• Venezuela's GDP decline is almost zero, says Planning Minister Giordani
  
• Spanish Foreign Min. insists there are no political prisoners in Venezuela
  
• Recession continues in Venezuela; GDP tumbles 0.4%
  
• Three Colombian kidnappers are captured and deported
  
• Ros-Lehtinen criticizes democratic "decline" in Venezuela and allies
  
• Chris Herz // Can you imagine US President Sarah Palin after 2012?
  
• President Chavez warning: any coup will be met by counter-coup
  
• Federal Council of Government agrees to budget based on $40 a barrel
  
• AN president welcomes Makled extradition to Venezuela and not USA
  
• Connie Mack outraged over transfer of noted drug kingpin to Venezuela
  
• VenEconomy // A fence of thorns for the regions
  
• Socialist International rejects Rangel Silva's statements