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President Hugo Chavez, seen here in April 2008, said Sunday on his radio talk show that neighboring Colombia is trying to provoke Venezuela into a war so as to draw in and

Chavez says Colombia seeks war with Venezuela

AFP - Sunday, May 11 10:47 pm

CARACAS (AFP) - President Hugo Chavez said Sunday on his radio talk show that neighboring Colombia is trying to provoke Venezuela into a war so as to draw in and "justify" an armed intervention by the United States. More »

  • The Wall Street Journal says US intelligence officials believe seized computer files showing strong ties between Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez and Colombian rebels are authentic.

    US calls computer files linking Chavez to FARC authentic: report

    AFP - Friday, May 9 02:15 pm

    NEW YORK (AFP) - US intelligence officials believe seized computer files showing strong ties between Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez and Colombian rebels are authentic, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. More »

  • Venezuela's Minister of Energy and Petroleum Rafael Ramirez speaks during a meeting with South American counterparts in Caracas. Venezuela's proven crude oil reserves had swelled to 130 billion barrels as of late April, marking a rise of 30 billion from its prior estimate, Ramirez said Thursday.

    Venezuela's oil reserves swell to 130 bln barrels

    AFP - Thursday, May 8 08:51 pm

    CARACAS (AFP) - Venezuela's proven crude oil reserves had swelled to 130 billion barrels as of late April, marking a rise of 30 billion from its prior estimate, energy and oil minister Rafael Ramirez said Thursday. More »

  • Different kinds of beans are displayed in a stand in San Salvador Central Market, El Salvador on May 7. Seventeen Latin American governments issued a regional food

    Latin Americans issue regional food emergency

    AFP - Thursday, May 8 04:39 am

    MANAGUA (AFP) - Seventeen Latin American governments issued a regional food "emergency" Wednesday at the close of a one-day summit on the food crisis that underscored an ideological split among its participants. More »

  • Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega delivers a speech in April 2008. Leaders and representatives from South and Central American are preparing to meet in Managua to discuss a regional strategy to avert the food crisis affecting poor nations around the world

    Latin Americans to hold food crisis summit

    AFP - Wednesday, May 7 07:49 am

    MANAGUA (AFP) - Leaders and representatives of several South and Central American nations are preparing to meet here to discuss a regional strategy to avert the food crisis affecting poor nations around the world, officials have said. More »

  • Bolivians in favour of the referendum on autonomy that the Santa Cruz provincial government and civic groups are holding, confront opposers trying to stop the balloting, in Santa Cruz May 4, 2008. Bolivia's richest region of Santa Cruz went ahead with a vote on greater autonomy from the central government on Sunday in a referendum that President Evo Morales declared illegal, but still poses the biggest challenge yet for his government.

    Bolivia's richest region votes for autonomy

    Reuters - Monday, May 5 12:29 am

    SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia (Reuters) - Bolivia's richest region of Santa Cruz voted overwhelmingly for autonomy on Sunday in a vote widely seen as a rejection of President Evo Morales' leftist reforms, exit polls showed. More »

  • There are fears violence could erupt in Bolivia over moves by its biggest province to declare autonomy in a vote Sunday. The leftwing government has said it will reject the result, and is pressing on with a socialist agenda to nationalise foreign-owned energy companies and distribute more wealth to the poor.

    Bolivian province votes for autonomy in violence-marred poll

    AFP - Sunday, May 4 11:48 pm

    SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia (AFP) - Voters in Bolivia's richest province of Santa Cruz voted overwhelmingly to adopt autonomy measures in defiance of socialist President Evo Morales, who has declared the move invalid. More »

  • There are fears violence could erupt in Bolivia over moves by its biggest province to declare autonomy in a vote Sunday. The leftwing government has said it will reject the result, and is pressing on with a socialist agenda to nationalise foreign-owned energy companies and distribute more wealth to the poor.

    Violence flares in Bolivia autonomy vote

    AFP - Sunday, May 4 09:23 pm

    SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia (AFP) - An autonomy vote by Bolivia's richest province of Santa Cruz was marred by violence Sunday as supporters of the move and indigenous backers of President Evo Morales, who has called the poll illegal, faced off. More »

  • There are fears violence could erupt in Bolivia over moves by its biggest province to declare autonomy in a vote Sunday. The leftwing government has said it will reject the result, and is pressing on with a socialist agenda to nationalise foreign-owned energy companies and distribute more wealth to the poor.

    Violence flares during autonomy vote in Bolivia

    AFP - Sunday, May 4 07:25 pm

    SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia (AFP) - Violence erupted at some polling stations in the Bolivian province of Santa Cruz on Sunday as the territory held an autonomy referendum deemed illegal by leftwing President Evo Morales. More »

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