• Chavez replaced the old corrupt elite with his own corrupt followers...
  
• State-run oil co PDVSA "virtually" excluded from refinery project in Brazil
  
• Spain's Attorney General asks to "hand over or prosecute" ETA member
  
• President Hugo Chavez to strengthen ties with Russia, Iran and Libya
  
• Venezuelan business sector rejects state-centered policies

• Missing Venezuelan flag at key Spanish event prompts more distrust
  
• Spanish ex-pats on hunger strike in Caracas demanding compensation
  
• Agriculture Minister highlights success on recovered farm lands in Aragua
  
• Evidence of Chavez administration's collaboration with narco-terrorists
  
• President Hugo Chavez' visit to reinforce Venezuela's ties with Russia
  
• Campaign under way to beatify long-dead Venezuelan country doctor
  
• Venezuela's Attorney General probes Spanish emigrant's alleged ETA ties
  
• Small boat carrying nine people cited as missing off Venezuelan coast
  
• Venezuelan Embassy says that Spanish media lie about parade
  
• Venezuelan Parliament: There is no official draft organic criminal code
  
• President Chavez' tour suggests no change in Venezuelan foreign policy
  
• Expropriation policy is dismantling Venezuela's production model
  
• Viva China! More reactions to Liu Xiaobo's Nobel Prize...

• Venezuela lost over US$33 billion in 2008 alone ... consequences of corruption hurt the poor more than any other sector of society...
  
• Criminal bill proposal gives green light to euthanasia in Venezuela
  
• Colombia's Santos expects full restoration of Venezuela ties this year
  
• Conindustria: Venezuela has seized about 185 industries in 2010
  
• Koch Industries says it has received no word on Venezuela takeover
  
• Venezuela's business sector asks top court for ruling on private property
  
• Venezuela approves China's JV stake in the Orinoco Oil Belt
  
• Trade sector: Government is plunging Venezuela's economy into chaos
  
• Venezuela's government considers that Polar and Cargill must be state-owned
  
• Venezuelan President Chavez backs China over Nobel for jailed dissident
  
• Chavez announces expropriation of key car oil and fertilizer companies
  
• Chavez: Agroislena deviated to become agro-toxic and predator model
  
• Venezuelan government will receive remaining Vestey farms on October 20
  
• Chinese delegation in Venezuela for gold-mining aluminum and steel studies
  
• "I had been told Venezuela was a mecca of international terrorism..."
  
• President Hugo Chavez' autumn tour: regaining his positions at home
  
• President Chavez announces the expropriation of two more companies
  
• Chavez looks to assimilate the working class via military service
  
• Colombian Government to deploy new battalion on Venezuela border
  
• Japan Times editorial // Mr. Chavez attracts powerful opposition
  
• Rep. Eliot Engel: "Chavez has decided to be a despot ... not a democrat"

• Capriles is not the contender Chavez wants to fight in the ring...
  
• VenEconomy // Venezuela, with a score of 63, came 14th in the world
  
• Venezuela appoints Ivan Rancon as new Colombia ambassador
  
• Venezuela to buy more than 1,000 homes from private builders
  
• Julio Escalona // Elections and Geopolitics
  
• Environment for microfinance deteriorates in Venezuela
  
• Venezuelan opposition reinvents itself
  
• Spanish reporter tells his experience on terrorist training in Venezuela
  
• IACHR reports killing of sixth member of a family in Venezuela
  
• Venezuela and Spain negotiate new arms deal
  
• Who may run against Venezuela's Chavez in 2012?
  
