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VENEZUELA: Papal Pardons For Sale in Preparation for Pope’s Planned Visit to Country’s Worst Prison
Shades of Chaucer's Pardoner and his tale ! The planned visit to Venezuela next month by Pope John Paul II is being marred by allegations that pardons to be granted prisoners during the Pontiff's stay are being sold by government authorities.TRADE-COMMODITIES: South Triumphs in WTO’s First Fight
The developing South won the first fight refereed by the World Trade Organisation (WTO), when Brazil and Venezuela forced the US to withdraw supposed "environmental" restrictions on petrol imports.TRADE-LATAM: SELA Statement Demands Freer World Market
The Latin American Economic System (SELA) countries, meeting in Caracas Thursday, revealed their newly minted declaration for the United Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD) conference in South Africa in April.VENEZUELA-HUMAN RIGHTS: Papal Pardons For Sale
The planned visit to Venezuela next month by Pope John Paul II has been marred by allegations that pardons to be granted prisoners during the Pontiff's stay are being sold by government authorities.ENERGY: Bidding is on for New Venezuelan Oil Fields.
Venezuela will name the lucky winners next week from the 76 consortia that have entered bids to work 10 oil fields estimated to contain reserves of between 7 billion and 10 billion barrels of "black gold.".ECONOMY-LATAM: SELA Propose UNCTAD as Defender of the South
Latin America and the Caribbean want the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to join the triad of international organisms governing the world economy from the North.DRUGS-HEALTH: Substance Abuse Widespread in Venezuela
Venezuelans may die of cardiovascular disease, cancer and accidents, but lurking behind these scourges of the community are are the real assassins: drug and alcohol abuse.DRUGS-HEALTH: Substance Abuse Widespread in Venezuela
Venezuelans may die of cardiovascular disease, cancer and accidents, but lurking behind these scourges of the community are are the real assassins: drug and alcohol abuse.VENEZUELA: Sick Poor Infants, Healthy Rich Kids
It's official: 43 percent of Venezuelans live in absolute poverty.VENEZUELA-ECONOMY: A Bitter Cocktail for ’96
Venezuelans will have to swallow a bitter cocktail of recession, inflation, a slump in consumption and rising unemployment in 1996.VENEZUELA-ECONOMY: A Bitter Cocktail for ’96
Venezuelans will have to swallow a bitter cocktail of recession, inflation, a slump in consumption and rising unemployment in 1996.VENEZUELA-POLITICS: Apathy Reigns Over Regional Elections
Only two things appear certain at Venezuela's forthcoming regional elections: a low turnout of voters, and former Miss Universe Irene Saez, will be re-elected Mayor of Chacao - the most exclusive ward in Caracas.VENEZUELA: Artists and Mafiosos Fight for Control of Prison
Mafioso gangs and a broad-based social group led by artists are fighting for control of Venezuela's most beastly prison: the 'Reten de Catia' in Caracas.VENEZUELA: Though not on agenda, prices dominate Energy Conference
Oil prices as the key variable in determining policies of investment, technological development and environmental conservation dominated the Fourth World Conference on Energy despite having been expressly excluded from the official agenda.VENEZUELA: Thirst for Investment Plays Leading Role at Energy Conference
The thirst for investment to ensure the planet an adequate supply of increasingly environmentally-sound energy is dominating the search for understandings between large oil producers and consumers.VENEZUELA-CULTURE: Oral Tradition Yields to Writing
The written word is overtaking oral transmission of history and culture among Venezuela's indigenous groups, say local storytellers and educators meeting here at a colloquium on indigenous literature.ENERGY: Prices, Excluded from Official Agenda, Dominate Conference
Oil prices as the key variable in determining policies of investment, technological development and environmental conservation dominated the Fourth World Conference on Energy despite having been expressly excluded from the agenda.VENEZUELA: The Government’s Economic Plan, Poetry Instead of Policy
"Instead of policy, we have economic poetry" in Venezuela, wrote influential playwright Jose Ignacio Cabrujas, widely regarded as the country's conscience, referring to the seventh economic plan launched by the government since early 1994.VENEZUELA: Bishop Calls for More Open, Representative Democracy
The country could be facing an explosive situation if the Venezuelan democratic system does not become more open, credible and participative, the president of the Episcopal Conference, Bishop Mario Moronta of Caracas, warned this week.VENEZUELA: Bishop Calls for More Open, Representative Democracy
The country could be facing an explosive situation if the Venezuelan democratic system does not become more open, credible and participative, the president of the Episcopal Conference, Bishop Mario Moronta of Caracas, warned on Thursday.OIL-VENEZUELA: The Full-Fledged Return of Transnationals
Transnational oil companies will stage a full-fledged return to the Venezuelan scene in January 1996, exactly 20 years after the sector was nationalised and foreign companies were replaced by a state monopoly.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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