Vladimir Putin says he sees no need for Russia to build military bases in Cuba or Venezuela.
Caracas' new mayor, a leading opponent of President Hugo Chavez, says he wants to battle crime, trash and potholes - the issues that pushed this sprawling, chaotic capital to make a shift to opposition rule.
On Nov. 23, Hugo Chávez won 75 percent of the posts contested in local, regional and state elections. His candidates rallied 5.4 million votes nationwide against the opposition's 4.4 million. Chavistas prevailed in 17 of the 22 gubernatorial races in play. So, yes, Chávez came out the winner 10 days ago.
Agobiado por el brusco descenso en el precio del crudo, el gobierno del presidente Hugo Chávez está enfrentando dificultades fiscales para cumplir con el pago de miles de millones de dólares por las nacionalizaciones de empresas de capital extranjero, entre las que se encuentran una cementera mexicana, una acerera con inversión argentina y un banco español.
El presidente venezolano, Hugo Chávez, se pronunció el miércoles a favor de que sea la oficialista Asamblea Nacional (AN) la que active una enmienda constitucional para instaurar la reelección presidencial ilimitada, que deberá ser sometida a referendo popular para su aprobación definitiva.
BP, Chevron, and Consorcio Ruso are among the 19 companies who may bid on Orinoco Belt oil blocks, Venezuela's state oil company said.
Hugo Chávez wants to remain president of Venezuela for life, and this week he began campaigning for Venezuelans to lift term limits so he can run for re-election indefinitely.
La iniciativa de una enmienda constitucional que permita la reelección indefinida, lanzada de nuevo esta semana por el presidente Hugo Chávez, podría beneficiarse de una campaña agresiva y la prontitud con que se convoca a la consulta, pero deberá remontar un importante nivel de resistencia entre la población.
Venezuelan prosecutors say they have summoned a leading opponent of President Hugo Chavez for arraignment on corruption allegations.
The brother of former Chicago Cubs catcher Henry Blanco has been killed in Venezuela. Police believe that 39-year-old Carlos Simon Blanco was murdered by kidnappers after they abducted him on Sunday in Guarenas, a suburb of Caracas.
The vice president of Venezuela's National Electoral Council says that a referendum on abolishing presidential term limits could be held in February.
Russian warships have ended training exercises with Venezuela's navy in Moscow's first such Caribbean deployment since the Cold War.
President Daniel Ortega says Venezuela has offered Nicaragua $100 million in aid if Washington and the European Union cut off funding over disputed elections.
"Nyet! Nyet!" That's what a Russian bodyguard told a McClatchy news reporter when the latter asked for comment on an incident aboard the Admiral Chabanenko, a Russian destroyer that carried President Dmitry Medvedev to Venezuela last week. Following the pomp, circumstance and 21-gun salute that are mandatory at such meetings, there was, it seems, a bit of a misunderstanding. As Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez boarded the vessel, his beefy bodyguards tried to follow him up the gangplank. They were stopped by their equally beefy Russian counterparts. The Venezuelans, who presumably spoke no Russian, tried to push their way through. The Russians, who presumably spoke no Spanish, fought back.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez could hardly contain his enthusiasm as Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and four Russian warships began historic visits to the Caribbean nation last week.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez urged his supporters on Monday to move quickly on organizing a vote on abolishing term limits - a change that could clear the way for him to stay in office another decade.
A Venezuelan lawyer who worked with his government's spy agency to cover up an $800,000 cash campaign donation to Argentina's president was sentenced Monday afternoon in Miami federal court to two years in prison on charges of being an illegal foreign agent.
El Gobierno de EEUU rehusó hoy opinar sobre la campaña lanzada por el presidente venezolano, Hugo Chávez, para lograr su reelección indefinida, y únicamente afirmó que corresponderá a los venezolanos tomar una decisión al respecto.
President Hugo Chavez asked supporters Sunday to petition for a constitutional amendment that would let him seek indefinite re-election and buy more time to build a socialist economy in Venezuela.
El presidente venezolano, Hugo Chávez, ordenó hoy a sus seguidores que comiencen la campaña para lograr una enmienda constitucional que le permita presentar su candidatura en las elecciones presidenciales de diciembre de 2012.
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