Wednesday 8th September, 2010
[09/07] New hunger strike in Venezuela centers on land
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - A Portuguese-born businessman has been on a hunger strike for three days demanding the Venezuelan government not seize land where he runs a metalworking business. The 59-year...
Venezuela says August oil exports fall 8.7 pct yr/yr
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan oil exports fell 8.7percent in August to an average of 2.34 million barrels per dayas a drop in sales of crude and products offset rising outputfrom the Orinoco belt, th...
4 men jailed as suspects in killing of Italian tourist in Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan authorities say they have arrested four suspects in the killing of an Italian tourist shot to death on his sailboat.The attorney general's office said Tuesday that...
Venezuela to Pay $690 Million for Casino Retail Operations After Seizure
General SourcesHugo Chavez seized some supermarkets earlier this year for what the state called unauthorized price increases. The government will pay the Casino-led local unit known as Cativen, $138 million, or ...
Mexico explosion weighs on US oil prices
Yahoo!7 NewsFirefighters work at the refinery of Mexico's state oil company Pemex in the city of Cadereyta, 50 km from Monterry. Oil prices were mixed Tuesday as traders reacted to news of an explosion at a Mexic...
Venezuela Reports Slowest Monthly Inflation This Year as Food Prices Ease
General SourcesVenezuela reported the slowest monthly inflation of the year in August after the government moved to resolve sporadic food shortages by importing more goods ahead of the Sept. 26 congressional elec...
Venezuela inflation up slightly in August
General Sources(AP:CARACAS, Venezuela) Venezuelan officials say consumer prices rose 1.6 percent in August and that annual inflation stands at 29.7 percent.Venezuela's inflation has been Latin America's highest for ...
Colombia orders arrest of reporter for alleged leftist rebel ties
Sun-SentinelVenezuela on charges he conspired with leftist rebels. Prosecutors accuse William Parra of crimes including financing terrorist activities and sedition. Parra was press secretary for then-Colombian Pr...
Venezuela Moves Toward Rationing Food
Impunity Watch– Venezuelans fear that a new food-card issued by President Hugo Chavez is the first step to the country rationing food. The card, which President Chavez called the “Good Life Card,” is being ...
Oil prices buffeted in narrow range but end week little changed
Axcess News(AXcess News) - Oil prices continued to move basically sideways last week as bullish and bearish news buffeted prices up and down in a narrow range. The benchmark West Texas Intermediate futures cont...
Venezuelan Opposition Parties Aim to Break Cycle of Failure
VOAVenezuela's Oil Wealth Powers Social Programs, Drives Divisions Venezuela's political opposition has an 11-year record of futility. President Hugo Chavez has twice won re-election, survived an oppos...
Venezuelan Grabs Bulgaria's Miss Summer International 2010 Title
NoviniteAlexandra Masconsetta from Venezuela has won the title Miss Summer International 2010 at a beauty pageant in the Bulgarian Black Sea resort Sveti Vlas. The second spot was occupied by Julie Chabaut f...
Venezuela currency rationing hits home
Financial TimesMarxists believe in the determinism of economics, so it should come as no surprise that Hugo Chávez’s economic vision of “21st-century socialism” is wreaking unusual effects in Venezuela. One i...
Venezuela May Tighten Gun Laws as Growing Violence Becomes Campaign Issue
General SourcesVenezuela’s National Assembly may tighten restrictions on gun ownership as escalating crime, particularly in the capital Caracas, becomes a political issue ahead of parliamentary elections schedu...
Oil prices fall below US$74
eTaiwan NewsCrude prices slid below US$74 in Asian trade yesterday, with the end of the U.S. summer driving season seen pushing down petrol demand, analysts said.New York's main contract, light sweet crude for de...
American Tower launches in Colombia
Business Journal(NYSE: AMT) has launched a operations in Colombia, the company announced in a press release today, http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=98586&p=irol-newsArticle_Print&ID=1467700&hig...
Ireland's navy in frontline against Colombia cocaine smugglers
The GuardianLink to this video Dressed like ninjas, sweating under their balaclavas, brandishing automatic handguns as they kick in ship doors, the boarding unit of the Irish naval vessel LÉ Eithne are on a miss...
NYMET Holdings Inc. Executes Letter of Intent for Acquisition and Expansion of Iron Ore Mine Located in Chile, South America
Market WireNYMH ), a metals recycling and Mining company, with offices now in New York, Chicago, Canada, India, and Chile, South America, is pleased to announce the execution of a letter of intent for the expans...
Suroco Energy Inc. Announces Sale of Non-Core Assets in Colombia
Market Wire") in the Arjona Block in Colombia. The Interest, held through the Subsidiary, consists of a 50% working interest in the Vetra-Suroco Consortium, which participates with ECOPETROL S.A. in the "Operat...
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