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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
CARACAS, 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.
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Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
CARACAS, Venezuela — Hugo Chavez is defending alleged terrorist mastermind Carlos the Jackal, saying the Venezuelan imprisoned in France was a "revolutionary fighter" rather than a terrorist.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Tensions raised between two countries as troops dynamite rural walkways Venezuela claims are used by smugglers and militia Venezuela has blown up two pedestrian bridges on its border with Colombia in the latest sign of deteriorating relations between the Andean neighbours. Soldiers destroyed the walkways because they were being used by illegal militia and drug traffickers, said Eusebio Aguero, an...
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
CARACAS (Reuters) - 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.
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Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
BarCamp Caracas 2009 is scheduled for November 27, and the blog No Suma Cero [es] writes about some of the topics to be addressed and how to connect to the various social networks for coverage.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan authorities have destroyed more than 30,000 illegal firearms as part of an effort to combat soaring crime.
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Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez on Sunday ordered Venezuela's military to prepare for a possible armed conflict with Colombia, saying his country's soldiers should be ready if the United States attempts to provoke a war between the South American neighbors.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo Chavez on Sunday ordered Venezuela's military to prepare for a possible armed conflict with Colombia, saying his country's soldiers should be ready if the United States attempts to provoke a war between the South American neighbors.
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
While a drought has put Caracas under widespread water rationing for the first time in years, for Venezuelans in this hillside slum it's just more of the same.
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Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
FILAS DE MARICHES, Venezuela — While a drought has put Caracas under widespread water rationing for the first time in years, for Venezuelans in this hillside slum it's just more of the same.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
FILAS DE MARICHES, Venezuela -- While a drought has put Caracas under widespread water rationing for the first time in years, for Venezuelans in this hillside slum it's just more of the same.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Caracas - At least 90 Colombians were arrested Thursday in the western Venezuelan state of Barinas for travelling without the required documents, Venezuelan authorities said. The Colombians were travelling in three buses, General Vladimir Padrino, re...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan authorities have detained a suspect in the shooting deaths of two National Guard soldiers.
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jannollo | 01/26/2008
Caracas, January 24, 2008 (venezuelanalysis.com) - Medea Benjamin, spokesperson for CODEPINK: Women for Peace, a well known anti-war group in the US, and Jesús Marrero from the Committee for the Extradition of Posada Carriles in Venezuela, held a joint press conference in Caracas today to demand the arrest and extradition to Venezuela of former CIA operative and international terrorist Luis Posada