• Tirdad Derakhshani // 'Carlos the Jackal': Separating man, myth

• The Venezuelan government is eager to militarize the population by force
  
• Opposition makes hay over military conscription confusion
  
• Agriculture Minister promises cheaper fertilizers and agronomic products
  
• Venezuela repays $200 million owed Colombian exporters
  
• Lara Governor Henry Falcon jeers at Chavez' choice for 2012 elections
  
• President Chavez makes a point of punishing those who defy his will
  
• Spain concerned over Venezuela as ETA's new "refuge"
  
• Banco Santander 'ordered' to return US$150 million Venezuela funds
  
• 12,000 prisoners call off hunger strikes at eight Venezuelan prisons
  
• Chavez: "Nobody and nothing will stop the Bolivarian revolution"
  
• Rizwan Ladha // Venezuela is going nuclear, and we should be worried
  
• Exxon confirms worker death at Chalmette, Louisiana refinery
  
• General Motors de Venezuela (GMV) to continue investing
  
• Noris Negron removed as President of Venezuelan state airline Conviasa
  
• Venezuelans citizens aged 18-60 must register for compulsory military draft

• Venezuela's Nuclear Projects: President Hugo Chavez says "They aren't going to stop us..."
  
• Spanish Judge believes that ETA, FARC produced weapons in Venezuela
  
• Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' visit to Russia: infected by 'VIRUS'?
  
• Ambassador Valero at UN accuses USA of double standards on terrorism
  
• Venezuela produces zero refugees but welcomes 4+ million Colombians
  
• Tachira deputy takes lead resigning post on PSUV political bureau
  
• In continuing row, Venezuela opens investigation into ETA activities
  
• President Chavez prepares to visit the Russian Federation this month
  
• CICPC Flores Troesel: A total of 20 tonnes of drugs seized this year in VZLA
  
• 11,900 inmates at eight Venezuelan prisons begin hunger strike...
  
• Venezuelan opposition hopes to stunt Chavez' Bolivarian 's revolution
  
• VenEconomy // A pyrrhic slowing down in Venezuelan inflation
  
• Spain asks Venezuela for "immediate and concrete action" on ETA
  
• Michael Rowan / Why Chavez Wins
  
• Zapatero calls for response from Caracas regarding ETA training
  
• Venezuela's unemployment up to 9.6% in August
  
• National Assembly proposes increased penalties for insulting Chavez
  
• Vladimir Kara-Murza, jr. // Venezuelan Parallels
  
• Len Tria // I think it was Chavez' own deodorant he smelled...
  
• Unite the union assistant general secretary on Venezuelan elections
  
• Reflections on the September 26 Venezuelan National Assembly Elections

• Why Venezuela's gold-mining industry is GOOD News for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...
  
• Spanish media and opposition gunning for Ambassador Rodriguez
  
• Chavez tells Agroislena agricultural supplies company to respect the law
  
• Agriculture Minister fixes Agroislena credits to 3% as move towards Socialism
  
• Executive Vice President announces expropriation in Catia for university
  
• Agroislena orders workers to collaborate with government officials
  
• Chavez orders timely intervention of Caracas international airport
  
• VenEconomy // Government exasperated by its defeat at the polls
  
• Spain: "Credible" that ETA suspects trained in Venezuela
  
• Roger F. Noriega // Chavez' secret Nuclear program
  
• Chavez' opponent rejects statements of Venezuelan ambassador to Spain
  
• TIME: Are Basque terrorists being trained in Venezuela?
  
• Venezuelan journalist among four winners of CPJ press freedom award
  
• Venezuela's accumulated inflation amounts to 21.2% so far this year
  
• Venezuela's 104,000 bpd catalytic cracker at Amuay refinery shut down

• Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez scoffs at claim of ETA links
  
• Venezuela has "serious doubts" about confessions of ETA members
  
• Venezuela hints Spain may have tortured ETA suspects...
  
• Leopoldo Lopez // Elections: A building block to something bigger
  
• Agroisleno Company taken over temporally for monitoring and checks
  
• President Chavez reiterates opposition to Spanish Basque ETA
  
• Venezuela's Poll: Democracy against the Odds
  
• Iran has a Russian gun pointed at the United States from Venezuela
  
• VenEconomy // He lost, but he continues laying the country waste
  
• Benedict Mander // Chavez vows to nationalize UK group's land

• European legislators warn about the state of democracy in Venezuela
  
• Fred Cederholm // Tall tales would be laughable were they not so tragic
  
• Kurt Cobb // If only Chavez can be removed from the presidential palace
  
• Two ETA members admit they received arms training in Venezuela
  
• Vargas Llosa: "What do we want: another Chavez or getting rid of Chavez?"
  
