A general strike has paralyzed Venezuela's oil industry -- the world's fifth largest -- and led to violence and shortages of ... In the words of President George W. Bush, "It is very important for President Chavez to do what he said he was going to do, to address the reasons why there was so much turmoil in the streets.
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No company in America has as much at stake in the toppling of Venezuela's mercurial president and the renewed flow of oil from Venezuelan fields as Citgo Petroleum, one of the biggest gasoline marketers in the United States -- and a wholly owned unit of the Venezuelan state oil company.
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The problems are most pronounced here in Venezuela, where a 1,400-mile border has become a flash point between the left-leaning government of President Hugo Chávez and its ideological opposite in Colombia under President Álvaro Uribe.
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Reporters Without Borders, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, the Chilean Senate and the Atlanta-based Carter Center have said freedom of expression could be in peril in Venezuela.
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Chavez wants to give more jobs to his loyal Circulo de Boliverano members who support his Cuban style Communist revolution in Venezuela while reducing and delaying the referendum process. An smart move but it will back fire on him BIG TIME ....
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Oil Prices Surge on Turmoil in Venezuel ... The national oil monopoly, Petroleos de Venezuela SA, which is the third-largest oil supplier to the United States, then said it would resume production, refining and exports this week.
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Colombia's Long Civil War Spreads Turmoil to Venezuel ... By JUAN FOREROLA COOPERATIVA, Venezuela — More than ever, Colombia's 39-year-old civil war is spreading beyond its porous borders, bringing to its five neighbors a troubling brew of armed leftist rebels, right-wing death squads, drugs and refugees.
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Their activities were centered at the Marandua airfield and along the border with Venezuela. Patrol aircraft operating from the U.S. Forward Operating Location (FOL) in Manta, Ecuador also provided intelligence support for the military move against Chavez.
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WaPo has a piece on the political fallout from the move by Hugo Chávez to take broadcast rights away from RCTV: Protests in Venezuela Reinvigorate Opposition. The piece notes a number of groups and governments which have ... Political Mavens » The Continuing Turmoil in Venezuela Says: June 2nd, 2007 at 11:24 am...
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Few world leaders are the objects of as hateful demolition campaigns as Mr. Hugo Chávez, president of Venezuela. ... Posted in Venezuela | Print This Post 3 Comments...
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