Provides the latest RSS feeds for South America News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Venezuela News.net http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/cat/1f5f6572907d15fb/ en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 12:45:33 -0400 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:45:33 -0400 30 French coach Didier Deschamps picked Lyon's striker Alexandre Lacazette to replace Jeremy Menez from Paris Saint-Germain for friendly matches against Uruguay and Brazil. "Didier Deschamps endorsed (Menez) withdrawal after an exchange between the medical staff of the Parisian club and the France's team doctor, Franck Le Gall," the French Football Federation (FFF) said Thursday, reports Xinhua. ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214733862/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 24 May 2013 05:30:01 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214733862/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Brazil's first auction of contracts to develop offshore oil and gas reserves in the pre-salt region will be held in October, or earlier than previously scheduled, the government said Thursday. The government's National Council for Energy Policy authorized the change. Rights to develop blocks in the Libra field, which is estimated to hold between 8-12 billion barrels of recoverable oil, will be ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214731630/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 24 May 2013 02:10:01 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214731630/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Five members of Venezuela's PNB national police force died Thursday when the helicopter they were using to pursue a group of kidnappers in a rural part of Caracas crashed, PNB director Luis Karabi said. The helicopter crashed in an uninhabited area near the Antimano neighbourhood in the northeastern part of the capital in conditions of very low visibility due to a thick fog that covered the city ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214731382/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 24 May 2013 01:50:02 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214731382/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb On the eve of his inauguration for another four-year term, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said Thursday that he will not run again in 2017. "We are all necessary, but nobody is indispensable," the 50-year-old head of state said in a television interview, expressing confidence that his Alianza Pais movement will have found a new leader by the time the next presidential election rolls around. ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214731134/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 24 May 2013 01:20:01 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214731134/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Ecuador's first satellite avoided a direct collision with the remains of a Russian rocket, but whether the device is still operating remains unclear, the head of the country's EXA space agency told EFE. The US-based Joint Space Operations Center, which had alerted EXA to the possible threat to Pegaso, informed the Ecuadorian agency Thursday that the Russian wreckage did not hit the satellite ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214730648/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 24 May 2013 00:40:01 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214730648/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb African leaders plan to meet this weekend at a summit in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the formation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU).The Theme of the summit is pan-Africanism and renaissance. "Under this theme, Africa will be looking at that spirit of pan-Africanism that inspires through solidarity, unity of purpose for us to be ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214725666/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 18:15:02 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214725666/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Three international tourism companies have had to cancel travel packages to the northern region of La Guajira after the kidnapping of two Spaniards in the region resulted in approximately 100 tourists cancelling their ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214739386/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 24 May 2013 10:48:45 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214739386/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Beginning in June, Thomson Reuters News & Insight content will be available exclusively on WestlawNext, as part of its Practitioner Insights offering. On June 21, the Thomson Reuters News & Insight website, iPhone app and newsletters will be discontinued. ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214739108/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 24 May 2013 10:17:03 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214739108/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Colombia’s security forces in 2012 executed 52 civilians who were then presented as enemy combatants killed in combat, according to a report by the human right NGO ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214738533/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 24 May 2013 09:54:04 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214738533/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb The illegal road running towards the Purus National Park which could connect the remote Purus region to the rest of Peru. Photograph: Courtesy of ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214738259/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 24 May 2013 09:38:14 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214738259/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro greets supporters during a May Day rally in Caracas May 1, 2013. (Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters) Last month, Venezuela elected a president on the recommendation of Hugo Chavez. But as the problems the country faces loom larger, President Nicolas Maduro is finding his predecessor's one-man show a difficult act to follow. It was inevitable that ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214738534/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 24 May 2013 09:37:35 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214738534/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb BRASILIA/SAO PAULO | Fri May 24, 2013 9:37am EDT BRASILIA/SAO PAULO May 24 (Reuters) - Outstanding loans in Brazil's banking system grew 1.1 percent in April from March, the central bank said on Friday. Loans in arrears for 90 days or more, an industry benchmark for delinquencies, remained unchanged at 5.5 percent of outstanding loans last month, the bank ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214739387/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 24 May 2013 09:37:17 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214739387/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb During the official presentation, the two negotiating teams will be accompanied by diplomats from 10 countries, and delegates from Cuba and Norway who have taken part in the process as guarantors. The negotiators will give details about the progress made in regards to negotiations on agrarian reform, the first and reportedly most fundamental topic on the five-point list of issues that — if ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214737737/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 24 May 2013 08:59:27 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214737737/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri May 24, 2013 8:52am EDT Investors ought to maintain exposure to Brazilian shares that help them hedge against policy uncertainty and inflation or pay high dividends, analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch said on Friday. A basket of so-called defensive stocks in sectors such as utilities and commercial property has outperformed the benchmark Bovespa stock index by 14.5 percent, despite ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214738391/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 24 May 2013 08:52:11 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214738391/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Petroleos de Venezuela and Russian energy company Rosneft signed an agreement for a joint venture for Venezuelan operations. Venezuelan Oil ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214737738/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 24 May 2013 08:34:01 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214737738/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Russia and the global economy Rosneft, the world's largest publicly traded oil company, is expanding its influence in Venezuela, via a subsidiary of the national oil company PDVSA. The two companies signed a joint venture agreement to develop a river basin in Venezuela. The agreement was signed between Rosneft President Igor Sechin and Venezuelan Oil Minister and President of PDVSA, Rafael ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214736907/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 24 May 2013 07:59:23 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214736907/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb SAO PAULO | Fri May 24, 2013 7:20am EDT SAO PAULO May 24 (Reuters) - CPFL Energias Renovveis SA, the alternative energy unit of Brazilian utility CPFL Energia SA , revived plans for an initial public offering, seven months after scrapping them on concern of growing