• The Venezuelan government is eager to militarize the population by force
  
• Opposition makes hay over military conscription confusion
  
• Agriculture Minister promises cheaper fertilizers and agronomic products
  
• Venezuela repays $200 million owed Colombian exporters
  
• Lara Governor Henry Falcon jeers at Chavez' choice for 2012 elections
  
• President Chavez makes a point of punishing those who defy his will
  
• Spain concerned over Venezuela as ETA's new "refuge"
  
• Banco Santander 'ordered' to return US$150 million Venezuela funds
  
• 12,000 prisoners call off hunger strikes at eight Venezuelan prisons
  
• Chavez: "Nobody and nothing will stop the Bolivarian revolution"
  
• Rizwan Ladha // Venezuela is going nuclear, and we should be worried
  
• Exxon confirms worker death at Chalmette, Louisiana refinery
  
• General Motors de Venezuela (GMV) to continue investing
  
• Noris Negron removed as President of Venezuelan state airline Conviasa
  
• Venezuelans citizens aged 18-60 must register for compulsory military draft