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LATAM: Spectre of Int’l Military Intervention Hangs Over Colombia
The spectre of international military intervention has cropped up again in Latin America, in the context of the debate between the region's leaders on alternative proposals for helping Colombia put an end to an armed conflict that has raged for over four decades.OIL: A Troika Sustains Prices in Run-up to OPEC Meet
Three major oil producers - Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela - managed to buoyed up international crude prices Friday, while OPEC (Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries) apparently is rethinking plans to announce a cut in output at its ministerial meeting next week.POLITICS-VENEZUELA: Truce Fails to Disarm War of Words
The verbal battle between the Venezuelan government and the opposition is escalating in spite of an accord signed a week ago to resolve the country's political crisis through a referendum, a pact achieved under the mediation of Organisation of American States (OAS) secretary-general, César Gaviria./ARTS WEEKLY/ VENEZUELA: Book Fair Returns Amidst Uncertainties
Writers, booksellers and publishers from Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Spain and the host country Venezuela are celebrating the return of the International Book Fair here, after three years' absence due to location and organisational problems. But this year's event is not free of its own tensions.VENEZUELA: An Agreement at Last
The Venezuelan government and the political opposition signed an agreement Thursday aimed at overcoming the country's political crisis through a popular vote on whether or not the president and other elected authorities should finish out their terms.VENEZUELA: An Agreement, at Last
The Venezuelan government and the political opposition signed an agreement Thursday aimed at overcoming the country's political crisis through a popular vote on whether or not the president and other elected authorities should finish out their terms./ARTS WEEKLY/ FILM-VENEZUELA: Macbeth Rides the Andes
The film "Sangrador", Shakespeare's Macbeth reincarnate in the Andean landscapes of Venezuela, is launching the national film season after years in which locally-made movies have barely made a showing on the country's big screens.OIL: Prices Pay Little Heed to Lifting of Iraq Sanctions
International oil prices nudged upwards this week, pushed by bombings and protests in the Middle East, speculative transactions in some markets and the announcement of possible production cuts by OPEC. The situation of Iraq was barely a factor./ARTS WEEKLY/BOOKS-VENEZUELA: State Publishing House in Crisis
The Venezuelan government's publishing house, Biblioteca Ayacucho, is passing through the worst moments of its 30-year history, without a director and with no funds to add to the 240 Latin American titles it has published.OIL: Bombs in Saudi Arabia, Low US Reserves Nudge Prices Upwards
Petroleum prices climbed this week on the international market, driven upwards by Monday's bomb explosions in Saudi Arabia, the world's leading oil exporter, and by the decline of reserves in the United States, the leading consumer..VENEZUELA: Colombians Displaced by Violence to Win Refugee Status
At least 100,000 Colombians have fled across the border into Venezuela to escape the civil war in their country over the past three years.OIL: Prices Up as OPEC Considers Yet Another Production Cut
OPEC is looking at cutting oil production in order to shore up prices, prompting a nearly three-percent jump on Friday alone after a two-month downslide that kept pace with the advance of U.S. and British forces in Iraq.POLITICS-VENEZUELA: Gov’t-Opposition Talks Endangered
Venezuela's ruling parties want the talks between the opposition and the government to move to parliament.VENEZUELA: Food Shortage Looms as Cash Controls Continue
The strict controls on currency exchange implemented three months ago in Venezuela have pushed food supplies to the brink, limiting private sector cash in a country that imports nearly half of what it eats, say business leaders.ENVIRONMENT-LATAM: Alarm Sounds for Disappearing Birds
Any overview about birds in Latin America conveys a sense of the great wealth of species, serving as a reminder of the region's almost lavish biological diversity and of the aggressions against the environment, which not only threaten the habitat of one kind of bird or another, but of all living things.
Alarm Sounds for Disappearing Birds
The planet is suffering the worst wave of species extinction since the dinosaurs disappeared 65 million years ago, warns a bird expert. Some 649 species of our feathered friends are in imminent danger of disappearing forever.BRAZIL-VENEZUELA: Chavez and Lula Doing Business
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chávez will agree Friday on the details of new business deals worth around one billion dollars at a meeting in which they will also review Brazil's mediation in Venezuela's political crisis.COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA: Extremes Meet
The presidents of Colombia and Venezuela disappointed anyone who was expecting conflicts from the two divergent personalities during their official meeting, as they amicably signed agreements to reactivate bilateral trade and develop joint infrastructure projects.VENEZUELA-COLOMBIA: Uribe and Chavez to ‘Turn Off the Microphones’
Presidents Alvaro Uribe, of Colombia, and Hugo Chávez, of Venezuela, are working to contain the expansion of the Colombian armed conflict and to put an end to the "microphone diplomacy" that has torn at relations between the two South American neighbours./ARTS WEEKLY/CULTURE-VENEZUELA: The Death of Arts Patronage
Private foundations promoting the arts are headed towards extinction in Venezuela, disappearing amidst the acute economic crisis and the lack of legislation that would provide incentives for their efforts.OIL: Prices Climb with Expectations of OPEC Production Cuts
International petroleum prices rose nine percent this week as the market kept its eye on OPEC (Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries), which is widely expected to announce a cut in production at its emergency ministerial meeting Apr. 24 in Vienna.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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