government meddling in the electricity sector. The Sao Paulo-based company said late on Thursday it asked regulators to ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214736909/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 24 May 2013 07:20:52 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214736909/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb SAO PAULO | Fri May 24, 2013 7:17am EDT SAO PAULO May 24 (Reuters) - An index that measures consumer confidence in Brazil fell to a reding of 113.4 in May from 113.9 in April, research group Fundao Getulio Vargas said on ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214736908/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 24 May 2013 07:17:18 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214736908/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb In Brazil, the unemployment rate remained unchanged but real wages continued to moderate due to inflation. At the same time, another tax cut in a key component of CPI was announced (this time on public transport), in line with the trend to use tax cuts to try to contain inflation. In Mexico, headline inflation surprised to the upside, but core inflation remains anchored, supporting our call for ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214736228/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 24 May 2013 06:56:25 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214736228/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is headed to Ethiopia for security talks with regional officials and to attend a 50th anniversary celebration for the African ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214733574/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 24 May 2013 05:19:49 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214733574/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Russia says the Syrian government has agreed in principle to attend aproposed international peace conference on the country's future. A spokesman for the Russian foreign ministry said Friday that Syria has agreed to participate in the conference that Russia and the U.S. have proposed next month in Geneva. But he said it is impossible to set a date yet because it is not clear yet who will ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214733572/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 24 May 2013 05:19:49 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214733572/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Authorities say the attack took place Friday outside Srinagar, the main city on the Indian section of Kashmir. Rebel groups have been fighting for years for independence from India or a merger with Pakistan. Kashmir is divided between India and Pakistan and they have fought two wars over its ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214733575/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 24 May 2013 05:19:49 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214733575/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb In this photo provided by Francisco Rodriguez, rescue boats approach victims at their vehicles in the Skagit River after the collapse of the Interstate 5 bridge in Mount Vernon, Wash., May 23, ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214733576/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 24 May 2013 05:19:48 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214733576/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb In the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, the recovery from Monday's deadly tornado is picking up speed, even as locals mourn the loss of at least 24 people, including 10 children. Funerals will begin Friday in Moore, and President Obama plans to visit the town Sunday. Resources are pouring in from all over the country to help those in desperate need. The devastation of her home brought a ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214733577/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 24 May 2013 05:19:48 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214733577/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN -- The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Thursday launched a $9 million project aimed at helping South Sudan to better track food production, a move that officials hope will allow alerts of possible food shortages to be raised well ahead of time. The three-year project would replace the current system, under which "we don’t really know how ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214733281/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 24 May 2013 05:19:48 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214733281/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Six giant fuel containers at the storage site caught fire, sending giant flames up to 50 meters (165 feet) leaping into the air and columns of thick smoke far into the sky that could be seen miles ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214733714/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 24 May 2013 05:16:48 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214733714/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb - Brazil's government plans to submit its mining reform bill to Congress in June rather than this month, energy minister Edison Lobao said on Thursday, prolonging a wait that is slowing investment in mineral ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214733213/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:21 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214733213/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Canadian mining executives hope Prime Minister Stephen Harper's meeting with Peruvian President Ollanta Humala will generate better use of C$4 billion in unspent mining royalties in government ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214733214/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:18 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214733214/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb With an Argentine on the throne of St. Peter at the Vatican, the South American country’s capital city is offering visitors a glimpse of the places that formed Pope Francis. A guided bus tour winds through Buenos Aires twice each Saturday and Sunday past 24 sites linked to the new pope. It stops only twice and leaves little opportunity for snapshots. There’s no charge for the trip, or ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214733715/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:05 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214733715/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Ecuador A tiny Ecuadoran satellite that collided in space with the remains of a Soviet rocket has survived the crash, but is damaged and not transmitting.Ecuador's space agency EXA warned on Wednesday that a collision was likely between its Pegaso nanosatellite and the remains of an S14 rocket, launched by the Soviet Union in the midst of the Cold War.The agency's director Ronnie ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214733716/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 24 May 2013 05:01:14 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214733716/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa will be inaugurated on Friday for his third consecutive mandate, something which Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez just managed before his death, and something which Bolivia’s Evo Morales ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214732756/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 24 May 2013 03:52:52 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214732756/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Five officers from Venezuela's Bolivarian National Police (PNB), members of the crew of a police helicopter, were killed Thursday when their aircraft crashed in western Caracas during an operation to rescue two kidnapped engineers, official sources said. PNB Director Luis Karabin said that the accident occurred Thursday morning at 7:30 local time (1200 GMT) in the highway Mamera-El ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214731790/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 24 May 2013 02:31:58 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214731790/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Paraguay's anti-drug police on Thursday said they have seized and burned 25.6 tons of marijuana in the eastern department of Alto Parana, local media reported. The police said 20 tons of marijuana were found chopped while 5.6 tons were pressed, according to reports from Asuncion, capital of Paraguay. They also found 12 drug pressers. The operation was held in Itakyry district, 435 km east ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214730248/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 23:53:50 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214730248/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's prosecutor's office said on Thursday it would open an investigation into in a recording the opposition says features a top government ally accusing the deputy head of the ruling Socialist Party of corruption and conspiring against the new ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214730117/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 23:34:54 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214730117/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Argentina manager Alejandro Sabella has called up Lionel Messi for the nation's June World Cup qualifiers despite the Barcelona star being sidelined with a hamstring ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214729702/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 22:52:58 