• Chris Herz: Not a Chance
  
• Venezuela's post-legislative elections talk by Diego Arria in London UK
  
• Federico Fuentes // Venezuela: Left wins, but right makes gains
  
• Venezuelan Elections: Catholic Church versus Hugo Chavez
  
• Augusta Chronicle Editorial // A nuclear Venezuela?
  
• Obama administration fingerprints on Ecuador coup attempt
  
• Venezuela's Chavez to visit China, Russia, Belarus, Iran
  
• President Chavez announces nationalization of Lord Vestey's farms, "now!"
  
• Chavez announces seizure of farming supply company
  
• One dead, five wounded in fight at Venezuelan prison
  
• President Hugo Chavez says civilian militia should be armed full-time
  
• Chavez declares socialism as the only answer to Venezuela's problems
  
• Alex Newman // Corrupt Venezuelan election still a blow to regime
  
• In one and a half years, debt service will amount to US$18 billion
  
• Fedecamaras Noel Alvarez: "We feel that economy is being destroyed"
  
• Venezuelan economy in the aftermath of parliament vote
  
• VenEconomy // The Revolution's Fifth Columns
  
• Ecuador revolt: Attempted coup or uprising?
  
• Venezuela: Sucre's State Governor asked to quit as PSUV spokesperson

• Chavez urges the US "to keep its imperialist hands" out of the region
  
• Andres Oppenheimer // Chavez will fight election results
  
• ALBA countries quick off the mark to condemn attempted coup in Ecuador
  
• Vice President Elias Jaua visits people made homeless by rains
  
• Another prison riot in Venezuela: 16 dead, 35 injured
  
• Police Council launches pedagogical communique vs. Ecuadorian police
  
• Ecuador's President Correa survives police mutiny, rescued from siege
  
• Venezuela's Hugo Chavez: Nuclear blackmailer in American backyard
  
• South American leaders condemn attempted coup, kidnapping in Ecuador
  
• Venezuela's parliament gets ready to choose high court deputies
  
• British Petroleum (BP) to sell its Venezuelan assets to Russian TNK-BP

• Venezuelan President Chavez: "There is a coup attempt" against Correa
  
• Ecuador declares state of emergency amid 'coup attempt'
  
• Former adviser says that President Chavez can be defeated in 2012
  
• President Hugo Chavez Frías orders compulsory acquisition of Autoseat
  
• Miners hope new National Assembly will re-impulse gold mining sector
  
• Odeen Ishmael // LAC region faces stiff challenges to achieve the MDGs
  
• Venezuelans send Chavez a message: they want their democracy back
  
• Gold Reserve remains open to amicable settlement on Brisas/Choco
  
• Carlos M. Pietri // THAT Roy Carson interview with Milos Alcalay!
  
• Venezuelan observer group: effort of the people made elections a success
  
• Deputy-elect Hector Navarro adds Rapid to PSUV's three "Rs"
  
• Venezuela prepared to help re-launch United Nations structure and agenda
  
• Venezuela at UN Human Rights Council attacks Israel's HR record
  
• MinCi rejects foreign correspondents association position on RFI affair
  
• Geoff LeGrand // Venezuela's parliamentary elections: everybody wins
  
• A democratic dictator? Unhelpful caricatures and VZLA democracy
  
• Guillermo I. Martinez // VZLA election results not good news for Chavez
  
• Shootout between rival gangs leaves at least 10 dead in jail riot
  
• Venezuela wants to suspend UN Security Council veto rights
  
• Los Angeles Times // A check on Chavez
  
• Venezuelan psychiatrist sentenced to 20 years for murder of patient
  
• Venezuela frees Colombian intelligence service official accused of spying
  
• US court orders revision of note suit against former Venezuelan bank

• Antonio Padrino // Who won?
  
