VENEZUELA

Venezuela is a state in South America. It was the site of Christopher Columbus's first continental landing in South America, after which it soon became a Spanish colony.

The nation won independence  in 1821 under the leadership of its native son, Simon Bolivar and it has been a democracy continuously since 1958.

It ranks high in bloggers' interest primarily because of its populist, anti-American president Hugo Chavez, who was elected in a landslide victory in 1998. He has been the subject of intense media interest, seen generally by rightest commentators as a dangerously undemocratic demagogue, and by progressive commentators generally as a positive force for social change and source of support for the poor.

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• Venezuela’s Chavez sees US threat in Dutch islands (AP)

  
  enUws — Authority: 466
  AP – Hugo Chavez accused the Netherlands on Thursday of allowing the United States to use Dutch islands off Venezuela’s Caribbean coast to … See the rest here: (AP)"> (AP)">Venezuela’s Chavez sees US threat in Dutch islands (AP)
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• Hugo Chavez parties at Copenhagen like its 1959

  
  L.A. Times - Opinion Blog — Authority: 578
  The Venezuelan president is becoming the world-stage equivalent of the drunk uncle you hope doesnt show up for Christmas. First there was his complaint to the United Nations General Assembly that the speakers podium reeked of sulfur following a speech by devil-incarnate George W. Bush, and now theres his ...
  7 hours ago

• Lack of Pride (And That CITGO Sign Too)

  
  Corporate Compliance Insights — Authority: 125
  The SEC charged Bobby Benton and Pride International with violating the FCPAs antibribery provisions, aiding and abetting FCPA violations, and aiding and abetting violations of the FCPAs books and records and internal control provisions. (This is only a summary of the article. Click on the headline to view the entire ...
  7 hours ago

• Chavez (and Marx) a hit at Copenhagen

  
  OpenMarket.org — Authority: 578
  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez couldn’t resist another opportunity to bash capitalism — and the COP15 Copenhagen Conference on global warming gave him a perfect setup. Protesters against globalization, capitalism, energy use, and other aspects of modern life thronged in the streets, while in the conference ...
  9 hours ago

• UN human rights panel accuses Chávez

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Experts criticise president after judge charged with criminal conspiracy A panel of UN human rights experts has accused President Hugo Chávez of creating a climate of fear among Venezuelas judges and undermining the rule of law with the arrest of a judge. The UN working group on arbitrary detention said last ...
  10 hours ago

• The Real Impetus Behind Copenhagen

  
  Stones Cry Out — Authority: 136
  Do you want to know the real reason behind all the meeting and agreements and doomsaying being done at the Copenhagen climate change confab?  Listen to the applause. First, the warm-up act, so to speak, with hints of what was to come. But before [Australian climate change minister Penny Wong] rose to speak the ...
  11 hours ago

• The Real Impetus Behind Copenhagen

  
  Considerettes — Authority: 463
  Do you want to know the real reason behind all the meeting and agreements and doomsaying being done at the Copenhagen climate change confab?  Listen to the applause. First, the warm-up act, so to speak, with hints of what was to come. But before [Australian climate change minister Penny Wong] rose to speak the ...
  11 hours ago

• One state’s trade boom…

  
  PRI's The World — Authority: 627
  Classic oak tree with moss in our mystery state Download audio file (gloecon40.mp3) Download MP3 During the first three months of the year, trade fell across the board in 49 U.S. states. Which state managed to buck the trend? Tune into the podcast to find out. Also on this edition of the podcast: A socialist ...
  11 hours ago

• Rattler Alumni Report: Winter League Games of December 16, 2009

  
  Rattler Radio — Authority: 436
  Liga Venezuela Beisbol Profesional Caracas 11 @Caribes 5 (12 innings) Caracas: Carlos Maldonado (98): pinch hitter 0-for-1 @Lara 6, Aragua 5 Lara: Luis Valbuena (06): 1-for-3, 2 RUNS, 2 RBI, HR #5 Jose Escalona (08): 0IP, H, R Magallanes 11 @Zulia 4 Zulia: Gerardo Avila (08): 1-for-4 ...
  13 hours ago