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214729702/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb (51 mins ago) The New York legal case over Argentina's debt poses a deep challenge to all future sovereign debt restructurings, the International Monetary Fund said. A US judge's decision ordering Argentina to completely repay bondholders who refused to take part in a restructuring of its debt could have ';pervasive implications'' in other such cases, giving holdout ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214729703/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 22:47:22 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214729703/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb (54 mins ago) One person was killed in a fire that broke out in a fuel depot on the northern edge of Rio de Janeiro on Brazil and spread to nearby homes, officials said. Six giant fuel containers at the storage site caught fire, sending flames up to 50 meters leaping into the air and columns of thick smoke far into the sky that could be seen miles away. The victim was a 43 year-old man who ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214729704/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 22:47:09 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214729704/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb BARCELONA, Venezuela (AFP) - Venezuela and Russia formed a joint venture to produce 120,000 barrels of oil a day by 2016 in two fields in the Orinoco Heavy Oil Belt.Russia will loan Venezuela $1.5 billion to finance the development of the fields under the terms of the agreement, and put up $1.1 billion for a 40 percent share in Petrovictoria.The agreement establishing Petrovictoria was signed by ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214729687/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 22:34:39 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214729687/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Lionel Messi into his squad for the upcoming 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil(TM) qualifiers despite the Barcelona forward's hamstring injury. Messi has not played since picking up the knock against Atletico Madrid earlier this month but has been named in a 23-man list by Sabella alongside fellow forwards Angel Di Maria, Sergio Aguero and Gonzalo Higuain. Roma and Anderlecht midfielders Erik ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214729185/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 22:03:07 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214729185/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb RIO DE JANEIRO, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Barcelona has reportedly made a final offer of 23 million euros to sign Brazil international striker Neymar during the European summer transfer window. The Catalan club's football director Raul Sanllehi returned to Spain on Thursday after a week of negotiations ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214729314/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 22:00:45 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214729314/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu May 23, 2013 9:27pm EDT * Production-sharing auction to be 1st under 2010 law * Giant Libra area seen producing up to 12 bln barrels * Auction moved up 1 month to meet president's schedule By Jeb Blount RIO DE JANEIRO, May 23 (Reuters) - Brazil plans to sell the right to explore and develop its largest-ever oil discovery in October, auctioning an offshore petroleum prospect that is ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214729186/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 21:27:22 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214729186/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb An Arizona jury tasked with determining whether convicted killer Jodi Arias should be put to death for the brutal murder of an ex-boyfriend failed to reach a unanimous verdict on Thursday, and a judge ordered a retrial in the penalty phase. Arias, 32, was found guilty earlier this month in the murder of Travis Alexander, whose body was found slumped in the shower of his Phoenix-area home in ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214727267/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 20:05:05 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214727267/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb BUENOS AIRES ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214727322/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 19:51:01 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214727322/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb NEW YORK, N.Y. - A businessman was snatched from a New York City street in broad daylight, then held captive for more than a month in a warehouse where he was bound and burned with acid as he was held for a $3 million ransom his family back in Ecuador did not have, authorities said. Pedro Portugal, 52, was found this week by detectives who had been monitoring phone calls, noticed pizza ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214727025/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 19:32:24 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214727025/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb View Photo Aerial view of Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on April 11, 2013. Brazil on Thursday said it will auction concessions to drill and explore an offshore oil field believed to hold up to 12 billion barrels of crude, the country's largest find. Libra, discovered in 2010, is within the vast Santos Basin, located some 180 kilometers off the coast of Rio de ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214727323/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 19:27:48 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214727323/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday there is a 70 percent chance that 13 to 20 named storms will form in the Atlantic Ocean this season. It says as many as 11 of them could strengthen into hurricanes -- storms with winds of 119 kilometers per hour or higher. The forecasters say they cannot predict if any of those storms will strike land. NOAA says warmer than ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214726006/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 18:53:01 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214726006/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb The 2013 Atlantic Hurricane season could be busier and deadlier than average, according to predictions released Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or NOAA. The six-month seasonal outlook for Atlantic storms will be above average says Jerry Bell, lead Atlantic hurricane forecaster with NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. "The outlook is calling for 13 to ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214726007/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 18:53:01 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214726007/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Brazil's Federal Police said on Thursday that nine people have been arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing Indians girls in the northern state of ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214725830/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 18:52:33 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214725830/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb May 23, 2013 The Permanent Consultative Committee of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL) of the Organization of American States (OAS) today concluded its three-day meeting in Buenos Aires to discuss telecommunications policies and regulations. The 12th Meeting of the Permanent Consultative Committee I: Telecommunications/Technology brought together experts in information ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214726076/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 18:46:12 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214726076/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb United States Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to Colombia will focus on the country’s security progress and aims to ';reaffirm the strong bilateral relationship between the two nations,'; White House officials told Colombian ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214726077/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 18:38:51 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214726077/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Three policemen and the director of a local migration office were killed near the Venezuelan border in an attack attributed to Colombia’s largest rebel group, the FARC, local media reported ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214726078/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 18:38:48 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214726078/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb BRASILIA, Brazil - The lawyer who successfully defended former Italian militant Cesare Battisti against extradition has been named to Brazil's Supreme Court. President Dilma Rousseff appointed Luis Roberto Barroso to the high court on Thursday. Barroso represented Battisti in 2011 when the Supreme Court convened to decide whether to extradite him to Italy to be tried for four political ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214725834/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 18:20:25 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214725834/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb SAO PAULO - Brazil's Federal Police say nine people have been arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing Indians girls in the northern state of Amazonas. The force says two women and seven men in the city of Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira are in custody for the alleged sexual exploitation and abuse of Indian girls between the ages of 11 and 15. Federal police inspector Fabio Pessoa says ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214725835/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 18:20:13 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214725835/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb - Drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro ordered shops closed in one of its biggest slums early Thursday, defying efforts to restore order to the city's vast shantytowns and renewing safety concerns in Brazil as it prepares to host the World Cup and Olympics. Shops were shuttered and more than 5,400 children were turned away from school Thursday morning after traffickers, shouting from ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214726080/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 18:11:02 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214726080/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Ominous ties are emerging between skyrocketing sectarian violence in Iraq and Syria's civil war. Analysts say al-Qaida-linked militants are flowing back and forth from both countries and are seeking to use religious differences to bring down the government, not only in Damascus, but also in Baghdad. Iraqis are witnessing the worst violence to rock their country in five years. Bombings ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214724513/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 17:39:46 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214724513/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Moore, Oklahoma held the first funeral for a victim of Monday's monster tornado -- a nine year-old girl killed when the storm tore apart her elementary ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214724554/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 17:39:46 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214724554/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Multinational high-tech companies looking for new frontiers and fresh ideas are lining up for a slice of Africa’s relatively untapped consumer market. Many experts are saying the continent is poised to be the next hotbed of technological innovation. Others are even more ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214724213/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 17:39:45 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214724213/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb ADDIS ABABA -- As the African Union celebrates the 50th anniversary of its founding, a group of respected leaders and activists led by former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is urging African leaders to maximize the continent’s natural resource potential. The African Progress Panel ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214724555/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 17:39:45 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214724555/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb South Sudan President Salva Kiir (L) meets his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta, who is on his first visit to the region as head of state, in Juba, South Sudan, May 23, ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214724557/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 17:39:45 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214724557/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles River is a concrete drainage channel through much of its 80-kilometer length. It channels waste-water from storm drains and has become a receptacle for much of the city's trash. But, the river is slowly being restored to its natural state with the help of volunteers, who take part in an annual clean-up. Thousands of volunteers turned out on a recent weekend ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214724556/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 17:39:45 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214724556/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb The prime minister is in Colombia to observe the Pacific Alliance discussions -- grouping Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile. International Trade Minister Ed Fast called the countries Canada's most trusted partners in the ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214724561/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 17:36:53 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214724561/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb A senator of Colombia’s Liberal Party said Thursday that if the country’s largest guerrilla group, the FARC, fails to apologize to the victims of the war, the peace process is doomed to ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214724656/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 17:24:53 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214724656/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro greets supporters during a May Day rally in Caracas May 1, 2013. (Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters) Last month, Venezuela elected a president on the recommendation of Hugo Chavez. But as the problems the country faces loom larger, President Nicolas Maduro is finding his predecessor's one-man show a difficult act to follow. It was inevitable that ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214724658/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 17:08:29 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214724658/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb WASHINGTON -- The scattered ruins of Moore, Oklahoma, a town devastated for the fourth time in 14 years by a major tornado, are a grim reminder that current building codes can’t do much to prevent property destruction and loss of life, especially when a powerful twister cuts through town. But the death toll can be dramatically reduced when people take shelter in underground storm bunkers ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214723079/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 16:25:02 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214723079/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb An April 2011 Combination picture shows Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta, who was finance minister, and William Ruto, former Higher Education Minister at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214723197/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 16:25:02 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214723197/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb In a speech addressing U.S. national security and counter-terrorism strategy, U.S. President Barack Obama announced additional steps to reaffirm his pledge to close the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He said Guantanamo "has become a symbol around the world for an America that flouts the rule of law." In a speech Thursday at the National Defense University in ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214723078/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 16:25:02 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214723078/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Several telescopes have teamed up to discover a rare and massive merging of two galaxies that took place when the universe was just 3 billion years old (its current age is about 14 billion years). (Photo: ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/UC ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214723080/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 16:25:01 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214723080/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Asuncion, May 23 (Prensa Latina) Paraguayan Former President Fernando Lugo, leader of the coalition of parties and social organizations Guasu Front, traveled to Ecuador today. Lugo, who was elected senator in the last general elections, will participate as a guest in the inaguration of re-elected head of state Rafael Correa,the Front Guasu confirmed. ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214723198/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 16:19:06 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214723198/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb in the province of Lampa, was verbally threatened by Mara Quispe Quisocala, the local mayor's secretary, apparently because the journalist published information about the Public Treasury and some municipal projects. The incident took place in the Puno region of southern Peru.Ccapa Zapana told IPYS that the threat occurred when he was scheduling an interview with Lampa's deputy mayor, ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214722742/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 16:13:37 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214722742/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb According to the judge’s ruling, the prisoner transfer must be complete within four months. ';[INPEC] must abstain from receiving new detainees until the overcrowding is overcome.'; However, Ruth Stella Correa, Colombia’s Minister of Justice, said the task of transferring the prisoners was ';titanic'; ans asked for more time for the plan’s implementation. ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214723199/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 16:10:29 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214723199/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Forty-five soldiers stationed in the southwestern Colombian department of Nario told national radio Thursday they have spent the past week without food and receive no response to calls for ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214723200/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 16:10:27 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214723200/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Share/Bookmark Ecuador’s first and only satellite, Pegasus, has collided with a Russian space rocket, casting doubts over whether the portal is still in ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214723201/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 16:07:50 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214723201/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan authorities say a police helicopter has crashed while pursuing suspects in a kidnapping, and all five people aboard have been killed. Police spokesman Luis Karabin told state television that the helicopter went down Thursday in a forested area east of Caracas. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear, but Karabin cited atmospheric conditions. He said the ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214722886/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 15:50:59 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214722886/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Hugo Chavez , who died of cancer in March. This week the National Assembly passed funding that could make toilet paper available to Venezuelans. Maduro, who succeeded Chavez after a snap election in April, has pledged to solve Venezuela's endemic problems of shortages and slow growth and has also attempted to distance himself occasionally from Chavez. Conflicting statements on ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214723203/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 15:42:30 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214723203/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb The Canadian government and the government of Peru have agreed to cooperate on military equipment and services procurement. The office of the Prime Minister of Canada said Thursday the Memorandum of Understanding was signed Wednesday by the Canadian Commercial Corp. and the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Peru. "Under this agreement, the CCC will work with the Ministry of Defense of ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214723195/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 15:42:20 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214723195/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb A picture of victim Drummer Lee Rigby, of the British Army's 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers is displayed with flowers left by mourners outside an army barracks near the scene of his killing in Woolwich, southeast London May 23, ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214721547/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 15:09:37 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214721547/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fact Sheet: U.S. Policy Standards and Procedures for the Use of Force in Counterterrorism Operations Outside the United States and Areas of Active Hostilities Since his first day in office, President Obama has been clear that the United States will use all available tools of national power to protect the American people from the terrorist threat posed by al-Qa’ida and its associated ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214721548/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 15:09:36 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214721548/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb 2001, we were shaken out of complacency. Thousands were taken from us, as clouds of fire, metal and ash descended upon a sun-filled morning. This was a different kind of war. No armies came to our shores, and our military was not the principal target. Instead, a group of terrorists came to kill as many civilians as they could. And so our nation went to war. We have now been at war for well ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214721549/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 15:09:36 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214721549/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -; Officials in the Turks and Caicos Islands have recovered $19.5 million and more than 2,500 acres (1,000 hectares) of real estate as they continue to seize assets improperly obtained by corrupt ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214721575/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 15:04:56 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214721575/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb , the director of the National Petroleum Agency, or ANP, said Thursday. Dubbed Libra, the prospect is "singular" and is larger than the Lula field that started Brazil's pre-salt craze when announced in 2007, ANP's Magda Chambriard said. "These estimates are the most recent" after three-dimensional seismic data was received recently by the ANP, Ms. Chambriard said. ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214721656/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 15:03:58 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214721656/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Caracas, May 23 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Elias Jaua met with India's ambassador in the country, Smita Purushottam, to review the bilateral cooperation agenda, reported official sources. According to the Foreign Ministry, different aspects of cooperation, integration, and negotiation were reviewed in order to increase interest in diversifying trade exchange ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214721658/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 15:03:29 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214721658/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Quito, May 23 (Prensa Latina) Cuba''s First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel arrived here at the head of his country''s delegation to the inauguration of President Rafael Correa tomorrow. Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino, received visitors and Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Ana Teresita Gonzalez at the Mariscal Sucre International Airport, accompanied by Cuban ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214721657/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 15:03:29 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214721657/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu May 23, 2013 3:00pm EDT JOSE, Venezuela May 23 (Reuters) - Venezuela's Petrovictoria, a joint venture between state oil company PDVSA and Russia's Rosneft, will start production in 2016 and reach 120,000 barrels per day, PDVSA said on Thursday. The joint venture will produce ultra-heavy crude from the vast Orinoco Belt, a large deposit of oil in the Orinoco River basin of ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214723202/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 15:00:46 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214723202/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Colombia’s largest rebel group, the FARC, on Thursday said to be open to the possibility of holding a public debate on their role in the upcoming 2014 ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214721659/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 14:53:54 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214721659/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Share/Bookmark Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega announced yesterday that the country will cut 28bn reales (US$13.7 bn) in spending for this year's budget, mainly due to slower economic growth than ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214721161/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 14:51:11 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214721161/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb GOMA -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has been visiting the war-weary city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), accompanied by the president of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim. Both men stressed they see investing in development as the way out of Congo’s conflicts. The front lines outside Goma were silent on Thursday morning as Ban and Kim conducted their ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214719546/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 13:51:07 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214719546/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb New performance standards have been announced (5/23) for oil, gas and mining companies, requiring them to be much more transparent in their business dealings. to De Capua report on extraction industries The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative approved the new performance standards at a meeting in Sydney, Australia. Created in 2003, the initiative includes government, business ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214719545/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 13:51:07 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214719545/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb WASHINGTON -- Academics, professionals and Star Trek fans are once again discussing the iconic franchise's influence on society, science, and technology, as the dazzling new sci-fi ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214719927/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 13:51:06 