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RIGHTS-VENEZUELA: When Terror Wears a Uniform
The six university students were driving home after a math exam when an armed man wearing a hood demanded that they pull over on a street in the Venezuelan capital. Fearing that they were about to be robbed, they refused to stop.VENEZUELA: Plastic Hailed as Solution to Housing Crisis
Venezuela, suffering a severe housing shortage, plans to build hundreds of thousands of new homes with plastic walls in the coming years, made possible by a major expansion of the country's petrochemical industry.SOUTH AMERICA: Biotech Opens Doors to Andean Development
The aid of the sweet potato for fighting vitamin A deficiency in Africa, and a biological agent that fights moulds which attack roses and bean crops are just two examples of how biotechnology is being used to make the most - socially and economically - of the biodiversity in South America's Andean region.
Biotech Opens Doors to Andean Development
Colombia, Peru and Venezuela are the Andean vanguard in exploiting biodiversity for biotechnology, a global market that moves more than 90 billion dollars annually.OIL: No Ceiling for Prices
International oil prices broke through the barrier of 60 dollars a barrel for the second day in a row Friday, affecting major consumer markets in Asia along with small ones in Central America.VENEZUELA: Chavez Takes Steps to Avoid Purported Assassination Threat
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has cancelled several public appearances, including a military parade traditionally held every Jun. 24, over continued fears of an attempt on his life.VENEZUELA: Sexually Exploited Teens Find a Way Off the Street
Teenage girls who are sexually exploited not far from the health and labour ministries, courthouse and Congress in the Venezuelan capital have found assistance in a shelter financed with international aid.VENEZUELA: Prison Hostage Drama Ends Peacefully
Dozens of children and other hostages held by rioting inmates at the La Pica penitentiary in eastern Venezuela were finally released as the incident reached a peaceful end Friday, with an agreement to speed up judicial procedures and grant various concessions to 60 of the jail's 640 prisoners.VENEZUELA: Child Hostages in Their Tenth Day in Prison
As of Wednesday, 40 children and dozens of other relatives of prisoners at La Pica penitentiary in eastern Venezuela had spent 10 days serving as "human shields" for rioting inmates, who are demanding rights such as parole and work programmesVENEZUELA: Child Hostages in Their Tenth Day in Prison
As of Wednesday, 40 children and dozens of other relatives of prisoners at La Pica penitentiary in eastern Venezuela had spent 10 days serving as "human shields" for rioting inmates, who are demanding rights such as parole and work programmesMEDIA-LATIN AMERICA: New Regional Network of the South is Born
Telesur, a regional public TV network envisioned as a Latin American version of the Arab world's Al Jazeera broadcasting group, was officially launched Tuesday at a ceremony in the Venezuelan capital.VENEZUELA: Admitted Cuban Terrorist Poses Tough Test for U.S.
Cuban-born Luis Posada Carriles, an admitted terrorist who was taken into custody in Miami and whose extradition has been formally requested by Venezuela, may be sent by the United States to a third country, like Barbados or Trinidad and Tobago.VENEZUELA: Admitted Cuban Terrorist Poses Tough Test for US
Cuban-born Luis Posada Carriles, an admitted terrorist who was taken into custody in Miami and whose extradition has been formally requested by Venezuela, may be sent by the United States to a third country, like Barbados or Trinidad and Tobago.VENEZUELA: Children Among Hostages Held in Prison Riot
By Tuesday, 59 children, including a six-month-old baby, and 267 adults had spent 48 hours as hostages of rioting prisoners in the La Pica penitentiary in Venezuela, 500 km east of Caracas, while around 1,000 inmates of other prisons simultaneously declared a hunger strike.LATIN AMERICA: Calling for an Increase in South-South Cooperation
Cooperation between the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, together with the aid received from the industrialised North, could serve as a valuable tool in fighting poverty, but greater resources and more clearly defined objectives are needed, according to the participants in a meeting organised by the Latin American Economic System (SELA)./ARTS WEEKLY/LITERATURE-VENEZUELA: One Million Quixotes
Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans have been lining up around the country for a free copy of what is considered the all-time greatest work of literature in the Spanish language, "Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, on the 400th anniversary of its first publication./ARTS WEEKLY/LATIN AMERICA: Indigenous Filmmakers Give Glimpse into Their World
A painter's search in the Peruvian jungle for plants that would reproduce the colour blue served as the inspiration for the grand-prize winner at the latest Anaconda Awards, a regional competition for videos made in South America's tropical rainforests.VENEZUELA: Chavez Consolidates His Power, as Opposition Weakens
President Hugo Chávez is governing Venezuela today virtually without any effective, united opposition, as shown by the third anniversary of the events of Apr. 11-14, 2002, when massive opposition protests preceded a short-lived civil-military coup d'etat, and huge groups of Chávez supporters and loyal troops reinstated the president.VENEZUELA: Citizen Reserves to Defend Against ‘External Aggression’
Venezuela has begun to train popular defence units to help defend the country in the event of war, although not all of the volunteers will receive weapons training.OIL: Prices Dropping But Bound to Remain Sky-High
Crude oil prices have been dropping in recent days in reaction to reports of higher inventories in the United States, the world's largest consumer, but they have still not dipped below the 50-dollar-a-barrel mark crossed back in February.ENVIRONMENT-VENEZUELA: Indigenous Peoples Protest Coal Mining
Bare-chested, clad in traditional dress and wielding bows and arrows, hundreds of representatives of the Barí, Yukpa and Wayúu indigenous peoples from the westernmost region of Venezuela marched on the capital to demand a halt to coal mining near their lands in the Sierra de Perijá mountain range.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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