Spanish king, Venezuelan president make peace (AFP)

yahoo.com     Jul 25, 2008            

by Gabriel Rubio 9 minutes ago MADRID (AFP) - King Juan Carlos and President Hugo Chavez patched up their differences Friday in their first meeting since the Spanish monarch told the Venezuelan president to "shut up" at a summit last year. The king, wearing a light grey suit and pink tie, shook hands and patted Chavez's arm when the Venezuelan leader arrived -- one hour late -- at the Marivent Palace, his summer residence in the Balearic island of Majorca in the Mediterranean. "Why don't we go to the beach," joked Chavez, saying he felt as if he was in Cuba or Jamaica because of the heat. The light-hearted exchange drew a line under the brief diplomatic spat that began last November at the Ibero-American summit in Santiago, Chile when the king told Chavez, "Why don't you shut up." Chavez had repeatedly interrupted Spanish... [read full story]                    

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N.H. will accept free oil from Chavez after all

informationliberation.com     Jul 24, 2008          

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Two years ago, New Hampshire refused to accept heating oil from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the pro-Castro U.S. critic who once called President Bush "the devil." But with fuel prices rising, well,...                    

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Report: Venezuela's Chavez supports stable oil price at $100 a barrel

iht.com     Jul 24, 2008          

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Thursday he would be happy to see oil prices at around $100 a barrel, a news report said. After meeting with Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva, Chavez said market speculation was to...                    

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Venezuelan president wants oil to stabilize at 100 dollars per barrel (AFP)

yahoo.com     Jul 25, 2008          

MADRID (AFP) - The price of oil should stabilise at around 100 dollars per barrel, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Friday during a visit to Spain. "The price of oil needs to stabilise. The price according to our...                    

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Chavez wraps up European trip with a hug-and-make-up visit to Spain

bostonherald.com     Jul 25, 2008          

By Associated Press Friday, July 25, 2008 - Added 5m ago laughed and smiled his way through a hug-and-make-up visit to Spain today, his first since a now-infamous exchange in which Spain’s normally reserved monarch told the...                    

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Venezuelan president wants oil to stabilize at 100 dollars per barrel

yahoo.com     Jul 25, 2008          

MADRID (AFP) - The price of oil should stabilise at around 100 dollars per barrel, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Friday during a visit to Spain. "The price of oil needs to stabilise. The price according to our...                    

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Chavez says $100 oil seems 'just and right'

gulfnews.com     Jul 25, 2008          

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Thursday that he saw $100 per barrel as a fair price for oil and that his Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) member nation does not want a higher price than that.                    

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Venezuela agrees to sell Spain oil at 100 dollars a barrel (AFP)

yahoo.com     Jul 25, 2008          

MADRID (AFP) - OPEC member Venezuela agreed Friday to sell Spain 10,000 barrels of oil per day at 100 dollars a barrel in exchange for medicine and other goods, a Spanish government source told AFP. The agreement was reached...                    

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Venezuela agrees to sell Spain oil at 100 dollars a barrel

yahoo.com     Jul 25, 2008          

in exchange for medicine and other goods, a Spanish government source told AFP. The agreement was reached during a meeting between Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero in...                    

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