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Venezuela's Chavez says working less, getting better
Posted under Uncategorized, venezuela CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ended a week-long silence on Friday to say he was resting, following a diet and trying to tame his workaholic ways as he recovers from cancer treatment. The usually garrulous and attention-seeking Chavez's disappearances from public view have become longer and more frequent this year. That has fuelled speculation his condition has worsened and ...18
Venezuela says third diesel shipment sent to Syria
Posted under Uncategorized, venezuela CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela has sent a third shipment of diesel to Syria, the energy minister said on Friday, underscoring President Hugo Chavez's support of the Middle East country despite its intensified crackdown on protesters. Earlier this year, Venezuela's government said it had sent at least two shipments of fuel to Syria, potentially undermining Western sanctions as a rare supplier to ...18
Venezuela's Chavez unseen for week but follows riot
Posted under Uncategorized, venezuela CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has not been seen or heard in public since returning a week ago from his latest cancer treatment in Cuba but was well enough to monitor a jail riot in Caracas, an ally said on Friday. The usually garrulous and attention-seeking Chavez's disappearances from public view have become longer and more frequent this year. That has fueled speculation ...18
Prisoners begin leaving Venezuela prison after day of gunfire, tear gas amid standoff
Posted under Uncategorized, venezuela CARACAS, Venezuela - More than 100 prisoners filed out of a Venezuelan prison among National Guard troops on Thursday night after heavy gunfire erupted amid a nearly three-week standoff pitting armed inmates against security forces.17
Venezuela: Economy grew 5.6 at start of 2012
Posted under Uncategorized, venezuela Venezuela's economy grew 5.6 percent during the first three months of the year, continuing expansion that began at the end of 2010, the country's planning minister said Thursday.17
Venezuela: Economy could grow as much as 7 percent
Posted under Uncategorized, venezuela Venezuela's economy could grow by as much as 7 percent this year, beating the government's initial expectations of 5 percent growth for 2012 amid increased public spending, the country's planning minister said Thursday.14
Venezuela challenger woos Chavez's rural heartland
Posted under Uncategorized, venezuela SOCOPO, Venezuela (Reuters) - Deep in the rural home state of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez that has for years been off limits for opposition politicians, rival candidate Henrique Capriles struggled to push through a throng of screaming supporters. Small-time ranchers and farmers swarmed the muddy streets of Socopo, where the Venezuelan plains meet the Andes mountains, jostling to catch a ...14
Maldonado's triumph unites polarised Venezuela
Posted under Uncategorized, venezuela CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan driver Pastor Maldonado's remarkable first Formula One victory brought a rare moment of national unity to a homeland bitterly divided months before a presidential vote. The 27-year-old driver has been closely associated with President Hugo Chavez's socialist government due to numerous friendly appearances alongside the Venezuelan leader and the sponsorship of state ...14

