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November 18, 2009
Facing a group of presidents loudly critical of Washington, the U.S. government’s Voice of America broadcast is expanding its audience in Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador and Nicaragua, VOA officials say.
November 16, 2009
USA Role Under Spotlight in Venezuela Crisis with Colombia
November 10, 2009
While a drought has put Caracas under widespread water rationing for the first time in years, for Venezuelans in this hillside slum it’s just more of the same.
Venezuelan government controls over 700 media outlets
Fears of a New Cold War in Venezuela and Colombia
After deferring his dream to play in the NBA, Greivis Vasquez is returning to Maryland for his senior year. But in Venezuela, they’re more interested in what comes after that.
Elizabeth Zambrano, Victor Zambrano’s Mother, Kidnapped In Venezuela
November 9, 2009
Colombia said on Sunday it will appeal to the U.N. Security Council and the OAS after Hugo Chavez, the fiery leftist president of neighboring Venezuela, ordered his army to prepare for war in order to assure peace.
October 17, 2009
Golf In Cross Hairs Of Venezuela’s President
October 14, 2009
Thousands of Venezuelans congregated for candlelit rituals on a remote mountainside where adherents make an annual pilgrimage to pay homage to an indigenous goddess known as Maria Lionza.
Former Venezuelan president Jaime Lusinchi has been hospitalized due to a gastric ulcer in Miami
October 7, 2009
Peru will have Latin America’s lowest inflation rate this year, while Venezuela will have the highest, the IMF forecasts.
Critics Say Chavez Targeting Opponents For Arrest
According to Carmelo Mesa, a Cuban economist who’s a visiting professor at Tulane University in the United States, Venezuela bankrolled Cuba to the tune of $9.4 billion last year. This includes $2 billion to take account of the cost of subsidizing Venezuelan oil exports to Cuba. Venezuela sends oil to Cuba at a “preferential” price of just $27 a barrel.
Venezuelan Ambassador to Travel to California For First Time Since Resuming Post
October 5, 2009
Using Music To Mentor Venezuela’s Poorest Youth – Gustavo Dudamel
October 1, 2009
Estudiantes venezolanos levantan huelga de hambre y convocan manifestación
Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel became music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic on Wednesday at the age of 28, deploying digital tools to draw a younger and less elite audience to classical music.
September 28, 2009
Family Guy cartoon banned in Venezuela
September 21, 2009
The newly crowned Miss Universe returned to her native Venezuela on Saturday to celebrate her historic selection, saying the nation would go for its third consecutive win at next year’s pageant. – Stefania Fernandez
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says he is disappointed by Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez and concerned he is increasingly shifting toward an authoritarian regime.
September 18, 2009
Former presidents from Peru and Bolivia joined newspaper editors from across the Americas on Friday in condemning what they call a series of attempts by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, and some of his allies, to clamp down on the news media.
September 17, 2009
Tito el Bambino pondrá a “perrear” a Miss Venezuela
September 6, 2009
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, who is the subject of Oliver Stone’s next film, said he is “considering” coming to Venice for the documentary’s premiere, according to Italian media.
Tens of thousands marched through Venezuela’s capital on Saturday to protest what they call growing authoritarianism by President Hugo Chavez.
September 1, 2009
Voz Veis grabará DVD acústico – La filmación de este material, que incluirá una edición especial en CD, se realizará en próximo 15 de septiembre en Maracaibo.
August 24, 2009
Venezuela repeats at Miss Universe contest – Stefania Fernandez
August 21, 2009
A Peek Inside Venezuela’s Beauty Queen Factory
August 14, 2009
TOP Ten Reasons Hugo Chavez Wants to Ban Golf in Venezuela
Report: Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez aggressively seizing control of media
August 12, 2009
Since Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez called golf a “bourgeois sport,” officials have moved to shut down two of the country’s best-known courses.
August 10, 2009
Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Panama are garnering more attention from investors than Venezuela & Co.
August 5, 2009
NAHJ Condemns Venezuela Government Shutdown of Radio Stations; Opposes Proposed Sweeping ‘Media Crimes’ Law
Brazil and Mexico see ad declines, but Colombia, Argentina and Venezuela are growing.
August 4, 2009
The Venezuelan government has seized temporary control of the processing plants of two of the country’s biggest coffee companies.
August 3, 2009
Venezuelan regulators revoked the broadcast rights of 34 radio stations on Friday, deepening a rift between President Hugo Chavez’s government and the private media.
