• Rusoro Mining receives pre-feasibility report on Venezuelan SREP project
  
• Chagas disease claims 15 victims ... government steps up controls
  
• Unasur sets up center for strategic studies to aid defense ministers
  
• PSUV denies enrolling military officers ... opposition intensifies campaign
  
• Diego Arria bares teeth and threatens Chavez with international tribunal
  
• Chavez obtains $40 billion worth of oil investments with several nations
  
• US State Department official: Chavez is preparing for war
  
• VenEconomy // Chavez' Whip
  
• Former allies but later staunch critics of Chavez sentenced to years of prison
  
• VZLA's securities commission orders three brokerages to halt operations
  
• Venezuela trade irregularities represent institutionalized corruption
  
• Venezuela deports suspected drug trafficker to Dominican Republic
  
• Venezuela considering further restrictions on foreign currency trading
  
• Venezuela's Cardon catalytic cracker still offline despite previous assurances
  
• Ramos says Chavez' threats may make Venezuelan economy worse
  
• Chilean Foreign Minister Moreno says differences with Venezuela remain