Hugo Chavez

Venezuela denies report that Chavez invited Russia to open military base in Venezuela

iht.com     6 hrs ago   236 related          

Venezuela's government denied on Wednesday that President Hugo Chavez invited Russia to open a military base in his country, disputing a report by Russia's Interfax saying that Russian troops were welcome in the South American...                

Draft constitution would shift power to Ecuador's leftist president

iht.com     3 hrs ago   12 related          

A proposed new constitution grants Ecuador's leftist President Rafael Correa broad powers including the ability to dissolve Congress and set monetary policy, and would let him stay in office through 2017. The charter, expected...                

Hugo Chávez's Jewish Problem

opinionjournal.com     7 hrs ago   4 related          

In December 1998, preaching a gospel of socialist revolution that had gone blessedly unvoiced in the decade following the fall of the Berlin Wall, Hugo Chávez won a landslide election for the presidency of Venezuela. He and his...                

Venezuela, Belarus sign oil deal

iht.com     9 hrs ago   6 related          

Venezuela signed over three more oil fields to a joint venture with Belarus on Wednesday, with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez declaring that the two nations were strongly united in their resistance to "U.S. imperialism" and...                

US official tries to ease strains in relations with Bolivia

iht.com     11 hrs ago   1 related          

A senior U.S. diplomat tried to improve rocky relations with Bolivia's leftist government on Wednesday and local officials say he offered to cooperate in attempts to extradite a former president and defense minister. Thomas...                

ANWR impact on oil prices minimal

floridatoday.com     3 hrs ago   1 related          

Unlike half of Brevard County, I'm no expert on "ANWR." What I do know is that ANWR has become a symbol, buzzword and litmus test in the overheated political debate over oil drilling as a solution to high gas prices. Here in...                

Venezuela church-state clash grows

csmonitor.com     11 hrs ago          

A new pro-poor break-away church vexes the country's Catholic leaders, who call it a Chávez ploy. Reporter Sara Miller Llana discusses the political controversy surrounding Venezuela's Reformist Catholic Church. The fledgling...                

More Cuban Missile Crisis II speculation

foreignpolicy.com     11 hrs ago          

STR/AFP/Getty Images I thought yesterday's big bombshell from an anonymous Russian defense source about plans to base Russian bombers in Cuba was totally absurd. I still don't believe this is much more than one overzealous...                

Dan Blumenthal: Concerns With Respect to China’s Energy Policy

chinadigitaltimes.net     17 mins ago          

Written by Dan Blumenthal, a resident fellow in Asian studies at the American Enterprise Institute, from AEI Online: The tremendous increase in China’s appetite for energy, and the response to this by regional powers, is...                

Shakira dabbles in mediation with message to Colombian guerillas

liveonmusic.com     10 hrs ago   3 related          

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez couldn’t get it done, so now it’s Shakira’s turn: the diminutive Colombian pop star is lending her fame to help pressure FARC guerillas to release hostages held in various remote parts of...                

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