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”

• The Decline of the US’ Imperial Influence in Latin America

  
  The Daily Reckoning — Authority: 602
  Historically the US is accustomed to having its way in Latin America, but with ongoing global shifts in economic advantage some of its power is fading and at least a portion of it is changing hands.  According to the Wall Street Journal: “While the U.S. remains the dominant player in Latin America, its clout is ...
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• Online Rugby match Peru vs Venezuela live on pc.

  
  Dapx - Published news — Authority: 182
  Online Rugby match Peru vs Venezuela live on pc. I think this match will be very enjoyable and interesting.
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• Venezuela Nationalizing The Banks

  
  Tai-Chi Policy — Authority: 147
  They’re not giving as much to the poor as Chavez wishes . It’s the same reasoning Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, and the rest of the Democrats used to defend the legislation that collapsed our economy… Posted in Venezuela Tagged: Housing, Hugo Chavez, Socialism
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• The King of Chocolate, El Rey, Carenero or Rio Caribe, from Venezuela

  
  Serge the Concierge — Authority: 137
  I did not want to give you an indigestion by throwing all that chocolate I tasted and collected for later once my taste buds could not handle any more at the NY Chocolate Show 2009. I already took a trip to Latin America with Panama and Columbia . I had visited Venezuelan chocolates in previous years but never ...
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• Russia building arms plants in Venezuela

  
  The Blog at Christian Truckers Network — Authority: 140
  CARACAS (Reuters) – Russia is building arms plants in Venezuela to produce AK-103 automatic rifles and cartridges and is finalizing contracts to send 53 military helicopters to the Andean nation, Moscow’s envoy to Venezuela said Monday. Ambassador Vladmir Zaemskiy told a news conference that Russian engineers and ...
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• World’s Big Thinkers Reflect and Predict

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 588
  100 luminaries were asked, including the likes of Bill Clinton, Francis Fukuyama, and David Petraeus, about their opinions on past year events, as well as their predictions for the foreseeable future. Here are some of the 2009 reflections and 2010 predictions of big thinkers: The most significant notes are that China ...
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• Implementing the Bolivarian Revolution

  
  The Pakistani Spectator — Authority: 489
  On October 10/09 Venezuelan former mayor, now state legislator Julio Chavez spoke at the University of Toronto sponsored by Hands off Venezuela and the Louis Riel Bolivarian Circle. He came in sporting the unassuming Bolivarian fashion: red T-shirt, red baseball cap (with a Canada logo on it), jeans, and sneakers, and ...
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• How Hugo Deals With Opposition Legislators in the National Assembly

  
  FJ's South of the Border Blog — Authority: 133
  Legislator being removed from chamber - Wilmer Azuaje. Source . Of course, if youre only a lowly town mayor, like the mayor of Barruta Gerardo Blyde, they just punch you in the face. Source . So much for citizens trying to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Look how they treat their own ...
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• Lightning Show Hits Venezuela Town 160 Nights a Year

  
  Watch your favorite videos on the internet. — Authority: 180
  They say that lightning never strikes twice, but nothing could be further from the truth for residents of a small village in western Venezuela where a unique meteorological phenomenon sets the sky alight for nearly half the year. (Dec. 1)
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• Watch Peru Vs Venezuela live rugby match online

  
  Dapx - Published news — Authority: 182
  Watch Peru Vs Venezuela live rugby match online Never hesitate. Just join here and enjoy every rugby match live on your pc. Be sure you will be pleased by joining here and you will get the access to watch every match live with high quality picture.
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• Chavez calls for new international organisation of left parties

  
  UNITYblog — Authority: 133
  Chavez with Kiraz Janicke.by Kiraz Janicke, Caracasfrom http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/23 November 2009Venezuelas President Hugo Chavez called for the formation of a “Fifth International” of left parties and social movements to confront the challenge posed by the global crisis of capitalism. The president made ...
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• Banco Canarias and 3 other Venezuelan Banks closed down.

  
  HispanicTips — Authority: 161
  Aggregated by HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information
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• Muslim Mafia - Review

  
  Right Truth — Authority: 575
  MUSLIM MAFIA   Inside the Secret Underworld Thats Conspiring to Islamize America   BY: P. DAVID GAUBATZ and PAUL SPERRY   REVIEWED BY: FERN SIDMAN   The Muslim Brotherhood, an Egyptian based Islamic terrorist organization appears to be alive and well and cloaking itself in legitimacy in ...
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• Bogus Honduran Elections

  
  The Last Caribbean, Bohemian Artist — Authority: 120
  Since there is so much out on the Net I decided simply to provide the links and let the readers choose. Bogus Honduran Elections by Eva Golinger November 29, 2009 The true divides in Latin America — between justice and injustice, democracy and dictatorship, human rights and corporate rights, people’s power ...
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• Russia building arms plants in Venezuela

  
  NWOTruth — Authority: 144
  CARACAS (Reuters) – Russia is building arms plants in Venezuela to produce AK-103 automatic rifles and cartridges and is finalizing contracts to send 53 military helicopters to the Andean nation, Moscow’s envoy to Venezuela saidMonday.Ambassador Vladmir Zaemskiy told a news conference that Russian engineers and ...
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• Used & Recommended By : World War 4 Report

  
  slackbastard — Authority: 137
  World War 4 Report has been monitoring the Global War on Terrorism and its implications for human rights, democracy and ecology since the immediate aftermath of 9-11. With an international network of contacts and correspondents, we scan the world press and Internet for important stories overlooked by the mass media, ...
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• Venezuela: Venezuela deports 400 Colombian and Brazilian illegal gold miners

  
  i On Global Trends - Mike Hitchen Online - news, opinion, analysis — Authority: 443
  Reuters reports Venezuelan troops deported more than 400 Colombian and Brazilian illegal gold miners to Colombia after expelling them from makeshift camps, Colombian authorities said on Monday.Venezuelas government had no immediate comment on the incident. But Colombian authorities said 380 Colombians and 45 ...
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• Where Dubai leads, Britain could soon follow

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 970
  The sovereign debt crisis shows that we cannot always rely on states to ride to the rescue, says Tracy Corrigan.
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• The Landscape

  
  Mail Art Projects — Authority: 124
  Mail art call Subject: the landscape It sends by postal mail the landscape of his preference: urban, marine, aerial, poetic, photographic, imaginary, abstract, surrealistic,etc. Small format: (10 x 15 cms.) Technique: free (if he is digital to send copy printed by postal mail) Deadline: February, 28 of 2011 The sent ...
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• Obamas One Conceivable Foreign Policy Victory: Its Honduras. But He Wont Acknowledge It. Too Bad.

  
  The New Republic - the spine Feed — Authority: 123
  When Manuel Zelaya was deposed as president of Honduras with the support of the Supreme Court, the National Congress, the attorney general and most of his own party, much of Latin America went into conniptions about safeguarding the constitution. Of course, that was precisely the issue. Zelaya was about to traduce the ...
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