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Farmland seizures spark sharp divide in Venezuela

AFP - Yesterday, 07:28 am

SANTA BARBARA (AFP) - Farmers whose land is being taken away by the government of Hugo Chavez are gearing up for a struggle to keep their properties in fertile western Venezuela, a stronghold for the opposition. More »

Venezuelan TV channel seeks return to air
AFP - Saturday, January 22 12:30 am
CARACAS (AFP) - RCTV television channel, suspended a year ago by the government of President Hugo Chavez, is reapplying for permission to resume pay cable TV programming in Venezuela, its director said Friday. More »
Venezuela claims it has world's largest oil reserves
AFP - Wednesday, January 19 09:57 pm
CARACAS (AFP) - Venezuela says it has dethroned fellow OPEC member Saudi Arabia to become the nation with the largest proven crude oil reserves in the world, at nearly 300 billion barrels. More »
Venezuela parties warily welcome Chavez olive branch
Reuters - Sunday, January 16 07:05 pm
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition parties cautiously accepted an offer of dialogue from President Hugo Chavez on Sunday but said the firebrand socialist leader had soon forgotten similar invitations in the past. More »
Venezuela's Chavez may cut short decree rule
Reuters - Saturday, January 15 11:15 pm
CARACAS (Reuters) - Denying he was a dictator, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez offered on Saturday to give up much-criticized decree powers a year ahead of schedule if post-flood emergency measures were implemented quickly. More »
Venezuela's Chavez may shorten decree powers
Reuters - Saturday, January 15 07:28 pm
CARACAS (Reuters) - Denying he was a dictator, President Hugo Chavez offered on Saturday to give up much-criticized decree powers in May, a year ahead of schedule, if post-flood emergency measures were implemented quickly. More »
Venezuela's Chavez offers to cut decree powers
Reuters - Saturday, January 15 06:36 pm
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez denied on Saturday he was a dictator and offered to shorten his much-criticized 18-month decree powers if laws were implemented to attend an emergency caused by floods. More »
Venezuela angry at Colombia TV mocking "Little Hugo"
Reuters - Friday, January 14 05:47 pm
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's government has urged a private TV station to pull the plug on a Colombian soap opera that features a dog named "Little Hugo" and which it says insults Venezuela's national pride. More »
Venezuela angry at Colombia TV mocking "Little Hugo"
Reuters - Friday, January 14 05:39 pm
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's government has urged a private TV station to pull the plug on a Colombian soap opera that features a dog named "Little Hugo" and it says is an insult to national pride. More »