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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Venezuela News.Net http://www.venezuelanews.net/ en-us Tue, 13 May 2008 21:56:48 -0400 Tue, 13 May 2008 21:56:48 -0400 30 Bogota, May 13 (DPA) Colombia Tuesday extradited to the US 14 commanders of extreme-right paramilitary groups who were suspected of drug trafficking. http://www.venezuelanews.net/story/359022 Tue, 13 May 2008 15:00:14 -0400 Venezuela News.Net http://www.venezuelanews.net/story/359022 Caracas, May 13 (Xinhua) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has signed a decree to nationalise the country's largest steel maker Sidor, the culmination of a re-nationalisation process that began last month. http://www.venezuelanews.net/story/358660 Tue, 13 May 2008 02:00:35 -0400 Venezuela News.Net http://www.venezuelanews.net/story/358660 a little relief in recent days, but the stubborn upward spiral of oil prices isn't going to let up to any significant degree. Yes, there's some debate between economists and industry analysts who fall... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14801064&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 20:25:17 -0400 Wired News http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14801064&cat=262fd6adf564928c U.S. stocks mostly slipped on Tuesday as Wal-Mart's cautious outlook and a renewed focus on inflation sparked by a record oil price near $127 a barrel and comments by Federal Reserve officials da... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14800378&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 19:32:59 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14800378&cat=262fd6adf564928c BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia extradited 14 paramilitary warlords to the United States on Tuesday to stand trial on drug trafficking charges in a surprise move applauded by the Bush administra... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14800765&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 20:22:42 -0400 USA Today http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14800765&cat=262fd6adf564928c David Usborne CARACAS, May 13: The Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, has moved swiftly to try to contain the political fallout from a bitter dispute with his ex-wife, announcing he will withdraw a c... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14801063&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 19:46:42 -0400 The Statesman http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14801063&cat=262fd6adf564928c New York - US stock markets were mixed Tuesday as record oil prices boosted energy shares and Wal-mart, the world's largest retailer, reported higher profits. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke sai... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14800383&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 20:42:28 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14800383&cat=262fd6adf564928c NEW: Plane carrying 11 of them lands in Miami, Florida Suspects will face charges in U.S. stemming from alleged cocaine trafficking ring Authorities say men are former United Self-Defense Forces of Co... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14800764&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 19:26:19 -0400 CNN http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14800764&cat=262fd6adf564928c Caracas - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met with Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates Tuesday in Caracas, where they signed several cooperation agreements including one to exchange Venezuelan oi... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14800627&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 19:22:08 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14800627&cat=262fd6adf564928c Speaking Tuesday on the sidelines of an energy conference organized by the Institute of the Americas, Lazare said Shell started looking at expanding the Urdaneta Lago field in the Lake Maracaibo are... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14800901&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 19:09:21 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14800901&cat=262fd6adf564928c BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia extradited 14 former paramilitary leaders to the United States on Tuesday to face drug-trafficking and other charges after authorities said the warlords violated terms of a... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14796330&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 17:24:00 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14796330&cat=262fd6adf564928c Dubai: South American nations are making concerted efforts to woo Middle Eastern visitors, telling people in the region to look beyond the traditional destinations of Asia and Europe. Countries such a... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14800261&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 18:54:22 -0400 Gulf News http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14800261&cat=262fd6adf564928c BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Colombia extradited 14 paramilitary warlords to the United States on Tuesday on drug-related charges in a surprise move that brought praise from Washington but raised fears of... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14796329&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 17:23:44 -0400 TBO.com http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14796329&cat=262fd6adf564928c A group of Democratic Senators Tuesday threatened to block a multi-million dollar US arms deal with Saudi Arabia, unless the kingdom ups oil production and helps cut soaring gasoline prices. http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14796572&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 17:23:29 -0400 Arabian Business http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14796572&cat=262fd6adf564928c NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - A return by crude-oil prices to record territory renewed downward pressure on airline stocks Tuesday, wiping out earlier gains built on reports that the U.S. is open to the id... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14795758&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 17:20:14 -0400 Market Watch http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14795758&cat=262fd6adf564928c Bogota - Colombia extradited 14 commanders of a right-wing paramilitary group to the United States Tuesday to face drug trafficking charges. The extraditions took place after Colombian President Alvar... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14796331&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 17:17:34 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14796331&cat=262fd6adf564928c ” There were 15.7 million Hispanic Internet users in the US in 2005, according to eMarketer. This total rose to 16.7 million in 2006. Increasing at a rate of 25%, nearly 21 million Latinos will ... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14796681&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 16:42:27 -0400 Max Boxing http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14796681&cat=262fd6adf564928c PORT OF SPAIN – U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said Tuesday that he does not consider Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's use of oil as a diplomatic tool to be a “healthy thing.”... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14796679&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 16:23:15 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14796679&cat=262fd6adf564928c The U.S. House of Representatives is slated to vote today on a bipartisan-backed bill that, if passed, could drop the commodity price of crude oil and ultimately translate into lower gas prices at the... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14796680&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 15:44:51 -0400 San Antonio Business Journal http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14796680&cat=262fd6adf564928c John Wilen May 13, 2008 - 2:05 p.m. NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices shot to a new record near $127 a barrel Tuesday on concerns that Iran may consider cutting crude oil production. Gas prices, meanwhi... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14791901&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 14:32:01 -0400 Canadian Business http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14791901&cat=262fd6adf564928c By John Welbes, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News May 13--Call it the summer travel stare-down. Airline passengers watch rising airfares, airlines are watching consumer beh... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14791332&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 13:19:29 -0400 Hotel Online http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14791332&cat=262fd6adf564928c Colombia's interior ministry says the government has extradited 14 top paramilitary leaders to the United States to face drug trafficking charges. The ministry says the 14 were extradited because the... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14791945&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 13:08:55 -0400 VOA http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14791945&cat=262fd6adf564928c BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's interior minister says the government is extraditing 14 paramilitary warlords to the United States for failing to comply with a peace pact. Interior Minister... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14791944&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 12:57:49 -0400 New Jersey Online http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14791944&cat=262fd6adf564928c Colombia extradited 14 jailed paramilitary leaders on Tuesday to the United States, marking an effort by President Alvaro Uribe's government to take a hard line against the warlords while a scand... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14791943&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 12:42:39 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14791943&cat=262fd6adf564928c BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia extradited 14 former paramilitary leaders to the United States on Tuesday to face drug-trafficking and other charges after authorities said the warlords violated terms of a... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14791941&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 12:22:22 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14791941&cat=262fd6adf564928c German Chancellor Angela Merkel has set off on a visit to Latin America, after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez linked her party to Hitler. Mr Chavez threatened to confront Ms Merkel on Friday at a... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14792296&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 12:10:51 -0400 BBC http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14792296&cat=262fd6adf564928c BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Colombia extradited 14 top paramilitary warlords - many of them wanted on drug-trafficking charges - to the United States on Tuesday, saying they failed to comply with the pea... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14788008&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 10:46:15 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14788008&cat=262fd6adf564928c U.S. college and university students are heading south to South America that is where unique programs, adventurous field trips and favorable exchange rates allow them to study abroad for less and do m... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14787405&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 08:59:29 -0400 PR Web http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14787405&cat=262fd6adf564928c Hugo Chavez , Venezuela's best-known college student has been called a United States collaborator and his nose has been broken in a scuffle. On a wall opposite the converted garage where Yon Goicoeche... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14783290&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 06:38:39 -0400 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14783290&cat=262fd6adf564928c CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP): Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Monday nationalized the country's biggest steelmaker Ternium-Sidor, which is majority owned by Argentina's Techint. Chavez signed the decr... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14783291&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:58 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14783291&cat=262fd6adf564928c Adolf Hitler after she said the Venezuelan president doesn't speak for all of Latin America. Chavez also warned he might confront the chancellor at Friday's summit of Latin American and European leade... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14782290&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 06:38:38 -0400 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14782290&cat=262fd6adf564928c Oil prices briefly spiked to a record above $126 a barrel Monday but ended the day lower as investors cashed in profits and an earthquake in China raised the possibility of a drop in demand. Retail ga... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14783294&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 04:55:56 -0400 Deseret News http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14783294&cat=262fd6adf564928c Oslo - Record-high oil and gas prices helped boost Norwegian energy giant Statoil Hydro's first-quarter earnings to new highs, the group said Tuesday. Net income was 16 billion kroner (3.15 billion do... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14782578&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 03:53:21 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14782578&cat=262fd6adf564928c "We find it considerably more probable than not that Minister Ramirez did not execute the waiver of sovereign immunity and, accordingly, dismiss the action," said Buchwald in her decision. Buchwald... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14779846&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 01:39:43 -0400 Newsday http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14779846&cat=262fd6adf564928c in Saudi Arabia on May 16, and is expected to press the Saudis to boost their oil production as a way of curbing spiraling fuel prices. "I have made the case that the high price of oil injures... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14779619&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 00:26:15 -0400 Yahoo! News http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14779619&cat=262fd6adf564928c commemorates the 75th anniversary of the formal establishment of U.S.-Saudi relations. The White House has said Bush will stress U.S. concerns about soaring oil prices when he meets http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14779778&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 00:25:36 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14779778&cat=262fd6adf564928c A group of Canadian MPs travelled to Colombia Monday to get a first-hand look at one of the hemisphere's most volatile countries before Ottawa finalizes a free trade deal with its government. The doz... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14779631&cat=262fd6adf564928c Tue, 13 May 2008 00:12:16 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14779631&cat=262fd6adf564928c WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior Republican senator said on Monday he was optimistic a deal could be reached with Democrats that would lead to congressional approval of a free trade agreement with Colo... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14775622&cat=262fd6adf564928c Mon, 12 May 2008 21:00:44 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14775622&cat=262fd6adf564928c Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has accused Colombia of seeking to provoke war, renewing regional tensions after a Colombian attack on a rebel camp in Ecuador sparked the worst Andes diplomatic crisi... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14771064&cat=262fd6adf564928c Mon, 12 May 2008 16:19:14 -0400 The Canberra Times http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14771064&cat=262fd6adf564928c The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) will this week start a weekly service connecting the Middle East country with ports in Europe, Venezuela and Cuba, reports Iran's Mehr News. Saeed... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14766070&cat=262fd6adf564928c Mon, 12 May 2008 14:33:34 -0400 American Shipper http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14766070&cat=262fd6adf564928c SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- June gold fell by $2.10 to $883.70 an ounce Monday morning. Prices eased back after last week's climb of more than 3%, pressured by some strength in the U.S. dollar as w... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14766100&cat=262fd6adf564928c Mon, 12 May 2008 14:22:13 -0400 Market Watch http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14766100&cat=262fd6adf564928c kevin@caribbeannetnews.com GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Guyana’s opposition People’s National Congress Reform (PNC-R) party has called for an apology from the head of the Presidential Secretariat a... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14762437&cat=262fd6adf564928c Mon, 12 May 2008 10:56:39 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14762437&cat=262fd6adf564928c PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (Reuters): Trinidad and Tobago's state-owned oil company, Petrotrin, said last week that an "illegal industrial action" by its employees had not resulted in shortages... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14762177&cat=262fd6adf564928c Mon, 12 May 2008 10:56:41 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14762177&cat=262fd6adf564928c By Maura CurleySpecial to Caribbean Net News PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad: The 12th annual Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Investment Conference (CHTIC) held recently in Trinidad attracted a diverse group, int... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14761956&cat=262fd6adf564928c Mon, 12 May 2008 10:56:37 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14761956&cat=262fd6adf564928c ) rose 2.7% to 22.44 points with all but one of its 14 components trading higher. Crude for June delivery fell $1.47 to stand at $124.49 a barrel in electronic trading. The benchmark for jet fuel pr... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14761806&cat=262fd6adf564928c Mon, 12 May 2008 10:31:53 -0400 Market Watch http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14761806&cat=262fd6adf564928c Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez verbally attacked German Chancellor Angela Merkel in his Sunday radio and television show, comparing her policies to those of Adolf Hitler. http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14762755&cat=262fd6adf564928c Mon, 12 May 2008 08:43:05 -0400 DW-World http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14762755&cat=262fd6adf564928c BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Documents that Colombia says it recovered from a slain guerrilla leader give the clearest indication yet that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez sought to arm and fina... