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OIL: Venezuela Forges Ahead Towards Regional Energy Integration
Record high oil prices and rising global demand for fossil fuels have created what could be a propitious setting in Latin America for the creation of Petroamerica, a strategic alliance of regional oil companies.OIL: Venezuela Forges Ahead Towards Regional Energy Integration
Record high oil prices and rising global demand for fossil fuels have created what could be a propitious setting in Latin America for the creation of Petroamerica, a strategic alliance of regional oil companies proposed by Venezuela that would represent a further step towards regional integration./ARTS WEEKLY/VENEZUELA: When Recycling Stirs Creative Juices
An exhibit of paintings and sculptures produced with recycled materials has arrived at the Sofía Imber Museum of Contemporary Art in Caracas after nine years of travelling around public spaces.OIL: Revolt in Nigeria Fuels Price Rise
Fighting between the Nigerian government and an ethnic rebel militia in the country's eastern oil-producing Niger Delta region helped drive the price of oil up to 53 dollars a barrel this week in a market that analysts say is experiencing a "new order" marked by lower spare production capacity.VENEZUELA-RUSSIA: New Alliance Takes Flight
The Venezuelan army plans to acquire 40 Russian helicopters within the next few months in the first step towards a new "strategic alliance" with Moscow promoted by President Hugo Chávez, who is further marking his distance from Washington.RIGHTS: Venezuela’s Prisons Still Plagued by Severe Violence and Neglect
"Chávez, remember you were a prisoner too!" read a sign held up by protester Ana Martínez in a recent demonstration by families of prisoners in the Venezuelan capital.OIL: Soaring Prices Line Pockets or Force Belt Tightening in Latin America
Soaring oil prices, reaching 50 dollars a barrel, are lining the pockets of several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, forcing others to tighten their belts - and reminding everyone that regional energy integration remains a distant dream.OIL-LATAM: Soaring Prices Line Pockets or Force Belt Tightening
Soaring oil prices, reaching 50 dollars a barrel, are lining the pockets of several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, forcing others to tighten their belts - and reminding everyone that regional energy integration remains a distant dream./ARTS WEEKLY/VENEZUELA: Museum Takes Fine Art to the Streets
The staff of the Arturo Michelena Museum here in the Venezuelan capital got tired of waiting for the public to come in and view the paintings hanging on its walls. So they took the paintings to the public, by displaying them on the walls of the surrounding neighbourhood.POLITICS-VENEZUELA: Governors, Mayors Take Reins of Opposition Alliance
Local authorities opposed to Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez have assumed control of the country's opposition movement and the campaign for the Oct. 31 regional and municipal elections, worried about losing their posts.VENEZUELA: Chavez Refuses to Be Drawn into Colombia’s Civil War
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez reiterated his refusal to be drawn into the armed conflict in neighbouring Colombia, after the murders of six Venezuelans by unidentified armed attackers near the border prompted Bogota to pressure him into supporting its Plan Patriot counterinsurgency strategy.ENVIRONMENT-VENEZUELA: Ecotourism in the Tropical Andes
Irene Sánchez's smile is as warm as the hot chocolate she serves her guests at her El Trigal guest house, located 3,380 metres above sea level in Venezuela's tropical Andes mountains.TRADE-LATAM: Technology Provides a Boost for Small Businesses
The Costa Rican web portal Lacarretica.com was recently presented to Venezuelan exporters as an example of the way that new information and communications technology (ICT) can help to expand the range of goods offered for export by the countries of the region.VENEZUELA-COLOMBIA: Tank Sale Called Off, but Oil Could Spark Tension
Spain took a step aimed at smoothing relations between Bogota and Caracas by cancelling the sale of 40 French-made AMX-30 tanks to the Colombian government. If the sale had gone through, the tanks' guns would likely have pointed towards the Venezuelan border.HEALTH-VENEZUELA: ‘I Bet and Won for 21 Days Straight – then Lost for 200’
"I started gambling and kept winning for 21 days straight, and I felt like I was on top of the world. But by then I was hooked, and I started to lose and just kept on losing, for 200 days," says Jorge B., a 56-year-old Venezuelan who says he ruined decades of family life and a professional career as he watched the roulette wheel spin.CARIBBEAN: Hurricane Ivan on Kill and Destroy Mission
Hurricane Ivan reached category five level - the most severe - Thursday as it raged through the heart of the Caribbean Sea on its way towards Jamaica and Cuba, leaving a trail of death and destruction behind in Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Saint Vincent, Venezuela, the Dutch Antilles and Colombia.DEVELOPMENT-VENEZUELA: Vetiver Grass Helps Ease Poverty
Ana Benítez is proud of the chicken-shaped woven basket she has produced, which can hold a dozen eggs, buns or fruit. Her family, in the town of Hato Viejo in northwestern Venezuela, has sold 180 of the pretty baskets in the space of just a few weeks.VENEZUELA: Chavez to Further Strengthen Social Reforms
The Venezuelan government is creating three new ministries to address economic and social development needs, in an attempt to translate President Hugo Chávez's triumph in the Aug. 15 recall referendum and the current windfall oil profits into further advances and improvements for the poor.OIL: Signs of Optimism Lead to Drop in Prices This Week
Speculation in the leading oil markets lost momentum in the last few days, after Iraq renewed exports despite attacks on oil infrastructure, Russia kept output up in spite of the turmoil facing the Yukos oil company, and a recall referendum provided a peaceful solution to Venezuela's political crisis.VENEZUELA: Black Contribution to Local Culture Has Been Largely Ignored
When Berta was a little girl, she met Micaela, "an old black woman, whose back was full of scars." When she asked the adults around her why, she was told "it was the whips and red-hot iron bars, because she was a slave."VENEZUELA: OAS and Carter Centre Audit Confirms Chavez Won
An audit carried out by the OAS and Carter Centre, which was completed Saturday, confirmed Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's victory in the Aug. 15 recall referendum.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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