• El Callao Mayor accused of creating tension in gold mine with invasions
  
• Crystallex International (KRY) out of luck; may NOT seek arbitration recourse
  
• Coffee growers meet AN president for round table discussions
  
• Workers fight back at closure of Maracaibo's Environment Institute
  
• SIDOR and SUTISS union agree on tabs positions and production security
  
• President Rafael Caldera's widow Alicia Pietri dies at the age of 87
  
• Capriles Radonski emerges as presidential candidate … others chipping in
  
• PDVSA launches another $3 billion in bonds on Luxembourg stock exchange
  
• Vegetables rose 11.1% in January … inflation rate stood at 2.7%
  
• Newsweek's Mac Margolis // Is Chavez Going Down?