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VENEZUELA: Grassroots Organising Ensures Health Care for Neighbourhoods
The Cuban doctor had barely stepped out of the car in the working-class Caracas neighbourhood of La Vega when the local health care committee emerged out of nowhere and set to work: one member offered his house for use as a clinic, another brought chairs, a third put together makeshift stretchers, a nurse appeared, a security system was organised, and the doctor began making house calls.WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Venezuela Aims to Channel Voice of the South
Following in the footsteps of Arabic broadcaster Al Jazeera, Venezuela is spearheading a project to launch a new television network that will bring the voice of Latin America and the Caribbean to the rest of world, while challenging U.S. control of the hemisphere's media.WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: The Varied Leftisms of South America
On its return to Brazil this year, the World Social Forum will encounter a wide spectrum of progressive and leftist South American governments, determined to promote regional integration while striving, through trial and error, to respond to the demands of their increasingly vocal societies.COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA: Lula Steps In to Ease Bilateral Tensions
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva hopes to soothe the escalating tensions between Colombia and Venezuela, sparked by the kidnapping of a FARC rebel leader in the Venezuelan capital and further aggravated by Washington, which has thrown its full support behind the Colombian government.COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA: Guerrilla Leader Kidnapped to Please the U.S., Say Observers
Some analysts say Colombia ordered the kidnapping of guerrilla leader Rodrigo Granda in the Venezuelan capital last month to prove to the United States that it is cooperating in the anti-terrorism - crusade", although the cost has been a serious rupture in Colombian-Venezuelan relations.VENEZUELA-COLOMBIA: Alleged Kidnapping of Guerrilla Leader Sparks Tensions
Venezuela has launched an investigation to determine whether Colombian agents kidnapped a FARC rebel leader in Caracas, then claimed he had been captured in Colombia.VENEZUELA: Speeding Up Agrarian Reform
The Venezuelan government plans to accelerate its land reform efforts this year, by first carrying out an exhaustive nationwide inventory of rural property, land ownership, land use and productivity levels.LATIN AMERICA: SELA Aims for Bigger Role in Regional Integration
The Latin American Economic System (SELA) wants to help draw the roadmap for continental integration, now that most of its 27 member countries are moving full speed ahead towards a major economic, trade and political alliance.VENEZUELA: Chavez Steps Up Efforts to Forge International Alliances
With trips to Cuba and Brazil this week, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is continuing his international offensive to forge alliances in the developing world, capitalising on oil-rich Venezuela's strong position as a lever for integration.VENEZUELA: Intellectuals of the World Unite With Chavez
Hundreds of intellectuals and artists from around the globe gathered in the Venezuelan capital to show their support for the political and social reforms being undertaken by President Hugo Chávez, and agreed to forge an international network "in defence of humanity".INTEGRATION – SOUTH AMERICA: One Giant Step – and 32 Small Ones
The South American community that will be born this week in Peru - the most ambitious integration initiative in the region's history - will mark its debut with 32 physical infrastructure projects with a combined cost of over 4.2 billion dollars, to be carried out over the next five years.SOUTH AMERICA: One Giant Step – and 32 Small Ones
The South American community that will be born this week in Peru - the most ambitious integration initiative in the region's history - will mark its debut with 32 physical infrastructure projects with a combined cost of over 4.2 billion dollars, to be carried out over the next five years.TECHNOLOGY-VENEZUELA: Heading Towards Free Software
Venezuela, following in Brazil's footsteps, has joined the club of countries that are adopting and promoting free or open-source software, in a bid to save money, achieve technological independence, and strengthen alliances among countries of the developing South.LATIN AMERICA: Nobel Laureate Saramago Warns of Danger After Bush Reelection
U.S. politics over the next four years will be rooted in patriotism and religion, an "explosive combination" that will require Latin Americans to "arm themselves with strength, courage and bravery," according to Portuguese writer José Samamago, winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for Literature.CULTURE-VENEZUELA: New Compendium on Yanomami Language
When a Yanomami Indian dies, his or her name is not to be pronounced for some time, so as not to soil the memory of the deceased.VENEZUELA: Prosecutor Investigating Coup-Backers Is Killed by Car Bomb
A Venezuelan prosecutor well-known for his ongoing investigation of hundreds of members of the opposition accused of backing the short-lived coup that ousted President Hugo Chávez for two days in April 2002 was killed by a car bomb.MEDIA-VENEZUELA: Controversy Over New Broadcasting Regulations
A draft law on "social responsibility in broadcasting" is seen by the Venezuelan government and its supporters as a tool for protecting children from inappropriate programming and bolstering independent media.COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA: Energy Deals Ease Tension
Colombia and Venezuela, whose leaders are at different ends of the political spectrum, have found in the world's growing thirst for energy projects on which they can see eye to eye, while they tone down their political differences.ECONOMY-LATIN AMERICA: Light at the End of the Tunnel
The economy will grow by roughly five percent this year in Latin America and the Caribbean, after numerous periods of recession or stagnation, marking a shift in direction that should lead to sustained advances in meeting the needs of the population, according to the president of the Andean Development Corporation (CAF), Enrique García.VENEZUELA: Chavez Gears Up for Triumph in Regional Elections
The parties that back Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez are looking forward to a broad victory in Sunday's regional elections, while the opposition alliance is still divided over whether or not to even take part in the vote.OIL: Soaring from One Record High to the Next
As oil prices soar from one record high to another, alarm is growing around the world, with countries scrambling to ensure fuel supplies and seek alternative energy sources.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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