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Hugo Chavez and Gov. Bill Richardson Meet : And All You Did Was Visit Abuela This Weekend
On Saturday, the Latino U.S. President that wasn't, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, met with U.S. Latin American enemy #2 (Cuba is still #1), Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Richardson was lending his support in hostage negotiations with the FARC, especially... Read more »
Gustavo Dudamel: Classically Hot
On beautiful weekends when the high hits 90 degrees (in mid-April), I absolutely love living in LA. Of course, there are a lot of other things to add to the list besides the weather. One of those is the fact... Read more »
Penobscot Nation Has Got Venezuela's Back
Penobscot Indians are leading the opposition to a congressional resolution to label Venezuela as a terrorist country. Penobscot leaders say that House Resolution 1049 threatens to stop free heating oil that Venezuela has supplied to hundreds of American Indians and... Read more »
Los Simpsons Don't Live In Venezuela
In Hugo Chavez's Venezuela, boobs bouncing in bathing suits is more appropriate at 11 am than the Simpsons. The country's TV regulator said the saga of Homer Simpson, wife Marge and their three children flouted regulations that prohibit "messages that... Read more »
Venezuela Does It's Part Against Ilegal Drug Trade
Venezuela has long been criticized by the U.S. government for not doing enough against the illegal drug trade within it's borders. Its' not clear if the recent anti-drug campaign within Venezuela is a reaction to this criticism or part of... Read more »
Venezuela Wins Suit Against Exxon
Score for Venezuela in it's ongoing battle with U.S. oil giant Exxon. Earlier today a British court ruled that a $12 billion freeze on Venezuelan assets awarded to U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil should be lifted. The freeze has been... Read more »
Tens of thousands at Paz Sin Fronteras Concert
The Paz Sin Fronteras concert, held yesterday on the Colombia-Venezuela border was a success by all accounts. As you can see, all the participants, including organizer Juanes, fellow Colombian Carlos Vives, Alejandro Sanz, Miguel Bose, and Juan Luis Guerra,... Read more »
Paz Sin Fronteras Concert This Sunday on Colombian-Venezuelan Border
This Sunday, March 16th, on a bridge linking Venezuela and Colombia, music will join the two nations as well, following political drama between the South American countries. The Concierto Paz Sin Fronteras (The Peace Without Borders Concert)will feature Miguel Bosé,... Read more »
Colombia and Venezuela Make Nice
After a week of rising tensions between Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Yesterday Venezuela announced that it was reestablishing diplomatic relations with Colombia. This followed a Friday meeting between the parties in the Dominican Republic where the presidents of Ecuador, Venezuela,... Read more »
Hugo Chavez Quote of the Day
With the escalating war of words and laptops going on among Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela let's get Hugo Chavez's aka Latin American enemy #1 (even beating out Fidel!)take on things. Before sending troops to the Colombian border, On Sunday during... Read more »
Are Colombia, Ecuador & Venezuela Ready to Get Their War On?
The media is all over the story that Ecuador and Venezuela are ready to declare war on Colombia. Ecuador and Venezuela have cut diplomatic ties with Colombia and sent troops to their respective borders with the nation run by Alvaro... Read more »
Colombians Wait for Release of Four FARC Hostages
Thanks to Hugo Chavez (don't you hate when he does something right?), four Colombian hostages held by the FARC for 6 years are set to be released. According to news reports this morning, Venezuelan helicopters are set to go deep... Read more »
Venezuela Settles With International Oil Co's Except Exxon.
Venezuela's government settled with three oil companies, totaling $1.8 billion.France's Total, Norway's Statoil and Italy's ENI agreed to the settlement after accepting the book price for the assets that PDVSA took over. Total accepted $834m, ENI accepted $700m and Statoil... Read more »
Venezuela to Exxon : You Didn't Invest that Much Dinero So Get Out
Earlier this week, we reported on the latest Hugo Chavez threat. By the next day, Venezuela's state oil company said that it has stopped selling crude to Exxon Mobil Corp. This was a direct response to A US court freezing... Read more »
Latino Celebs Rally Around Alejandro Sanz
Alejandro Sanz, the Spanish pop star and outspoken critic of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, is receiving the support of several Latino superstars in his quest to "tell it like it is" about the South American leader. Sanz has released a... Read more »
Hugo Chavez Threatens to Halt Oil Sales to the US
When he's not insulting the U.S. leadership, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is threatening the United States, this time he's threatening to cut off oil. "If you end up freezing (Venezuelan assets) and it harms us, we're going to harm you,"... Read more »
Chavez Vs. Food and Farmers
With the focus off Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his role in the liberation of two FARC hostages, attention is drawn back internally and to reports of food shortages. The shortages on staples such as milk,bread,eggs and meat are being... Read more »
Are Chavez and Naomi Campbell an Item?
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and supermodel turned phone-thrower Naomi Campbell are reportedly in love. Spanish newspaper 20 Minutos -- a sometimes less-than-credible source -- has been reporting on this rumor for days now, and I decided to ignore it until... Read more »
Chavez: FARC Aren't Terrorists
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez said today that he doesn't consider the FARC a terrorist group and therefore should be removed from the list of international terrorist organizations:"The FARC and the ELN are not terrorist groups, they are armies, real armies... Read more »
Two FARC Hostages Freed, First Images In
The FARC has released two hostages, Clara Rojas and Consuelo Gonzalez, who were later picked up by helicopters in the Colombian jungle and brought back to Caracas. Above is one of the first pictures of the freed hostages, distributed by... Read more »
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