• Venezuelan oil minister Ramirez sees $200 oil if the Suez canal closes
  
• Macroeconomic Stabilization Fund (FEM) transfers $832 million to Chavez
  
• Venezuela: Construction of 80,000 government housing units is halted
  
• Venezuela's Vice Minister "will not silence" President of Canary Islands
  
• Mendozas and well-heeled duck quarantine for cholera wedding spree
  
• Strict timetable for AN deputies to grill three ministers on annual report
  
• Court slaps another year on Yaracuy deputy-elect's corruption sentence
  
• Chavez sends in Carrizales to sort out serious problems in Apure State
  
• Alcasa president presents payments timetable to erase labor liabilities
  
• Former Mibam Minister criticizes double discourse of private sector