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14762436&cat=262fd6adf564928c Mon, 12 May 2008 08:30:54 -0400 The Seattle Times http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14762436&cat=262fd6adf564928c is scheduled to begin his rehab assignment with Triple-A Sacramento on Thursday, seven months after his October back surgery. He'll spend the next three days training in Arizona before joining the Riv... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14759093&cat=262fd6adf564928c Mon, 12 May 2008 06:02:54 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14759093&cat=262fd6adf564928c (AP Photo/Diego Norona)Ecuadorian soldiers look at weapons and equipment found in this March 2, 2008, file photo, in Angostura, Ecuador, near the border with Colombia, were Colombian security forces k... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14759487&cat=262fd6adf564928c Mon, 12 May 2008 05:16:31 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14759487&cat=262fd6adf564928c CARACAS: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is withdrawing a lawsuit against his ex-wife involving their 10-year-old daughter, saying he does not want to become a spectacle in a legal battle. http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14759552&cat=262fd6adf564928c Mon, 12 May 2008 05:02:39 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14759552&cat=262fd6adf564928c More than half of oil and gas executives polled in a recent survey think oil prices will drop below $100 a barrel by the end of the year. KPMG LLP's Global Energy Institute's annual survey, ... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14756376&cat=262fd6adf564928c Mon, 12 May 2008 02:41:57 -0400 Business Journal http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14756376&cat=262fd6adf564928c UK news section. It was last updated at 00:03 on May 12 2008. Britain's passion for chocolate, cakes and crisps is fuelling a violent campaign to force Colombian peasants off their land to make way ... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14754278&cat=262fd6adf564928c Sun, 11 May 2008 23:06:07 -0400 The Guardian http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14754278&cat=262fd6adf564928c Caracas - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday attacked German Chancellor Angela Merkel, comparing her to Adolf Hitler in response to her criticism of the South American leader's policies. Merke... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14754002&cat=262fd6adf564928c Sun, 11 May 2008 22:57:57 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14754002&cat=262fd6adf564928c Fuel prices at the pump rise again today by 50 satang per litre. The Finance and the Energy ministries plan to meet this week to seek new ways to encourage people to use alternative fuels. From ... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14754374&cat=262fd6adf564928c Sun, 11 May 2008 22:56:54 -0400 Bangkok Post http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14754374&cat=262fd6adf564928c They also suggest Venezuela was preparing to loan the rebels at least US$250 million (euro190 million), provide them with Russian weapons and possibly even help them obtain surface-to-air missiles for... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14749871&cat=262fd6adf564928c Sun, 11 May 2008 17:20:38 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14749871&cat=262fd6adf564928c CARACAS, Venezuela – For his outspoken opposition to President Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's best-known college student has been called a U.S. collaborator and has had his nose broken in a scuffle. ... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14750212&cat=262fd6adf564928c Sun, 11 May 2008 17:20:37 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14750212&cat=262fd6adf564928c Seaweed found at an inland settlement in Chile confirms that the village is one of the oldest inhabited sites in the Americas and demonstrates that residents had extensive contact with the coastline, ... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14746621&cat=262fd6adf564928c Sun, 11 May 2008 11:05:05 -0400 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14746621&cat=262fd6adf564928c See Search Box lower down this column for searches of Finfacts news pages. Where there may be the odd special character missing from an older page, it's a problem that developed when Interactive To... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14746549&cat=262fd6adf564928c Sun, 11 May 2008 10:38:29 -0400 Finfacts http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14746549&cat=262fd6adf564928c There is seemingly no more combustible mix than high oil prices and a hotly contested election. With gasoline closing in on $4 a gallon, Washington is awash in proposals to bring down prices - once mo... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14745069&cat=262fd6adf564928c Sun, 11 May 2008 06:44:20 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14745069&cat=262fd6adf564928c Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met with visiting Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu Friday and the two leaders vowed to broaden cooperation in economy and trade, energy, agriculture and fight against ... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14742797&cat=262fd6adf564928c Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01:21 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14742797&cat=262fd6adf564928c On April 9, the government of President Hugo Chavez had announced the nationalisation of Sidor, one of the largest steel plants in Latin America that was privatised in 1997, after a 14-month dispute b... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14740891&cat=262fd6adf564928c Sun, 11 May 2008 01:51:04 -0400 Green Left Online http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14740891&cat=262fd6adf564928c Venezuelan foreign minister Nicolas Maduro proposed that Latin American countries create a food bank to counter food supply problems and that oil profits of the region go towards a new food fund. Madu... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14740807&cat=262fd6adf564928c Sun, 11 May 2008 01:51:00 -0400 Green Left Online http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14740807&cat=262fd6adf564928c BOGOTA, Colombia -- A newly disclosed set of documents that Colombia's government says were recovered from a slain rebel's computers indicate senior Venezuelan officials tried to help arm Colombia's m... http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14741098&cat=262fd6adf564928c Sun, 11 May 2008 01:34:17 -0400 The China Post http://feeds.venezuelanews.net/?rid=14741098&cat=262fd6adf564928c