• Chavez attacks other countries to distract attention from VZLA's problems
  
• Venezuela: Prison rights activists call for inquiry into prison deaths
  
• Odeen Ishmael // Campaign for full ratification of UNASUR's constituent treaty
  
• Golinger defends Peruvian journalist in NYC accused of being Russian spy
  
• Rusoro/PMG workers start campaign over unfavorable BCV resolution
  
• Eekhout reappears as Vive TV's new president defends community media
  
• Primero Justicia (PJ) attacks Communes Law as a return to the Stone Age
  
• ALBA supports the Yasuni-ITT initiative as climate change contribution
  
• Nelson Mezerhane attempted a banking coup using shares in Globovision
  
• VenEconomy // Venezuelans are left empty-handed
  
• Nikolas Kozloff // Oliver Stone exposes NYT's distorted LatAm coverage
  
• US Government: "Relationship with Venezuela is the toughest we have"
  
• US President Barack Obama appoints new ambassador to Caracas
  
• 190,000-barrel-per-day Petrocedeno upgrader back to normal capacity