• Inmates release six in Venezuela hostage standoff
  
• Rosneft closes deal to buy 50% in Germany's Ruhr Oel
  
• Freedom of the press facing oppression in Latin America
  
• Macroeconomic indicators - Venezuela accrued inflation at 8pct
  
• Venezuela aluminum smelter in tough times state
  
• CITGO to shut Corpus Christi refinery coker unit briefly for repair
  
• Walid Makled is expected to arrive in Venezuela on Friday
  
• Venezuelan governor Henrique Capriles launches presidential bid
  
• Workers of Venezuelan cement company protest for layoffs
  
• US to examine possible sanctions against Venezuela
  
• Venezuela's Finance Minister reports substantial slowdown in inflation
  
• Birkenhead mother Laura Makin jailed in Venezuela
  
• Venezuela's inflation slips to 22.9 percent
  
• Iran trains terrorists in Venezuela, hides behind mercenaries
  
• Oscar Heck // No wonder I live in Venezuela!
  
• Bolivarian Revolution in Washington
  
• The death of Osama bin Laden should not be an occasion for rejoicing