USA Today (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
The US ambassador to Venezuela says he regrets President Hugo Chavez's recent warning that he could be asked to leave the country, ...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Lawmakers loyal to President Hugo Chavez gave final approval yesterday to a bill allowing the Venezuelan Government to seize total control of the nation's fuel distribution. Distributors including subsidiaries of British Petroleum,...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez approves a plan to take over the firms that distribute fuel to households and petrol stations.
Sound Of Cannons (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Anti-Obamanomics: Why Everyone Should Be in Favor of Tax Cuts for the “Rich” Are the American people being primed to elect as President of the United States a home-grown version of Hugo Chavez, in the person of Barack Obama? This is a question one can come away with after reading “Obamanomics,” the featured article in this last Sunday’s (August 24, 2008) New York Times Magazine. Written by Times’ columnist...
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS (Free subscription) | yesterday
CINDY SHEEHAN. JODI EVANS. HUGO CHAVEZ. AND MEDEA BENJAMIN. A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS. AND TWO OF THOSE WORDS ARE "COMMUNITY ORGANIZER". YOU GUESSED IT: THAT'S WHAT JODI EVANS IS. JUST LIKE OBAMA. FROM HER BIO AT CODE PINK : Jodie has been a community, social and political organizer for the last 30 years. She has used her skills,for the protection of the earth, to give voice to communities...
Marginal Revolution (Free subscription) | yesterday
Alternatively, you could call this "Markets in Everything": The secret-spilling site Wikileaks announced this week that it's acquired thousands of e-mails belonging to a top aide to Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. But don't look for them online. In a departure...
Ecuador Rising - Hatarinchej (Free subscription) | yesterday
Diarios las Americas , 5 September, 2008 A meeting – another one- has just taken place between Hugo Chávez, of Venezuela and Rafael Correa of Ecuador at Camp Ayacucho, a 850 sq. kilometer area in the oil-bearing strip of the Orinoco, to sign a petroleum agreement. However, more than a petroleum agreement it is one of “revolutionary integration” and they have made clear that it means the revolutionary...
New York Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
President Hugo Chávez’s use of an term that roughly translates as “little Yankee” as a contemptuous synonym for “sellout” or “oligarch” has caught on in Venezuela.
FP Passport (Free subscription) | yesterday
Darren Decker/Miss Universe Organization via Getty Images If no one in Venezuela noticed that the Olympics were over, it was because there is yet a bigger, more strategic game to be won. Care to guess? A soccer match? A local election? President Hugo Chávez trying out for American Idol? Nice try. As defending champion of the Miss Universe competition, the country is going all out to defend its title....
IOL (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
If we didn't know already, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez made it clear during his visit to South Africa that he is protege of retired Cuban president Fidel Castro, Peter Fabricius expands.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and his South African counterpart Thabo Mbeki announced that their countries have a "strategic" relationship, before signing a framework cooperation agreement in Pretoria, which paves the way for future arrangements on technology transfer and concrete deals involving oil and food.
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's oil largesse could come at a cost to South Africa, an oil analyst said this week.
Radar (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Mind terribly if we tie up loose DNC ends? We got actor/activist Danny Glover cornered and discussing—or mostly not discussing—funding he recently received from Venezuela President Hugo Chavez for a series of films his production company has
Bush Radio 89.5 fm Newsroom (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
By Mikhaila Crowie 4 September 2008 Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez arrived in the country yesterday to hold bilateral discussions with President Thabo Mbeki. An energy deal between Venezuela and South Africa is on the cards. The deal would pave the way for state-owned oil company PetroSA to acquire assets in Venezuela. President Chavez visit to the country also strengthens the relation between South...
The Latin Americanist (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
On September 3 rd , 2005 an NYU grad student created a unique forum for the discussion of news and issues pertaining to Latin America. The first trio of posts on that day examined topics as varied as The Economist ’s view on Hugo Chavez , Costa Rica’s downgraded credit rating , and protests in Argentina . Who would’ve imagined that this blog would continue strong after three years, over 3500 posts,...
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teatrends | 05/05/2008
These are hard times for loved cartoons: Hugo Chavez bans The Simpsons, Heidi is changed in Turkey and China is limiting Disney production. Yet again, the highest spheres of power manipulate traditional medias.
