• Blackouts hit most of Venezuela, affecting oil output and the Caracas metro
  
• Venezuela has reduced its order of Chinese Y-8 transports from 12 to 8
  
• Venezuela polarized over Chavez' land policy
  
• Venezuela sees 3 to 4 pct economic growth in 1Q
  
• Steel production drops as CVG subsidiaries hit by power rationing
  
• IAPA questions legal reforms restricting press freedom in Venezuela
  
• Economist Pedro Palma: Venezuela should tackle inflation
  
• Jody McIntyre // Venezuela; not another Libya
  
• 'Santos should ask Chavez for more Venezuelan oil'
  
• More A/H1N1 flu cases reported in Venezuela
  
• Venezuelan bananas ripe for paper production
  
• Chavez says Venezuela GDP growth may double forecast
  
• Venezuelan congressmen head for Colombia to meet Makled
  
• Venezuela Central Bank sees need to cut borrowing costs
  
• Analysts fear inflationary pressures in Venezuela's withdrawal from CAN
  
• Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez to visit Brazil's Rouseff on May 10
  
• Franz J. T. Lee // Sayonara, Japan! Is the capitalist game now over?