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214719927/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb PARIS -- French singer and songwriter Georges Moustaki, beloved in France for his songs celebrating liberty and collaborations with Edith Piaf, died on Thursday after a long illness. He was 79. The Greek-born singer grew up in Alexandria, Egypt, and arrived in Paris in 1951, where he began to play guitar at nightclubs and met some of the period's best-known singers. He was introduced ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214719785/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 13:51:06 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214719785/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb A former Cayman Islands premier who faces 11 criminal charges and was ousted from leadership last year went into Wednesday's general elections with an outside chance of returning to power in the British Overseas ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214720025/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 13:42:08 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214720025/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb ARTICLE 19 is disappointed with the decision of a court in Sao Paulo to uphold a ban against a protester who has been campaigning against a property development in the city. The Court of Justice in the State of So Paulo has approved an injunction against the engineer and community activist Ricardo Fraga Oliveira, founder of the Movement for the Other Side of the Wall campaign.Fraga, who is a ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214720026/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 13:39:11 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214720026/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb The heads of state of Chile, Mexico and Peru arrived in Colombia Thursday for the 7th Summit of the Pacific Alliance, a trade block of Latin American countries on the ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214720027/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 13:35:55 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214720027/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb A prominent Syrian opposition figure has proposed a transition plan for the war-torn country, requiring President Bashar al-Assad to hand power to a senior aide and leave the country with 500 ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214718353/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 12:35:03 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214718353/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb U.S. law enforcement officials say that one of the four Americans it now acknowledges killing in drone strikes was a young man who left the country for Pakistan intent on engaging in violent terrorism against the United States. Jude Kenan Mohammad had not been previously identified in news media reports as being killed by a U.S. drone attack, unlike three other Americans the government on ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214718354/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 12:35:03 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214718354/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb U.S. news reports say a Chechen man killed in an altercation with an FBI agent implicated himself in a triple slaying that may have been connected to dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214718352/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 12:35:03 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214718352/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb JAKARTA -- Leading religious figures in Indonesia have come out against a U.S.-based interfaith group's plan to award President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's support for religious freedom. They said it sends the wrong message about a country where religious minorities face increasing violence and persecution. Minority faiths in Indonesia are under attack. Local governments have been ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214718355/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 12:35:02 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214718355/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb RIO DE JANEIRO -; A massive fire broke out Thursday at a fuel depot on the northern outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, sending bright orange flames leaping high into the air and thick black smoking rolling upward and enveloping the ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214718305/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 12:30:21 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214718305/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb WASHINGTON -- At the Colombian Embassy in Washington, Ambassador Carlos Urrutia says there’s no doubt that his country’s trade deal with the U.S. has paid off: Colombian businesses are sending more socks and cosmetics to California, beet sugar to New York and glass to Florida to help with hurricane repairs.U.S. officials are equally excited, saying U.S. businesses have improved their ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214718291/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 12:26:08 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214718291/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Exactly one year ago, on 21 May 2012, Ecuador submitted to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the Human Rights Council of the UN, in Geneva, Switzerland. As a result of this second review 134 observations were received, 24 of them directly related to the right to freedom of expression; 18 States expressed their concern about the situation of this fundamental freedom in our country.In the ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214718460/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 12:23:03 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214718460/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb On 15 May 2013, the news program "Huaraz Noticias en Radio", broadcast by radio Alpamayo in Huaraz, and presented and directed by Gudelia Armida Glvez Tafur and Rosa Roque Daz, was unexpectedly taken off the air. This took place in the Ancash region of northeastern Peru.The radio journalists told IPYS that the radio station's owners, the evangelist group Vid Verdadera, simply ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214718461/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 12:23:01 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214718461/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb SAO PAULO | Thu May 23, 2013 12:22pm EDT SAO PAULO May 23 (Reuters) - The former chief executive of Brazilian appliance and furniture retailer ViaVarejo said on Thursday he quit because of strategic differences with executives of the controlling Grupo Po de Acar, according to his resignation letter that Reuters obtained. Antonio Ramatis Rodrigues took the helm at ViaVarejo just six ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214720028/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 12:22:31 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214720028/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Some 19,000 children are missing in Colombia, authorities said Wednesday. More than 4,000 unidentified remains of children have been found in mass graves and are being ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214718462/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 12:19:40 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214718462/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb LONDON (Reuters) - The gory killing of a British soldier at the hands of two suspected Islamist militants has shone a spotlight on Woolwich, the London district where it happened, stirring racial tensions in one of the most ethnically diverse parts ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214718484/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 12:01:06 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214718484/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb RIO DE JANEIRO | Thu May 23, 2013 11:40am EDT RIO DE JANEIRO May 23 (Reuters) - Brazil's Libra prospect in the subsalt area that will be auctioned in the second half of October has between 26 billion and 42 billion barrels of in-place oil, Magda Chambriard, director of the ANP oil agency said on Thursday. "This is really different; it's very big," she said of a column of ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214718463/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 11:40:31 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214718463/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb ISLAMABAD -- A U.S.-based international press watchdog organization is calling for the incoming Pakistan government led by Nawaz Sharif to take urgent steps to stem "the murderous silencing" of the press by bringing to justice those who have attacked journalists. The Committee to Protect Journalists said many reporters killed in Pakistan during the past decade were targeted and ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214716339/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 11:20:46 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214716339/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb BEIJING -- A young gay rights activist was detained last week in the southern city of Changsha, following a rally organized by local groups to mark an international day against homophobia, his lawyer said. The man, 19-year-old Xiang Yuhan, was taken into custody early Saturday after police came to his hotel room. "He’s been put under administrative detention for 12 days on ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214716759/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 11:20:44 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214716759/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb HAVANA -; The trial of a Canadian businessman caught up in a corruption probe in Cuba is apparently under way nearly two years after he was ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214716557/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 11:16:23 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214716557/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb A retired couple in Colombia has turned their plant eaters into a thriving business that exports four tons of snail meat a month to Europe. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214716868/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 11:12:47 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214716868/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Two fired Colombian prosecution officials on Wednesday have been extradited to the United States for selling classified information to drug traffickers, local media reported ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214716870/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 11:06:15 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214716870/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb The socialist opposition party has no faith the president will keep his promise to obey electoral regulations applied to sitting presidents with reelection aspirations. Santos said earlier this week he would comply with all regulations when he announced the formation of a team of top allies to prepare the ';reelection of his peace ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214716871/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 11:06:13 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214716871/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Independent agency Mother is planning to open its fourth office in Brazil next year and has asked creative Gustavo Sousa to lead the charge. ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214716421/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 10:47:54 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214716421/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu May 23, 2013 10:37am EDT * Importer expected to plead guilty, faces up to 12 years in prison * Case is part of broad government corruption crackdown * Trials of more foreign businessmen expected By Marc Frank HAVANA, May 23 (Reuters) - The trial of a Canadian businessman who has confessed to bribing Cuban officials began on Thursday, almost two years after his arrest in a sweeping government ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214718190/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 10:37:34 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214718190/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Japan's Nikkei stock index tumbled 7.3 percent after release of the report showing Chinese factory production dropped in May for the first time in seven months. It was the biggest one-day loss since Japan's March 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster. Stocks in London, Paris and Frankfurt followed suit, dropping about 2 percent. U.S. future indexes fell ahead of the opening of ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214714855/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 10:07:40 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214714855/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb The top diplomats of the United States and Britain have made a joint attempt to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks by shuttling between Jerusalem and Ramallah to meet the leaders of both ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214715231/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 10:07:40 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214715231/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Niger's government said at least 19 soldiers were killed Thursday in a gunbattle that followed twin bombings at a military base and a French-owned uranium mine. Security officials said the car bomb attack occurred outside a military barracks in the town of Agadez, located about 800 kilometers northwest of the capital, Niamey. A government spokesman said several attackers emerged from ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214715234/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 10:07:39 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214715234/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil will hold its first auction of pre-salt oil exploration acreage under the country's new production-sharing regime in October, one month earlier than expected. Brazil's National Energy Policy Council, or CNPE, announced the decision in Thursday's Federal Register. The first area up for bidding will be the Libra prospect, which local regulators estimate could ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214715052/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 10:02:33 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214715052/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Unemployment inched up in Brazil in April and is expected to end the year around 6.5%, according to the International Monetary Fund. After years of record low unemployment, lackluster investment by corporations, and sub par growth last year is finally weighing in. Earlier on Thursday, the Brazilian Institute for Statistics, known as IBGE, showed that the April unemployment rate rose to 5.8% from ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214715333/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 09:55:32 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214715333/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb According to the reports the two active soldiers and one retired major were arrested Tuesday in the municipality of Plato, Magdalena. The military members were arrested while trafficking the drugs along ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214715334/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 09:53:19 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214715334/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Colombia’s former Finance Minister Oscar Ivan Zuluaga on Wednesday officially announced his candidacy for the primaries of the Pure Democratic Center movement of former President Alvaro ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214715335/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 09:53:15 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214715335/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Left: Boy Scout Alex Derr speaks out against anti-gay rules during the Equal Scouting Summit Press Conference, May 22, 2013, in Grapevine, Texas. Right: Boy Scout Jonathon Grime, 9, raise his hand at the close of a news conference held by people against the change in the Scouts' gay policy Wednesday in ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214714847/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 09:34:31 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214714847/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu May 23, 2013 9:22am EDT * Agreement would protect EU investors in China * Could eventually pave the way for a free-trade deal By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS, May 23 (Reuters) - The European Commission will seek the support of EU governments to launch talks with China on an investment pact that could be a precursor to a free-trade deal if Brussels and Beijing can overcome growing tensions. EU trade ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214716017/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 09:22:57 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214716017/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu May 23, 2013 9:21am EDT * Foreign participation in TES market is about 4.5 pct * Gov't hopes tax clarification will boost foreign interest * Official hopes Colombia reaches levels closer to Peru, Mexico By Helen Murphy and Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA, May 23 (Reuters) - Colombia hopes to attract more foreign money to its local bond market when it clarifies the text of a recent tax reform that ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214715337/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 09:21:37 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214715337/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb BUENOS AIRES | Thu May 23, 2013 9:16am EDT BUENOS AIRES May 23 (Reuters) - Argentines will face a higher barrier to buying dollars under a new government policy limiting the amount of greenbacks they can withdraw using credit cards overseas, a government source with knowledge of the policy told Reuters on Thursday. Double-digit inflation and lack of confidence in the government's ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214715336/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 09:16:01 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214715336/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb A police officer carries an evidence bag containing a knife near the scene of the killing of a British soldier in Woolwich, London, May 23, ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214713983/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 08:54:59 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214713983/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Amnesty International says the world is growing more dangerous for refugees and migrants. The organization’s annual report says the