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VENEZUELA: Bull Fights – Cultural Tradition or National Disgrace?
The roar of "Olé!" greeting a sweep of the cape and the rapturous applause when the bull meets its death at the matador's sword may soon become a thing of the past in Venezuela if the movement supporting a new animal protection law is successful.ENERGY-SOUTH AMERICA: Leaders Overcome Impasse on Ethanol
The controversy over whether to put the accent on fossil fuels or biofuels was overcome by the presidents in the first South American energy summit with the assertion that the answer depends on each country's specific circumstances, and that the different national policies are complementary to each other, not contradictory.SOUTH AMERICA: Leaders Seek Regional Energy Sovereignty
The South American energy summit that got underway Monday marks a point of convergence between the certainty that the region has the energy resources needed for its development and the political will to translate that into socially and economically viable undertakings.VENEZUELA: Global Women Activists Speak Out Against War, Imperialism
Condemnation of the United States' war in Iraq was rife at the 14th Congress of the Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF) which concludes this Friday in Caracas. Over 1,000 delegates representing 165 organisations in 80 countries participated.VENEZUELA: Chavez Issues Ultimatum for Joining Unified Party
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez issued a graphic warning to political sectors that have supported him for 10 years, but have been reluctant to join his new United Socialist Party (PSUV), saying: "They'll all fit in a Volkswagen."VENEZUELA: Colombian Refugees Flee to Lawless Border Region
"The ELN (guerrillas) tried to recruit my 19-year-old son last year. When he refused, they killed him. A neighbour told me where they buried him, and out of vengeance, they killed my neighbour's son," says the peasant farmer under the hot sun on the Venezuelan plains, squeezing his eyes together to keep the tears back.VENEZUELA: Colombian Conflict Spills Across Border
A four-year-old girl was killed in a shootout between members of Colombia's two biggest insurgent groups in El Amparo, a border town in Venezuela's southwestern plains region.ECONOMY-VENEZUELA: Oil Bonds Slake the Thirst for Dollars
Thousands of Venezuelans have been registering at their bank branches since Monday in order to buy some of the five billion dollars' worth of bonds put on the market by the state oil monopoly PDVSA.ENERGY-U.S./LATIN AMERICA: An OPEC for Ethanol?
U.S. President George W. Bush will visit Latin America next week seeking a strategic alliance with Brazil to develop biofuels - and Venezuela, the region's main oil exporter, is taking this as a warning sign.ENERGY-U.S./LATIN AMERICA: An OPEC for Ethanol?
U.S. President George W. Bush will visit Latin America next week seeking a strategic alliance with Brazil to develop biofuels - and Venezuela, the region's main oil exporter, is taking this as a warning sign.ARGENTINA-VENEZUELA: Business Yes, Recriminations No
Standing atop the planet’s biggest deposit of extra-heavy crude, Argentine President Néstor Kirchner sent a clear message Wednesday to Washington: that he will not "contain" his Venezuelan counterpart, President Hugo Chávez.CORRUPTION: The Poor Take the Brunt
Poor people are the intended beneficiaries of a large proportion of public policies. They are also those who suffer most from the harmful effects of corruption, according to experts gathered in the Venezuelan capital for a symposium hosted by Transparency International (TI) and its national branch in this country.VENEZUELA: Trade Union Job-Peddling Leads to Bloodshed
Seventeen shots fired by three hired killers cut short the lives of construction industry trade unionists Héctor Jaramillo and Alexis García as they were driving in Ciudad Guayana in southeastern Venezuela.VENEZUELA:: Shortages, Speculation Amid Rising Consumption
Estela Piñero, a head of household who lives near the government palace in the Venezuelan capital, does not go to the market to buy sugar. Instead, she buys it at three times the official price from informal vendors on a street corner.VENEZUELA: Fighting Police Brutality
Enraged residents of a slum on the west side of the Venezuelan capital set fire to a police station the same day that the government announced the biggest overhaul of the police force in 40 years. Just a coincidence, but also a sign of the reigning chaos.WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Venezuela Seeks to “Politicise” Meet
World Social Forum (WSF) participants from Venezuela associate left-wing politics with the struggles of social movements in Latin America and the Caribbean, but do not think that Africa is experiencing the same process.VENEZUELA: Petrodollars for Local Film Industry
The film industry in Latin America, plagued by endemic poverty, has found an oasis in Venezuela, where the film institute plans to distribute 3.7 million dollars to 26 filmmakers this year.POLITICS-VENEZUELA: Re-Nationalising Its Way to Socialism
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez began a new six-year term Wednesday, after announcing that the re-nationalisation of public enterprises would be the first "line of attack" to promote socialism in this country.VENEZUELA: Poverty Stats Also Politicised
The debate on poverty statistics in Venezuela has not escaped the political polarisation that continues to reign in this country. While supporters of President Hugo Chávez say the figures on education, health and poverty clearly show that progress has been made in recent years, the opposition argues that the government's statistics are not reliable.VENEZUELA: Case Closed in Prosecutor’s Murder
Venezuelan Attorney General Isaías Rodríguez announced that prosecutors were closing the case against those who were charged with planning the assassination of prosecutor Danilo Anderson, the highest-profile murder case in Venezuela in years.VENEZUELA-US: Another Chance?
The outcome of Venezuela's presidential elections may hold out a possibility of a thaw in relations with the United States, within a hemispheric context of greater openness to negotiation and dialogue.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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