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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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Venezuela”

• Carlos Monasterios

  
  TrendPK.com — Authority: 463
  Carlos Monasterios, Big news this morning: the Mets pitcher was Carlos Monasteries in Rule 5. Do not worry, not supposed to have heard of him. The fun part is that he took in organizing the Philadelphia Phillies. Monasteries is a 23-year-old right-hander (will be 24 March) of Venezuela, which produces a hard burden ...
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• Carlos Monasterios

  
  MastiFunda.com — Authority: 159
  Carlos Monasterios, Big news this morning: the Mets pitcher was Carlos Monasteries in Rule 5. Do not worry, not supposed to have heard of him. The fun part is that he took in organizing the Philadelphia Phillies. Monasteries is a 23-year-old right-hander (will be 24 March) of Venezuela, which produces a hard burden ...
  4 hours ago

• Venezuela Prepares For War Against Colombia

  
  War News Updates — Authority: 162
  JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images Colombia Faces Border Tensions With Venezuela -- Washington Times Colombia has been building up forces along its eastern border with Venezuela following weeks of provocations by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who has threatened war against Colombia for a recent agreement that ...
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• Venezuela prepares for aggression against Colombia

  
  PrairiePundit — Authority: 556
  IBD Editorial: Venezuelas Hugo Chavez was all bluster last weekend, flashing his missiles, hurling insults and spoiling for a fight with Colombia. The big danger here isnt Chavez, but growing White House indifference to an ally. This fall, when U.S. officials agreed to expanded military-base access in Colombia to ...
  7 hours ago

• Rattler Alumni Report: Winter League Games of December 9, 2009

  
  Rattler Radio — Authority: 437
  Liga Venezuela Beisbol Profesional Aragua 5 @Caracas 2 Caracas: Renee Cortez (03): 1.1IP, H, 2R, 2BB LaGuaira 5 @Zulia 3 Zulia: Gerardo Avila (08): pinch hitter 0-for-1 @Magallanes 6, Lara 5 Lara: Luis Valbuena (06): 1-for-4, RUN Juan Ovalles (04): .1IP, H, R Caribes 2 @Margarita 0 ...
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• Colombia raps Venezuela over FARC rebel "insult"

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 713
  Source: Reuters BOGOTA, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Colombia on Wednesday demanded Venezuelan President Hugo Chavezs government clarify whether it tolerated support for terrorist organizations after Colombias leftist rebels ...
  19 hours ago

• The Miss Fat Gay Venezuela contest

  
  PinkNews.co.uk — Authority: 140
  The Miss Fat Gay Venezuela contest Read more….
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• CSB warns of hazard at Citgos Texas refinery

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 713
  Source: Reuters (Adds details) HOUSTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. Chemical Safety Board on Wednesday warned of a potential hazard from toxic hydrogen fluoride vapor releases at Citgo Petroleum Corps Corpus ...
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• CSB warns of hazard at Citgos Texas refinery

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 713
  Source: Reuters HOUSTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. Chemical Safety Board on Wednesday warned of a potential hazard from toxic hydrogen fluoride vapor releases at Citgo Petroleum Corps Corpus Christi, Texas, ...
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• Venezuela’s new Continental Bolivarian Movement: 15 Minutes on Latin America

  
  Fausta's Blog — Authority: 143
  In Today’s podcast at 11AM Eastern, and while we are focused on Tiger Woods’s marital travails, Noticias 24 /AFP report that students, workers, indigenous movements, and other leftist groups met in Caracas this week to create the Movimiento Continental Bolivariano (Continental Bolivarian Movement), which ...
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• Rattler Alumni Report: Winter League Games of December 8, 2009

  
  Rattler Radio — Authority: 437
  Liga Venezuela Beisbol Profesional @Aragua 4, Lara 1 Lara: Luis Valbuena (06): 1-for-4 @Caracas 4, Magallanes 2 Magallanes: Wladimir Balentien (04): 1-for-3, RBI Liga de Beisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico @Mayaguez 7, Caguas 5 Caguas: Matt Tuiasosopo (05): 0-for-4 Mayaguez: Johan ...
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• Latin American Internet Usage Country-By-Contry

  
  Marketing Conversation — Authority: 423
  I am fascinated in how successful Abraham Harrison has been in our blogger outreach and digital PR campaigns in Latin America, including the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking worlds of Central American, South America, Brazil, and Mexico.  While my team is all over this sort of data, I was curious to take a closer ...
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• Chavez: Venezuela acquires thousands of missiles

  
  osmoothie — Authority: 145
  Breitbart (AP) , “ Chavez: Venezuela acquires thousands of missiles ” CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – President Hugo Chavez said Monday that Venezuela has received thousands of Russian-made missiles and rocket launchers as part of his government’s military preparations for a possible armed conflict with ...
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• Venezuela issues arrest warrants for 30 bankers

  
  JustGetThere — Authority: 137
  PressTV | A court in Venezuela has issued arrest warrants for 30 bank executives over their alleged mismanagement of the country’s financial affairs. The court order comes days after the government of President Hugo Chavez nationalized seven banks due to their ‘unregulated’ transactions. “A group of ...
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• Chavez: Venezuela acquires thousands of missiles

  
  The Blog at Christian Truckers Network — Authority: 138
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – President Hugo Chavez said Monday that Venezuela has received thousands of Russian-made missiles and rocket launchers as part of his government’s military preparations for a possible armed conflict with neighboring Colombia. “They are preparing a war against us,” Chavez said during a ...
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• Honduras top anti-drugs official shot and killed

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 713
  Source: Reuters TEGUCIGALPA, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Suspected drug hitmen on Tuesday shot and killed Honduras top anti-drugs official who recently had warned the country was in danger of becoming a "narco-state,& ...
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• News: Luke and Noah, Venezuela, Bollywood, HIV, Chad White

  
  -Towleroad News- [#gay] — Authority: 760
  TSA leaks entire screening procedures manual . In response to the Manhattan Declaration , the Affirmation Declaration . Send a good-bye kiss to daytime TVs pioneering gay couple Luke and Noah . UCLA researchers: stem cells can be engineered to kill HIV : "We have demonstrated in this ...
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• Venezuela aquires 1000s of Russian missiles

  
  Report on Arrakis — Authority: 572
  "They are preparing a war against us," Chavez recently said during a television appearance referring to Columbia. Venezuela is also to receive Russian T-72 tanks. Since 2005 Chavez has purchased over $4 billion worth of arms from the Russians which include fighter jets, attack helicopter and tons and tons of AK ...
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• Chávez Must Look Homeward To Nurse His Ailing Revolution and Reinforce His Constituency

  
  Council on Hemispheric Affairs — Authority: 126
  - Economic hard times eroding his constituency- Venezuelan leader would do well to more carefully choose his shots In 1998, Venezuelans broke with political tradition by electing a well-known and controversial populist colonel named Hugo Chávez Frias as president. They ignored precedent because the long-established, ...
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• OAS Commission to Hear Hunger Strikers Complaints

  
  FJ's South of the Border Blog — Authority: 131
  A commission from the OAS arrived today in Caracas to hear the compaliants of the students currently undergoing a hunger strikes in the area surrounding the seat of the international organization. Julio Rivas said that with the visit the objectives of the youth had been met. A group of Venezuelan students decided to ...
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