rights of millions of people who have escaped conflict and persecution -- or migrated to seek work and a better life -- have been abused. to De Capua report on Amnesty International 2013 findings Amnesty says, "Another year has been lost for the ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214713877/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 08:54:59 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214713877/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb , there seems little prospect of a quick deal on compensation despite signs that both sides would rather avoid a costly, drawn-out legal battle.The Latin American country's lack of funds and its limits on the control private firms have over their investments - which could deter Repsol from accepting other assets in any settlement - pose major obstacles to a deal, according to ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214713984/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 08:53:17 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214713984/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb EUR634 .4 million, down 6.8% year-on-year, reflecting Portugal's challenging economic conditions and pricing pressure, as well as lower interconnection revenues among other factors. Brazilian telco Oi generated turnover ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214713985/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 08:51:51 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214713985/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb ALBA -1 submarine cable, which connects the island with Venezuela, according to Doug Madory of internet analysis firm Renesys. Madory told The Associated Press that he detected new traffic between state-owned telecoms monopoly Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba (ETECSA) and Cable & Wireless Jamaica beginning 13 May 2013. 'They’re gaining some physical diversity there, so if ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214713634/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 08:51:48 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214713634/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Venezuela is rich in oil, but relies on imports for many basic goods -- including toothpaste, soap and toilet paper. For weeks now the country has had a chronic toilet paper shortage. Lawmakers voted to approve a $79 million credit to the government to resolve the ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214713986/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 08:48:03 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214713986/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Guerrillas of the ELN have taken one soldier prisoner in Wednesday attack that has so far cost the lives of ten soldiers and injured 11 others, authorities ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214713987/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 08:40:57 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214713987/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Venezuelans queue in Caracas to buy toilet paper. Last week the government announced an emergency shipment to boost supplies. Photograph: Jorge ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214713870/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 08:25:03 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214713870/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Choe Ryong-hae (C), director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army (KPA) of North Korea, walks with Chinese Ambassador Liu Hongcai (2nd R) before departing Pyongyang airport for China, in this May 22, 2013 picture released by the North Korea's KCNA news agency in Pyongyang. North Korea sent Choe, one of its top military officials, as a ''special ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214713503/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 08:24:10 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214713503/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu May 23, 2013 7:48am EDT OSX Brasil SA, the shipyard and ship leasing company controlled by Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista, fired 300 employees as part of an effort to cut costs, O Estado de S. Paulo said on Thursday. According to Estado, which did not cite anyone as the source for the information, the company decided to slow down construction of a shipyard until receiving new orders. The ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214713988/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 07:48:45 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214713988/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Arlene Foster attended South America's largest healthcare exhibition.The company currently employs around 110 people and exports to 55 countries including the ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214712223/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 07:28:32 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214712223/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb May 23, 2013 - 02:22 - WAM ABU DHABI, May 23th, 2013 (WAM)-- Congratulatory cables were sent today by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan to the President of Argentina, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, and to the President of Eritrea, Isaias Afewerki, on the occasion of their respective countries' National ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214712649/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 06:59:52 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214712649/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb British Prime Minister David Cameron was meeting Thursday with his top security advisers, one day after a man was butchered to death in broad daylight on a south London street near an army ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214711384/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 06:34:41 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214711384/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb The main Syrian opposition coalition is meeting in Istanbul for three days of talks that will include its potential involvement in proposed peace talks with the Syrian ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214711383/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 06:34:41 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214711383/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in the eastern Democratic Republic Congo, where renewed clashes between rebels and army troops broke out this ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214711382/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 06:34:41 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214711382/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Prime Minister Stephen Harper inspects an honour guard at Government Palace in Lima, Peru, on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214711458/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 06:32:07 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214711458/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb 80-year-old Japanese mountain climber Yuichiro Miura reached the top of Mount Everest on Thursday. Miura is the oldest person to ever reach the Mount Everest summit. (May ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214711787/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 06:28:03 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214711787/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb The decision to give refuge to a convicted Iranian woman should be seen as a humanitarian act without political motives, said Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. "I made the offer for humanitarianism, instead of politics," Xinhua quoted da Silva, as saying while referring to the case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, 43, who has been convicted of adultery and sentenced to death ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214711443/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 06:15:39 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214711443/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb DUBAI (Reuters) - Former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has accused Iran's leadership of incompetence and ignorance just days after he was barred from standing in an election next month, the opposition Kaleme website reported on ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214711361/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 06:03:32 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214711361/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Officials in southwest Pakistan say an explosion has ripped through a vehicle used by security forces, killing at least 12 people -- 11 security personnel and a civilian. Nearly two dozen people were wounded in the assault. Police officials say a remote controlled car bomb targeted a vehicle carrying police special forces in Quetta Thursday. Authorities say the bomb contained about 100 ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214710452/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 05:26:02 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214710452/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Officials in Niger say a military base and a French-owned uranium mine were hit by separate bomb attacks early Thursday, wounding an unknown number of ... http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214710453/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 23 May 2013 05:26:02 -0400 http://www.venezuelanews.net/index.php/sid/214710453/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb