP0 Comments

Venezuelan consumer prices rose 1.7 percent in April, surging ahead despite government efforts to tame inflation in the oil-rich country.

 
 
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Mar 4 2008 by Balbhadra Rana0 Comments

As the drumbeats get louder in Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador, the other countries in the region are alarmed and are trying to defuse the situation. The present crisis is not unexpected. Experts had expressed the possibility of a clash between...

 
 
Feb 13 2008 by Arpita Mukherjee3 Comments

This can be described as the battle between nationalization and privatization, between national interest and transnational authority, oil supplier’s countries and the non-oil suppliers and Venezuelan pride and US hegemony. While rising oil prices is...

 
 
Jan 1 2008 by Sunit0 Comments

It is difficult to assess just who is dictating whom in the long running bitter feud between the Colombian government and FARC rebels. With the hostage release efforts as good as over, both the parties are blaming each other for the blemish, which is...

 
 
Dec 28 2007 by Sunit0 Comments

Fire-brand left wing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez could be a very popular man in Colombia if he is able to secure the safe release of three Colombian hostages from the hands of the leftist rebel group FARC. This would be a major diplomatic success...

 
 
Dec 23 2007 by Gagandeep0 Comments

Love him or hate him, but you have to like the way he flaunts his oil reserves. The fact that Venezuela has the largest proven oil reserves outside of the Mid-east has permitted Hugo Chavez (Venezuela�s President) to do a lot of things which he...

 
 
Dec 16 2007 by Vinod0 Comments

Class struggle in Bolivia

While the world is moving towards an open trade paradigm driven by the grand concept of liberalization, privatization and globalization, some nations in South America are emerging rebels. A battle between the market and the...

 
 
Dec 4 2007 by Maynard Joseph0 Comments

Disappointed Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said his proposals to change some portions of the country’s constitution may be a wrong timing causing its people to strongly reject some provisions he wants to make.

When he was interviewed by a TV...

 
 
Nov 23 2007 by Apabrita0 Comments

With the extremist groups taking over the world, you never know when a hostage crisis will evolve. In South America, a hostage situation has taken a turn for worse. The primary negotiator has been ‘fired’ from his job. Negotiator Chavez has been...

 
 
Nov 20 2007 by Balbhadra Rana0 Comments

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The Americans would say the bad guys are getting together. Others would say it was bound to happen; after all your enemy’s enemy is your friend. We are talking of the blossoming friendship between Bush-baiter Venezuelan president Hugo...

 
 
Sep 18 2007 by Subhankar0 Comments

Drug is a problem that has spread across the globe and is an issue that has always been kindling a good number of controversies, but few realistic solutions. Drug abuse and addiction is responsible for the death of millions worldwide, and although...

 
 
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Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Caracas, Thursday, May 15, 2008. Chavez is denounced as “ridiculous” an Interpol report on documents that Colombia says were retrieved from the computers...