• MUD must turn anti-government rhetoric into effective parliamentary debate
  
• Gold Reserve cuts damages claim 60% to mildly less outlandish figure
  
• Radio France International (RFI) responds after President Chavez' attack
  
• TIME // Venezuela: Hugo Chavez' opposition gets its act together
  
• RFI writer Moreno Abad sets it straight about proportional voting in VZLA
  
• Venezuelans took the first step toward building a democratic future...
  
• Current AN to continue process of choosing new TSJ magistrates
  
• Electricity Minister gives update on service status in rained out Caracas
  
• Venezuelan foreign policy not affected by opposition gains in Parliament
  
• Chavez supports Colombian Senator banned from holding office
  
• Venezuelan elections: A Serious Warning to the Revolution
  
• 36 year-old Icelander arrested in Venezuela on tax fraud charges
  
• Chavez publicly criticizes reporter from French radio network
  
• Francisco Toro // Suddenly, Venezuela has a smart, determined opposition
  
• Election results put Venezuela's Chavez on notice
  
• The Venezuelan vote: Chavez on the ropes?
  
• Defiant Chavez claims "Huge Win" in weekend Polls
  
• Will constitute the biggest fraud ever committed against Venezuela...
  
• No plans for recall referendum to try to unseat President Hugo Chavez
  
• INVESTORS: Don't rule out Chavez chicanery
  
• Fernando Espuelas // Hugo Chavez can't kill hope in Venezuela
  
• Chavez' grip on Venezuela; Give him enough rope and he'll hang himself

• Venezuelan Intelligence Service detains Spanish MEP at Caracas airport
  
• Venezuelan Opposition fears Chavez may speed laws through assembly
  
• Radio France Internationale (RFI) rejects Venezuelan President response
  
• Elected deputies who are in jail should be released as they have immunity
  
• Chavez scored what in the USA would be regarded as a landslide
  
• Venezuela: Socialist Party wins majority, but opposition is gaining ground
  
• Gold Reserve (GRZ) files $1.9 billion claim for lost Venezuelan assets
  
• Venezuela can no longer mortgage its future to be a cash cow for Chavez' expenditures propping up Cuba, Nicaragua, Ecuador and Bolivia
  
• Chavez pledges $1 billion to ease over-populated and high-risk barrios
  
• Anger and calls for cleansing and more revolution from PSUV grassroots
  
• At least three prisoners dead, four injured in Venezuelan jail riot
  
• Here it is very clear: Venezuela said no to Cuban-style communism
  
• Chavez' party won the most seats in a critical legislative vote but...
  
• Venezuela elections: Hugo Chavez' loses his two-thirds majority
  
• President Chavez: Venezuela studying nuclear energy program
  
• The winners were democracy, unitary plurality, and civic-mindedness
  
• Colombia's Santos to meet Venezuela's Hugo Chavez in October
  
• Is Chavez a threat to USA or a buffoonish nuisance who's best ignored
  
• Opposition wins new clout to try to rein in President Hugo Chavez
  
• Stealing an election: Venezuela 2010
  
• Candidate Maria Corina Machado: Venezuela said NO to communism
  
• Venezuelan opposition alliance claims it won 52% of popular vote

• Patrick J. O'Donoghue // The opposition is back ... thanks to the Bolivarian Revolution
  
• Roger Noriega // Chavez' Venezuela? Tails, he wins; heads, you lose.
  
• Venezuela's benchmark Global 27 bond price jumps 2.937 points
  
• Washington Post // Opposition can stop Hugo Chavez' policies
  
• Spending a weekend unraveling ... coming apart at the seams ... literally!
  
• Chavez hopes soon to meet with Colombia's Juan Manuel Santos
  
• Venezuela has granted BP permission to negotiate the sale of its assets
  
• The Economist UK // A Pyrrhic victory
  
• Venezuela opposition limits President Hugo Chavez in parliament
  
• Chavez fails to reach critical two-thirds majority in Venezuelan assembly
  
• Spain hopes Venezuela vote results will encourage dialogue
  
• CNE issues first official results: PSUV 90 versus Opposition 52
  
• PSUV fails to hit AN seat target but declares itself majority party
  
• Results will buoy opposition's hopes of toppling President in 2012
  
• Venezuela Elections 2010 Results: Chavez allies lose but win
  
• Venezuelan government denounces hacking of Chavez' Twitter account
  
• President Hugo Chavez' PSUV fails to get desired two-thirds majority
  
• National Electoral Council (CNE) provides results of parliament election
  
• Tensions rise in early hours as people wait for CNE's first bulletin

• Patrick J. O'Donoghue // Fun and games liven up legislative elections in Venezuela
  
• Venezuela: From severe drought to to floods: Is HAARP at work again?