• Fidel gives Chávez a breakfast sendoff

  
  Cuban Colada — Authority: 130
  Fidel Castro paid Hugo Chávez "the visit of the century" when he showed up Tuesday morning, unannounced, at the guest house in Havana where the Venezuelan president was preparing to travel to Denmark for the summit on world climate. "Yesterday, Fidel arrived at the house where we were preparing the trip to ...
  14 hours ago

• Hugo Chavez: If the climate was a big capitalist bank, you would have already saved it

  
  Dandelion Salad — Authority: 447
  Dandelion Salad[scroll down slowly to watch the videos as the 1st 2 are self-starting ones, or scroll down the whole page and click to stop the videos; sorry about that.]Bolivia, Venezuela call for more aidhttp://therealnews.comBolivian President Evo Morales and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez are also in Copenhagen ...
  20 hours ago

• The Climate Change Conference from Hell

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  Lets see now... Over in Copenhagen, we have Robert Mugabe, perhaps the most brutal and corrupt despot in Africa, whose lifes work has been to destroy the once-prosperous country of Zimbabwe, lecturing the West on the "hypocrisy" of its position on climate change. (Zimbabwe doesnt have to worry about greenhouse gas ...
  20 hours ago

• Chavez, Morales, Mugabe lash out at Copenhagen

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  Firebrand leaders Hugo Chavez, Evo Morales and Robert Mugabe turned up the heat at the UN climate talks, dumping the blame for global warming squarely at the feet of capitalism. Mr Chavez, the President of Venezuela, was one of the first world leaders to take the podium at the venue of the Copenhagen talks. He seized ...
  21 hours ago

• Sanctions and Strategy, Hugo’s Russian Missiles, Cyberwarfare in Iraq, and More Pleasant Stories for the Holidays

  
  Great Power Politics — Authority: 111
  Since it is the season of giving, I’ve got some super exciting, extremely provocative, and amazingly fascinating great power stories for you to check out. I mean we got….sanctions, Hugo Chavez, Polish missiles, Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer, an Islamic Reformation, and cyberwarfare in Iraq. One of those was just a ...
  22 hours ago

• Putting Our Economy In The Hands Of Chavez Fans

  
  PA Pundits - International — Authority: 559
  By Andrew Bolt TonyfromOz prefaces ….. This post deals with a couple of the interviews taken from one of the Forums. Some World leaders and some other Countries representatives were scheduled to speak as part of the usual UN policy of allowing each Country to say a set piece. Each speaker was given a time ...
  23 hours ago

• Copenhagen Climate Summit: Hugo Chávez is an Inappropriate Environmental Messenger

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 143
  Like him or not, one thing is for sure: the flamboyant Hugo Chávez has never shied away from the limelight. I was therefore somewhat surprised to read some initial press accounts suggesting that the Venezuelan leader might stay away from the United Nations climate summit being held in Copenhagen, Denmark. "If its ...
  23 hours ago

• SELLOUT UNACCEPTABLE - VENEZUELA

  
  AGAINST THE CURRENT — Authority: 416
  The Venezuelan delegation to the Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, denounced Tuesday the attitude of developed countries in the world meeting for not committing to reduce emissions of polluting gases because this would presumably affect their economies. The delegation said that developing nations “will ...
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• Chavez does Denmark

  
  Fausta's Blog — Authority: 142
  Emitting CO2 at the Climate Conference, Chavez, Vlad Tepes’s post, Hugo Chavez defines hypocrisy in Denmark , takes a walk down memory lane on Chavez’s real stand on democracy and concludes, Examples of Hugo Chavez sheer venomous contempt for democracy, for inclusivness are legion. Well worth a subscription ...
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• A Conversation With Chris Smith

  
  / HAMMER TO NAIL — Authority: 124
  Chris Smith’s intention was always to become a narrative filmmaker. But when you take into account 1999’s breakout nonfiction hit American Movie and the newly released Collapse —in addition to other documentary gems Smith has directed over the course of the past decade ( Home Movie , The Yes Men ...
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• Inside The Revolution: A Journey Into the Heart of Venezuela - Film Premiere in Washington DC

  
  Carlos in DC — Authority: 414
  
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