Contributor ReportsStudents end hunger strike in Venezuela
Source: The Boston Globe
Caracas :: Venezuela | updated Tue Dec 08 15:40:46 -0800 2009 | political-news
Venezuela— A group of college students ended a hunger strike after 17 days after meeting Tuesday with Organization of American States representatives to air their concerns about human rights in Venezuela. Student leader Julio Rivas said the protest achieved its...
University official says Venezuelan student shot and killed during ...
Source: Macleans
Caracas :: Venezuela | updated Tue Dec 08 18:39:46 -0800 2009 | political-news
Venezuela's justice minister says a university student has been killed during a protest. Tareck El Aissami says Jesus Eduardo Ramirez was fatally shot in the head during a demonstration Tuesday in the western city of San Cristobal, where students from...
Bank scandal claims Venezuelan politician
Source: United Press International
Caracas :: Venezuela | updated Tue Dec 08 01:42:48 -0800 2009 | political-news
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says his science and technology minister will resign in the wake of a banking scandal involving his brother. During his weekly televised address, Chavez said Minister Jesse Chacon would resign after his brother Arne Chacon turned...
Aides in firing line as Hugo Chávez targets bank corruption in ...
Source: The Guardian
Caracas :: Venezuela | updated Mon Dec 07 11:57:57 -0800 2009 | political-news
A corruption scandal has shaken Venezuela 's financial system and triggered the arrest of tycoons who are linked to President Hugo Chávez 's government. Authorities have closed seven banks and detained eight bankers in a widening crackdown which has toppled...
Venezuela arrests bank chief close to government
Source: Reuters
Caracas :: Venezuela | updated Sat Dec 05 20:46:54 -0800 2009 | business-news
Venezuela arrested the brother of one of President Hugo Chavez's senior ministers on Saturday, the latest move in a clean-up of the financial system that has closed banks and pointed to corruption close to the government. Police arrested Arne Chacon...
Venezuela seeks more arrests in banking scandal
Source: Houston Chronicle
Caracas :: Venezuela | updated Fri Dec 04 18:25:46 -0800 2009 | business-news
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...
Chavez seeks to reassure on Venezuelan banks
Source: Reuters
Caracas :: Venezuela | updated Thu Dec 03 13:56:59 -0800 2009 | political-news
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...
Report: US warned China that Israel could attack Iran
Source: Ynet News
Caracas :: Venezuela | updated Thu Nov 26 07:52:54 -0800 2009 | political-news
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...
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Source: United Press International
Caracas :: Venezuela | updated Tue Nov 17 22:35:08 -0800 2009 | travel-news
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...
Chávez Offers Public Defense Carlos the Jackal
Source: The New York Times
Caracas :: Venezuela | updated Sat Nov 21 20:53:37 -0800 2009 | political-news
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...
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