• Several dead in deadly rains slamming Caracas ahead of today's vote

• Venezuelans head to polls in key vote for President Hugo Chavez
  
• President Hugo Chavez calls upon Venezuelan people to vote massively
  
• Venezuela says BP seeks government approval to sell local assets
  
• OAS officials are "Special Guests" to election day in Venezuela
  
• Venezuelans vote, President Hugo Chavez likely to retain parliament
  
• Chris Herz // I wish to declare that I, too, am in this area a terrorist...

• Extradited Venezuelan VoIP hacker Edwin Pena sentenced to 10 years
  
• Don't expect elections to check Hugo Chavez' growing dictatorial powers
  
• Crime is soaring and it's not too hard to identify the reason...
  
• Andres Oppenheimer // Hugo Chavez may lose ... even if his party wins
  
• Venezuela: It is a classic case of the Goose and the Golden Egg...
  
• Venezuelans go to polls on Sunday to defend a moribund democracy
  
• Socialization of Venezuelan economy hinders recovery of private sector
  
• Venezuelan business chamber Fedecamaras forecasts inflation close to 35%
  
• Heavy rains hit 2,471 acres of agricultural lands in Venezuela
  
• Carlos Pietri // Shame on foreign correspondents and Venezuela's opposition
  
• Geoff LeGrand // Venezuela's Communes: Not as radical as you might think
  
• India rejects Venezuela's offer to set up $10 billion sovereign fund
  
• Opponents and supporters of President Hugo Chavez hold final rallies
  
• Demand for Portuguese language classes in Venezuela grows by 30%

• Colombia says leading FARC secretariat members hiding out in neighboring Venezuela
  
• Friends Of Venezuela // Assembly Elections: Five things to watch
  
• Despite Venezuela's impoverishment, Utopia remains a powerful draw
  
• Venezuela: Basic Industries economic activity of has slowed since 2005
  
• Venezuela ranks 138 out of 141 countries in economic freedom
  
• Rusoro is still enmeshed in the financial shenanigans of Venezuela...
  
• Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro wraps up PSUV campaign in Tachira
  
• Vice President Elias Jaua attacks opposition candidates in Miranda State
  
• Maria Corina Machado: elections between re-encounter and communism
  
• Government and opposition close electoral campaign anticipating victory
  
• Venezuelan banker Cedeno presses US graft case against Chavez allies
  
• Message of hatred brandished by the Hugo Chavez administration
  
• VZLA authorities capture fugitive in killing of two officers, wounding six
  
• Venezuelan woman evicted in D.C. with 30,000 pounds of belongings
  
• Venezuela suggests changes to global economic model
  
• Cardinal: Venezuelan government should respect election results

• Ambassador Valero highlights Venezuelan successes at UN MDG summit
  
• Opposition Zulia Governor whips up regional allegiance as electoral bait
  
• Venezuela defends its war on drugs ... United States falls short
  
• Chavez launches new social programs ahead of Sunday's elections
  
• Venezuela to buy Aframax tankers from Russia in $700 million deal
  
• Dan Calabrese // Will Venezuelan voters stand up to Hugo Chavez
  
• Will we cast our vote for the French Revolution or for the Paris Commune?
  
• Government arrogates "right" to take companies and properties at whim
  
• Anti-Chavez opposition mounts challenge for parliamentary control
  
• Five out of the seven members of the same family killed in mudslide
  
• Venezuela going to the dogs with misguided and outdated economic policy
  
• Opposition: Chavez is trying to conceal his administration's inefficiency...
  
• Venezuela's electoral authority expects high turnout on Sunday