• Chinese-Crystallex 'Las Cristinas' gold JV is clearly a risky deal for investors...
  
• Santos vacation trip to Europe entails agenda with Venezuela in mind
  
• Shane Rees reveals more of the best-kept secret in the Caribbean
  
• Energy & Oil Minister denies oil spill on Lake Maracaibo ... it's only a leak!
  
• FANB launches drug cultivation eradication week in VZLA's Perija Sierra
  
• NGO president Rocio San Miguel objects to social comptrollership bill
  
• Minister Ramirez admits: 30,000 tonnes of wasted food in PDVAL scandal
  
• Larry Mantle // Oliver Stone and foreign affairs
  
• Canadian Mafia mobster's family operated from a base in Venezuela
  
• Venezuelan ambassador refuses to disclose the price of oil for Belarus
  
• Venezuela. PetroVietnam sign US$584 million joint oil venture contract
  
• VenEconomy // More bad omens should serve as a warning
  
• US Ambassador Duddy denies meddling in Venezuela's domestic affairs
  
• US ambassador concerned over VZLA agenda opposing Washington
  
• Venezuelan union leader brings message of solidarity to Detroit
  
• Constanza Vieira // Spying Knows No Borders
  
• Crime wave fuels armored car sales in Caracas
  
• NGOs present report on violations of due process in case of Judge Afiuni
  
• PDVSA's environmental director says Lake Maracaibo oil spill is "moderate"
  
• CVG-Sidor negotiates financial support from the BCV and Gazprom
  
• Ombudswoman Ramirez says that the food scandal is NOT her business
  
• NGO warns that Law on Social Comptrollership restricts information
  
• Cardinal: "We are on our way to dictatorship and the country's downfall"