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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• Chavez’s historic call for international socialist unity by Federico Fuentes

  
  Dandelion Salad — Authority: 520
  Dandelion SaladPosted with permission from Green Left Weeklyby Federico FuentesGreen LeftCaracas27 November 2009Addressing delegates at the International Encounter of Left Parties held in Caracas, November 19-21, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said that with the capitalist crisis and threat of war risking the future ...
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• Ahmedinejad wants Ms. Shirin Ebadi’s Nobel Prize Medal. Do his hosts in Latin America and in the Muslim World want to see him sport the medal?

  
  Sustainabilitank — Authority: 484
  Our title sounds crazy – we know it – but so were Lula’s embrace,  and the Cuban, Venezuelan, and Malaysian votes at the IAEA. When world leaders tell us that enhancing nuclear will have to be part of the energy mix of the future, they just allow for these phenomena. IRAN DEFENDS SEIZING NOBEL LAUREATE’S ...
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• Russia and China demand Iran halt secret nuclear site

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 174
  World powers united in condemnation of Irans nuclear activities yesterday in a rare show of international consensus on the threat posed by Tehrans continued nuclear defiance. China and Russia joined the United States, Britain, France and Germany in backing an International Atomic Energy Agency resolution censuring ...
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• President Hugo Chavezs revolution in Venezuela limits singing in shower

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 970
  For the slum-dwellers of El Junquito, the fabulous views of Caracas have never been of much interest. It was the piped water and electricity supplied to their makeshift homes that earned their loyalty to Venezuelas authoritarian leader, President Hugo Chavez.
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• Rattler Alumni Report: Winter League Games of November 27, 2009

  
  Rattler Radio — Authority: 437
  Liga Venezuela Beisbol Profesional @Caribes 6, Margarita 4 Margarita: Tim Harikkala (Foxes, 94): 5.1IP, 7H, 2R, 3BB, ND @Lara 12, Aragua 2 Lara: Luis Valbuena (06): 1-for-4, RUN, 2RBI Liga de Beisbol Dominicano @Gigantes 5, Estrellas 4 Estrellas: Juan Sandoval (03): 1.2IP, H, 0R, 2K Licey ...
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• Ahmadinejad and Chavez Versus “Imperialism”

  
  WOK3 — Authority: 485
  While there is little doubt that the U.S. is an imperial power that often uses finances instead of troops to further their reach, it just seems odd to hear that Ahmadinejad is pretending to stand up against us when in his own country, those that disputed the election results were imprisoned, and some sentenced to ...
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• 6 countries to display posters at Cuban film festival

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  Havana, Nov 28 (Prensa Latina) Cuba will be leading with eight cinematographic posters of a never-forgotten style during the Havana film festival which will have 17 posters on display from a total of six participating countries, a report said.The exhibition-cum-festival, to be held Dec 3-13, will show these works and ...
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• A Treat from Maestro Vidali

  
  The Last Caribbean, Bohemian Artist — Authority: 117
  Hugo Chaves and The Devil’s Recipe A Treat from Maestro Vidali Hugo Chaves and The Devil’s Recipe I thought to put this here from my other blog as it has gotten a bit of traffic and many are interested in what Aldo Vidali  has to say as well as Hugo Chaves. Posted in Venezuela Tagged: CIA, Venezuela
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• Flying high with Hugo.Well someone’s high

  
  In2theFray — Authority: 422
  Saw a news blurb about Venezuela crowing about the pending (2010) delivery of K-8 Karakorum planes from China. VE  General Jorge Arevalo says:…the Chinese planes and radars were intended to boost Venezuela’s defensive capabilities, adding: “we don’t attack anybody.Not for nothing but this plane isn’t gonna ...
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• The perfect example of socialist production principles: Venezuela’s Venirauto

  
  Fausta's Blog — Authority: 143
  The Economist has a brief case study of automotive ineptitude SELDOM, since the day Adolf Hitler gave the order to produce the Volkswagen, has a car been given such an explicitly ideological mission. But the vehicles that roll, occasionally, off the production line at Venirauto’s factory, west of Caracas, will ...
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• Hugs and kisses; Chavez and Ahmadinejad locked in love. Yeah baby.

  
  Vlad Tepes — Authority: 151
  From The Jerusalem Post Nov 26, 2009 6:01 Ahmadinejad to Chavez: ‘We’re going to be together until the end’ ” We feel at home here among our brothers…..we’re going to be together until the end” Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez during a ...
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• Ahmadinejad and Chavez renew vows of love

  
  Report on Arrakis — Authority: 617
  "were going to be together until the end," Ahmadinejad to Chavez. No Joke .
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• Rattler Alumni Report: Winter League Games of November 26, 2009

  
  Rattler Radio — Authority: 437
  Liga Venezuela Beisbol Profesional @Aragua 6, Lara 5 Lara: Luis Valbuena (06): 1-for-4 Juan Ovalles (04): IP, 0H, 0R, K Zulia 9 @Magallanes 3 Magallanes: Wladimir Balentien (04): 0-for-4
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• Ahmadinejad to Chavez: ‘We’re going to be together until the end’

  
  Thoughts Of A Conservative Christian — Authority: 149
  Ahmadinejad to Chavez: ‘We’re going to be together until the end’ Nov. 26, 2009 Jpost.com staff and AP , THE JERUSALEM POST “We feel at home here and among our brothers … we’re going to be together until the end,” Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez during ...
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• The dope from Bolivia

  
  PrairiePundit — Authority: 524
  Washington Times: Narco-trafficking cartels are migrating to the Andes region in Bolivia, where a diminished U.S. presence has allowed a boom in cocaine production and the opening of new drug routes, regional anti-drug officials say. Recent studies by the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime show a steep rise in cocaine ...
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• Iran nuke program censured

  
  PrairiePundit — Authority: 524
  NY Times: One day after the director general of the United Nations nuclear watchdog castigated Iran for blocking inquiries into its nuclear program, the organization’s governing body voted on Friday to censure the country and demanded that it freeze operations “immediately” at a once-secret uranium ...
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• Shorter Question Everything

  
  Question Everything — Authority: 441
  VenezuelaIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad received a warm reception Wednesday from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, wrapping up a three-nation visit to Latin America to shore up support against the United States. Ahmadinejad arrived Tuesday night on a flight from Bolivia, where he spent a few hours meeting with ...
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• Chavez, Ahmadinejad sign agreements

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  Caracas, Nov 27 (EFE) President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have consolidated a relationship here that the former called “exemplary”. They signed new accords and gave speeches defending their cooperation.In a signing ceremony for several joint projects at Miraflores Palace ...
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• Venezuela: Independent Film The Devils Faces

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 721
  Las Caras del Diablo (The Devils Faces) is an independent film from Venezuelan director Carlos Malavé and Carlos Caridad-Montero of Blogacine [es] writes that it follows the local trend of producing film “with a small budget, taking advantage of the latest technological advances.”
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• Venezuelan Embassy Supports Children’s Carnival

  
  Nevis Island Tourism Information Blog. — Authority: 143
  Cruz de Jesus Bello presents cheque to Gus Williams Basseterre, St. Kitts - Nevis November 27, 2009 (SKNIS) The Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has offered support to the colour, creativity and energy of Children’s Carnival. At a recent ceremony, Resident Ambassador His Excellency Cruz de Jesus ...
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