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- Trial begins for Venezuelan in alleged hush-money case
- MIAMI AFP — The trial of a Venezuelan accused with four others of seeking to silence a US-Venezuelan national caught entering Argentina with a suitcase full of 800,000 dollars got under way here Tuesday. Franklin Duran, three other Venezuelans and an Uruguayan living in the United States have been...
- Research articles 2008-09-03
- Latin America's leftwing swells with new Paraguay president
- ASUNCION AFP — An ex-bishop who ended 61 years of one-party conservative rule in Paraguay, Fernando Lugo, was sworn in Friday as his nation's president, further swelling the ranks of leftwing leaders in South America. Ideologically aligned leaders, including Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Argentina's...
- Research articles 2008-08-15
- Spanish king, Venezuelan president make peace
- MADRID AFP — King Juan Carlos and President Hugo Chavez patched up their differences Friday in their first meeting since the Spanish monarch told the Venezuelan president to "shut up" at a summit last year. The king, wearing a light grey suit and pink tie, shook hands and patted...
- Research articles 2008-07-25
- Venezuelan, Colombian leaders look to mend ties
- CARACAS AFP — The presidents of Venezuela and Colombia, Hugo Chavez and Alvaro Uribe, are to meet Friday with the aim of drawing a line under months of crisis-filled tensions and recovering neighborly ties. The face-to-face in Coro, northwest Venezuela, will be the first bilateral meeting since late 2007....
- Research articles 2008-07-09
- Padres spread $5M around
- While the Oakland A's were giving out a $4.25 million bonus to sign one 16-year-old prospect Wednesday, 6-foot-7 pitcher Michael Inoa, the San Diego Padres committed nearly $5 million in signing bonuses on five international prospects. Two months after opening a baseball academy in the Dominican Republic, the...
- Research articles 2008-07-02
- US Treasury targets Hezbollah supporters in Venezuela
- WASHINGTON AFP — The US Treasury Department on Wednesday froze the US assets of what it said were a pair of Venezuela-based supporters of Hezbollah. They are Ghazi Nasr al Din and Fawzi Kan'an, along with two travel agencies owned and controlled by Kan'an, the department said. "It...
- Research articles 2008-06-18
- US says 'good words' from Chavez on rebels
- WASHINGTON AFP — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez uttered "good words" when he urged Colombian rebels to end their insurgency and free all their hostages, but action is now needed, a senior US official said Monday. "Those are certainly good words," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters when asked...
- Research articles 2008-06-09
- Chavez revokes controversial spying law
- CARACAS AFP — Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez on Saturday revoked a law he decreed last month creating four spy agencies and a Cuban-style national informants' network, saying the measure contained errors. "I started listening to criticism of the law and in the end, I think there are some mistakes...
- Research articles 2008-06-07
- South American nations launch new policy group
- BRASILIA AFP — Leaders of 12 South American nations on Friday signed a treaty to launch a Union of South American Nations, seeking foreign policy alignment and better relations among neighbors. With oil prices soaring, countries were discussing how to boost energy policy coordination as well as cooperation on...
- Research articles 2008-05-23
- US calls on Venezuela to clarify ties with Colombian rebels
- WASHINGTON AFP — Washington on Tuesday called on Caracas to explain its relationship with leftist Colombian rebels, following the discovery of information suggesting that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is actively supporting the guerrillas. Thomas Shannon, the top US State Department official in charge of Latin America, said that he...
- Research articles 2008-05-20
- Interpol backs Colombia's claims on rebels
- BOGOTA, Colombia -- Interpol said Thursday that computer files suggesting Venezuela was arming and financing Colombian guerrillas came from a rebel camp and were not tampered with, discrediting Venezuela's assertions that Colombia faked them. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denounced the report as "ridiculous," saying a "show of clowns"...
- Research articles 2008-05-16
- Venezuelan links to FARC rebels 'highly disturbing': US
- WASHINGTON AFP — The United States said Thursday that news reports describing Venezuela's alleged links to Colombian rebels are "highly disturbing," adding it had no reason to doubt their legitimacy. "The picture painted by some of the preliminary reports that I have seen over the last few days is...
- Research articles 2008-05-15
- Interpol confirms authenticity of captured FARC data
- BOGOTA AFP — Interpol confirmed Thursday the authenticity of a trove of computer documents seized from Colombia's FARC guerrillas which Bogota says prove close links between the rebels and Venezuela and Ecuador. Interpol secretary general Ronald Noble announced in Bogota that the global police group had not found any...
- Research articles 2008-05-15
- Chavez derides rebel data, reviews Colombian relations
- CARACAS AFP — President Hugo Chavez called the Interpol report on Colombian rebel computer files a "clown show," and said all relations with Colombia would undergo "deep review," as well as Venezuela's cooperation with Interpol. Interpol said Thursday the computer files Colombia seized during a March 1 raid on...
- Research articles 2008-05-15
- Portuguese PM under fire for smoking during a flight
- LISBON AFP — Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates Thursday offered an apology for lighting up in a plane while travelling to Venezuela for an official visit and said he would try and kick smoking. "I had been smoking with the economy minister" during the flight, Socrates was quoted as...
- Research articles 2008-05-15
- Cabrera pulls off solo triple baseball play for Indians
- CLEVELAND, Ohio AFP — Cleveland Indians second baseman Asdrubal Cabrera of Venezuela pulled off the 14th unassisted triple play in Major League Baseball in game two of a double-header against Toronto. In the fifth innings, Kevin Mench and Marco Scutaro began the inning with singles and Lyle Overbay flew...
- Research articles 2008-05-13
- New US Fourth Fleet raises question: gunboat diplomacy?
- WASHINGTON AFP — The US Navy has raised the profile of its operations in Latin America, reviving the US Fourth Fleet after nearly a 60-year slumber. And some, beginning with Cuba's Fidel Castro, are asking why. The ailing Castro raised the question in a column published Monday in...
- Research articles 2008-05-10
- Latin Americans issue regional food emergency
- MANAGUA AFP — Seventeen Latin American governments issued a regional food "emergency" Wednesday at the close of a one-day summit on the food crisis that underscored an ideological split among its participants. The final statement included a 100-million-dollar Venezuelan initiative to boost cereal production that Mexico said should have...
- Research articles 2008-05-07
- Brazil books soccer friendlies with Canada, Venezuela on US soil
- SEATTLE, Washington AFP — Five time World Cup champion Brazil announced Tuesday that it will play two football friendlies on US soil later this year. The Brazilians have booked matches against Canada in Seattle on May 31 and Venezuela on June 6 at Foxboro, Massachusetts, as part of a...
- Research articles 2008-04-29
- Venezuela and Iran agree to boost cooperation
- CARACAS AFP — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have agreed by telephone to meet soon to boost cooperation on several levels, the Venezuelan foreign ministry said Sunday. "Presidents Ahmadinejad and Chavez agreed to meet as soon as possible to continue boosting their industrial, scientific and...
- Research articles 2008-04-27
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