• Venezuela struggling with a decade-long surge in homicides...
  
• Two shot dead at Fort Tiuna in gunfight that wounded six other soldiers
  
• Crime beginning to hurt President Chavez among his constituency...
  
• United States judge mulls RICO case against Venezuelan officials
  
• WorldNetDaily // China channeling money through Chavez to drug cartels
  
• National Statistics Institute: Nearly 20,000 murders in Venezuela last year
  
• Venezuelan oil industry is going through a cycle of sinking output
  
• Central Bank president: Venezuela will move out of recession this year
  
• Heckling at voting centers in Caracas during trial electoral run-thru
  
• Presidential 'Alo Presidente' radio/TV shows suspended until October 3
  
• Chavez 'robolution' spent $155 million on housing and got nothing in return
  
• Colombia says Venezuela agrees to fight cross-border crimes