July 29, 2009
In Venezuela, Plantations of Cacao Stir Bitterness – The passions surrounding the crop have turned it into a contentious political issue
July 22, 2009
Tracking a Venezuelan Treat – patacón – a sandwich that dispenses with bread entirely. In its place is green (that is, unripe) plantain that’s been sliced lengthwise, fried, pressed flat and fried again. Still warm, the golden discs embrace shredded beef, roast pork, chorizo, chicken or cheese.
July 21, 2009
State Ruled by Crime and Chávez Family – Barinas, Venezuela – Stretching over vast cattle estates at the foothills of the Andes, Barinas is known for two things: as the bastion of the family of President Hugo Chávez and as the setting for a terrifying surge in abductions, making it a contender for Latin America’s most likely place to get kidnapped.
July 15, 2009
Juan Manuel Montesinos, destacado actor de teatro, cine, radio y televisión en Venezuela, falleció el martes víctima de una insuficiencia hepática. Tenía 59 años.
July 9, 2009
Leaders of Cuban and Venezuelan communities across the U.S. have become among the loudest supporters of the military ouster of Honduras’ president because they see it as a strike against socialist influence in Latin America.
June 25, 2009
Venezuela Confirms Pending Normalization of Ties with US
June 19, 2009
NAHJ Convention to Discuss Walking the Tightrope: Challenges Faced by the Media in Venezuela
June 5, 2009
Colorado Rockies catcher Yorvit Torrealba’s 11-year-old son and brother-in-law were released by kidnappers a day after being abducted in Venezuela.
June 3, 2009
Saturday, June 13 at 8:00 – A screening of Persona Non Grata on the roof of the Old American Can Factory in Brooklyn
May 30, 2009
Acclaimed novelist Mario Vargas Llosa was among three attendees at a pro-free-market forum in Venezuela who said Friday that they were ready to accept an invitation from leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez for a televised debate.
May 29, 2009
Hugo Chavez Talkathon To Last 4 Days
May 27, 2009
he “imminent” closure of Globovisión, the private sector channel which makes no secret of its opposition to President Hugo Chávez, was announced Monday by a middle-ranking figure of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV).
Cold Welcome for Vargas Llosa and Freedom Forum in Venezuela
April 27, 2009
Manuel Rosales, Hugo Chavez Critic, Granted Asylum In Peru
April 5, 2009
President Hugo Chavez said Saturday he hopes to “reset” relations with the United States at an upcoming summit.
March 23, 2009
Falling oil prices are forcing Venezuela to boost sales taxes and nearly triple domestic debt sales to make up for an expected 6.7 percent decrease in public income this year, President Hugo Chávez said Saturday.
March 22, 2009
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday called President Obama “ignorant,” saying he has a lot to learn about Latin America.
March 20, 2009
Hugo Chávez’s rival might be imprisoned – An arrest warrant was requested for Maracaibo Mayor Manuel Rosales. Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez had previously threatened to wipe his rival from the politica
March 19, 2009
Many love to hate University of Maryland’s Greivis Vasquez
March 18, 2009
Hugo Chávez aims to siphon power from Venezuela’s regional leaders
March 16, 2009
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez on Sunday ordered the military to take over the ports of Maracaibo and Puerto Cabello in the face of resistance by regional authorities and transfer their management to the central government.
El presidente Hugo Chávez ordenó el domingo a las fuerzas armadas de Venezuela que tomen lo puertos del país y advirtió que aquellos gobernadores estatales que se opongan a la nueva ley que pasa el eje de transporte de la nación al control federal podrían terminar en prisión.
March 14, 2009
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Simón Bolívar! – Inspired by socialist President Hugo Chavez, a father and daughter are hoping to launch a line of action figures from Venezuela’s history to counter the popularity of “imperialist” American superheroes like Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.
March 13, 2009
Venezuela’s National Assembly has voted to switch control of the country’s highways, ports and airports from the state to the federal level.
March 11, 2009
Lamenta Franco de Vita incidentes con decisiones de Hugo Chávez
March 5, 2009
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has seized a rice mill owned by U.S. food giant Cargill
February 26, 2009
In Venezuela, Trying to Map Out Blueprint for Lost City – Nueva Cádiz
February 18, 2009
Jose Antonio Abreu is the charismatic founder of a youth orchestra system that has transformed thousands of kids’ lives in Venezuela. Watch this video as he shares his amazing story and unveils a TED Prize wish that could have a big impact in the US and beyond.
February 16, 2009
Goods dwindle as oil drops in Venezuela
President Hugo Chavez won a referendum to eliminate term limits Sunday and vowed to remain in power for at least another decade to complete his socialist revolution. Opponents accepted defeat but said Chavez is becoming a dictator.
