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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• US preparing for war in Latin America

  
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  Official US Air Force Document Reveals the True Intentions Behind the US-Colombia Military Agreementby Eva GolingerAn official document from the Department of the US Air Force reveals that the military base in Palanquero, Colombia will provide the Pentagon with “…an opportunity for conducting full spectrum ...
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• U.S. Dollar May Lose Reserve Status: center of economic activity shifting from the West to the East

  
  Count Us Out — Authority: 149
  U.S. Dollar May Lose Reserve Status in 20-30 Years (Update1)By Cherian ThomasNov. 9 (Bloomberg) — The dollar may lose its position as the global reserve currency as Asia moves to replace the U.S. as the driver of world growth, said Rajat Nag, managing director of the Asian Development Bank.“The process has already ...
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• Venezuela, Colombia and the threat of war in Latin America by Kiraz Janicke

  
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  Dandelion SaladPosted with permission from Green Left Weeklyby Kiraz JanickeGreen LeftCaracas7 November 2009The possibility of an imperialist war in the Americas came a step closer on October 30, when Colombia and the United States finalised a 10-year accord. The agreement allows the US to hugely expand its military ...
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• Venezuela Catholic leaders fear Chavez’s property confiscations could target Church

  
  ADF Alliance Alert — Authority: 462
  Catholic News Agency : "Widespread anxiety exists among Catholic leaders in Venezuela who fear that President Hugo Chavez could try to confiscate churches, schools and other church property and try to eliminate the work of the Catholic Church, a source close to the Venezuelan Bishops Conference has told Aid to the ...
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• VENEZUELA TO READY FOR WAR?

  
  THE WEEKLY GLOBAL INVESTOR — Authority: 143
  Chavez Tells Venezuela to Ready for War With Colombia (Update2) - Bloomberg.com : "Chavez Tells Venezuela to Ready for War With Colombia (Update2)"
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• Odds and ends

  
  The Cuban Triangle — Authority: 429
  The archbishop in charge of the Vatican’s communications council visited Cuba with the request that the Church have “normal access to the great means of communication that the new technologies offer us today…I am thinking of radio, television and the Internet.” AP : Cuba ...
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• Colombia said on Sunday it will appeal to the U.N. Security Council and the OAS after Hugo Chavez, the fiery leftist president of neighboring Venezuela, ordered his army to prepare for war in order to assure peace.

  
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• Rattler Alumni Report: Winter League Games of November 8, 2009

  
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  Liga Venezuela Beisbol Profesional Aragua 4 @Lara 2 Lara: Michael Saunders (06): 1-for-4 Luis Valbuena (06): 1-for-3 Ivan Blanco (05): 1.2IP, H, 0R Caracas 8 @Magallanes 6 Magallanes: Wladimir Balentien (04): 1-for-3, RUN Liga de Beisbol Dominicano Aguilas 7 @Toros 2 Aguilas: Edward Paredes ...
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• Chavez to Troops: Prepare for War With Colombia

  
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  FOX News (AP), “ Chavez to Troops: Prepare for War With Colombia ” “The empire is more threatening than ever,” Chavez said, referring to the U.S. government. “Don’t make a mistake, Mr. Obama, by ordering an attack against Venezuela by way of Colombia.” CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo ...
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• Chavez to troops: Prepare for war with Colombia

  
  CKA Canadian News — Authority: 508
  CARACAS, Venezuela – President Hugo Chavez on Sunday ordered Venezuelas military to prepare for a possible armed conflict with Colombia, saying his countrys soldiers should be ready if the United States attempts to provoke a war between the South Americ
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• Beware of the Foreign Bogeyman

  
  FJ's South of the Border Blog — Authority: 129
  Chavez will say anything to distract attention from his own irresponsible governance, the self-inflicted electrical, water food and job shortages throughout his own country. Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told the military and civil militias today to prepare for war as a deterrent to a ...
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• Venezuela slows Amazon Indian swine flu outbreak

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 719
  Source: Reuters * Quick medical action helps Venezuelas Yanomami Indians * Six deaths investigated as officials monitor situation By Frank Jack Daniel PUERTO AYACUCHO, Venezuela, Nov 9 (Reuters) - A ...
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• The beaten Cuban bloggers Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean

  
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  Welcome to the Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean. Today’s top story: Yoani Sánchez and Orlando Luís Pardo Lazo last Friday, November 6, were kidnapped off a street in Havana just as they were about to participate on a peace demonstration. They were severely beaten by three men, threatened, and ...
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• Chavez steps up Colombia war talk

  
  BeltwayBlips - Top Political News, Videos, and Blogs — Authority: 558
  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has urged his armed forces to be prepared for possible war with Colombia amid growing diplomatic and border tensions. He said the best way to avoid war was to prepare for it. In response, Colombia said it would seek UN help. Venezuela blames the tension with its ... Daily Pundit ...
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• Chavez: Prepare For War, Here Come The Americans …

  
  QandO — Authority: 139
  A pparently peace, love and the Obama magic have a 9 month shelf life. Hugo Chavez has determined that the US is up to its old tricks again – and besides, things aren’t going particularly well in the Bolivarian socialist paradise, so it is time to gin up the usual existential threat – the US: Venezuelan ...
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• Chavez to Troops: Prepare for War With Colombia

  
  Report on Arrakis — Authority: 620
  Sounds like Hugo wants a war ! Prepare , Hugo , Prepare ! .... foxnews CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez on Sunday ordered Venezuelas military to prepare for a possible armed conflict with Colombia, saying his countrys soldiers should be ready if the United States attempts to provoke a war between the ...
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• Bilateral Relations: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to visit Venezuela

  
  i On Global Trends - Mike Hitchen Online - news, opinion, analysis — Authority: 489
  In between telling his troops to prepare for war with Colombia, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced on Sunday that his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would pay an official visit to the country before the end of 2009 to boost bilateral ties."I want him (Ahmadinejad) to accompany me to inaugurate some ...
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• Shouldn’t He Like Us By Now?

  
  Conservative Compendium — Authority: 432
  America’s troubles on the world stage were the result of being disliked – disliked because George W. Bush was such a terrible president.  That’s what we were told.  So why hasn’t a year of Barack Obama’s enlightened foreign policy leadership, promised as the antidote to Bush’s cowboy ineptitude, made the ...
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• Chavez has urged his armed forces to be prepared for possible war with Colombia

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 549
  Source: BBC Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has urged his armed forces to be prepared for possible war with Colombia amid growing diplomatic and border tensions. He said the best way to avoid war was to prepare for it. In response, Colombia said it would seek help from the United Nations. Venezuela blames the ...
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• Colombia seeks UN help, Chavez readies for ‘war’

  
  DefenceTalk | Defense & Military News - Forums - Pictures - Weapons — Authority: 546
  BOGOTA: Colombia has said it will seek UN help after Venezuelas President Hugo Chavez instructed his military to ready "for war." "Faced with these threats of war by the government of Venezuela, the government of Colombia is weighing heading to the Organization of American States and UN Security Council," said a ...
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