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Venezuela — Venezuelan authorities have asked a court to order 10 more people detained in a scandal involving four banks shut down by the government due to irregularities, the attorney general said today. Attorney General Luisa Ortega Diaz also asked...

President Hugo Chavez struck a softer tone to reassure jittery investors on Thursday over the health of Venezuela's banks, and markets began to stabilize after a sharp sell-off of bonds and the bolivar currency. With rumors swirling about stability after...

Two of the banks, Canarias and ProVivienda, will be permanently closed and their assets auctioned off, Ali Rodriguez, the finance minister, said on Monday. "The damage caused has been so great that it has severely compromised the solvency of these institutions...

ET The Associated Press Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas receives a replica of Venezuelan independence hero Simon Bolivar's sword from Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in Caracas on Friday. (Ariana Cubillos/Associated Press) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has dismissed as insufficient...

Obama during visit to China   Photo: Reuters Qom enrichment plant   Photo: AP Washington Post reports American warning caused Beijing to reconsider its stance on Iranian nuclear program, may lead to agreement on tougher sanctions against Islamic republic Yitzhak...

Venezuelan-Colombian relations posited that “the current suspension of diplomatic relations may last considerably longer than before,” that prediction is beginning to look almost conservative. Diplomacy has been off the agenda since late July, and since the beginning of November, relations...

Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez is hailing the forthcoming arrival of 300 Russian-made tanks and armored vehicles, and urging civilians to join government-organized militias to be ready to defend Venezuela from a foreign invasion. Chavez called on his supporters to...

Venezuela — President Hugo Chávez is heaping praise on Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, the Venezuelan better known as Carlos the Jackal and implicated in hijackings and terror attacks across Europe in the 1970s and ’80s, describing him in a speech here...

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez says he will join a team of Cuban scientists on flights to "bomb clouds" to create rain amid a severe drought that has aroused public anger due to water and electricity rationing. Chavez, who has asked...

Venezuela opposes the U.S. use of Colombian bases and calls it a preparation for a U.S...No new date for the vote has been set, but aides to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva were busy calming emotions after the latest...