February 10, 2009
The drive by Venezuela’s autocratic president, Hugo Chavez, to export his brand of socialism across Latin America and remain in power indefinitely is being jeopardised by tumbling oil prices.
February 1, 2009
Después de 10 años de Chávez, pocos cambios de fondo
Los venezolanos residentes en Carolina del Sur, Carolina del Norte, Florida y Georgia podrán votar en el referendo del próximo 15 de febrero en el Miami Dade College de Kendall, en el condado de Miami-Dade, informó una organización.
Venezuela’s Citgo Petroleum Corp. resumed deliveries of free heating oil to poor Americans on Thursday, making its first delivery since the program’s rumored end.
After decade in power, Chávez aims to keep it – Monday is the 10th anniversary of Hugo Chávez’s rise to power, and Venezuelan voters will soon decide whether he can keep on running.
January 29, 2009
Young Venezuelan author A. A. Alvarez makes the headlines with a fun novel where wit and reality demonstrate that money is not the only reason young Latin Americans immigrate to the USA.
January 28, 2009
Colombia, Venezuela form $200M fund to boost trade
Venezuela is not yet ready to let the U.S. ambassador return to Caracas despite the change of administration in Washington, Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday.
January 23, 2009
Venezuelans protest Chavez’s bid to end term limits
January 21, 2009
Tensions build in Venezuela as Chavez prepares for referendum
Presidente hondureño a República Dominicana y Venezuela
El presidente Hugo Chávez anunció el martes que publicará en la prensa local una columna de opinión para orientar a sus seguidores, emulando así a su estrecho aliado cubano Fidel Castro.
La policía reprime protesta universitaria en Caracas
December 28, 2008
Caracas gunmen vanish from city payroll – Some 4,000 city of Caracas employees, including hired gunmen, have failed to show up for work following the election of opposition Mayor Antonio Ledezma.
December 21, 2008
President Hugo Chavez ordered construction halted on a major shopping mall in Caracas on Sunday, saying the government will expropriate the unfinished building.
December 18, 2008
The German company Siemens AG has acknowledged paying millions of dollars in bribes to secure business in Venezuela and Argentina
December 15, 2008
PBS’ ‘Chávez’ Web Debut Proves Profitable – Frontline documentary on Venezualan leader a bilingual hit online – (video, Hugo Chavez)
December 12, 2008
Nearly 30,000 Cuban doctors, dentists, nurses and technicians are providing healthcare to the poor through a Venezuelan government-sponsored program, officials here said Wednesday.
Oliver Stone espera terminar el próximo año un documental sobre el presidente venezolano Hugo Chávez en el que trabaja desde hace unos seis meses, indicó la publicación especializada Variety.
December 7, 2008
Hugo Chávez’s government gave out millions of dollars in cash and goods to buy votes in recent elections, evidence and testimony shows.
December 6, 2008
Colombianos Cabas y Fonseca cantarán en maratón benéfica en Venezuela
December 5, 2008
RBD defiende a Anahí tras desairar a sus fans – Los integrantes expresaron su apoyo a la rubia tras la polémica generada por no llevarse consigo unos obsequios que le dieron en Venezuela
Adentro Barrio Adentro: An American Medical Student in Venezuela
Traditionally pro-Chavez slum turns to opposition – The barrio of Petare, one of the biggest slums in Latin America
December 3, 2008
Venezuelan lawyer gets 2 years in suitcase plea
Venezuelan prosecutors say they have summoned a leading opponent of President Hugo Chavez for arraignment on corruption allegations. The Attorney General’s Office said Tuesday that Manuel Rosales must appear in court next week
Nicaragua: Venezuela has offered to replace U.S. aid
Venezuela ‘exporta’ a EE UU su sistema de orquestas juveniles – El modelo de José Antonio Abreu se implantará en zonas como el Bronx
The brother of former Chicago Cubs catcher Henry Blanco has been killed in Venezuela.
November 25, 2008
Chavez foes claim symbolic victories in Venezuela – Despite losing most of the mayoral elections, opponents say winning Caracas City Hall and governorships of the three most populous states will lessen the president’s chances of abolishing term limits.
Hugo Chávez Supporters Win 17 out of 23 Venezuelan States, but Lose 3 Most Populous
November 21, 2008
Venezuela prepares for elections
Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez campaigns for Sunday’s elections
November 18, 2008
Hugo Chavez faces toughest political test … against his ex-wife
