news.yahoo.com - 17 days ago
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CARACAS, Venezuela President Hugo Chavez's government is sending 15,000 soldiers to the border with Colombia , saying the military buildup is needed to increase security, combat drug trafficking and root out paramilitary groups. The deployment to the Venezuelan border states of Zulia, Tachira, ...
meganmcardle.theatlantic.com - 11 days ago
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meganmcardle.theatlantic.com —
For a long time I have been saying
(along with a lot of other people), that Hugo
Chavez was running his country into the ground. He diverted investment funds from PDVSA, Venezuela's state-run oil company, into social programs. As long as ...
(more)
Chavez's Economic Problems Turn Nasty
nytimes.com - 12 days ago
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nytimes.com —
CARACAS, Venezuela This country may be an
energy colossus, with the largest conventional oil reserves outside
the Middle East and one of the world’s mightiest hydroelectric systems, but that has not prevented it from enduring serious electricity and ...
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Blackouts Plague Energy-Rich Venezuela
timesonline.co.uk - 14 days ago
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timesonline.co.uk —
Colombia and Venezuela drew closer to the brink
of conflict today after President Hugo Chavez sent 15,000
Venezuelan troops to the volatile border between the two countries, claiming that the US planned to use Colombian bases to mount an invasion of ...
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Hugo Chavez tells Venezuela troops to 'prepare for war' ...
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Venezuela Sends 15,000 Troops to Colombia Border
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... Carrizalez accused Colombia on Thursday of intentionally allowing violence to spill over the border as a means of "destabilizing" Chavez's government. "Colombia has been creating a pre-war atmosphere," Carrizalez said. Chavez has also called an agreement giving U.S. military personnel expanded access to Colombian bases a threat to Venezuela's security, but the Venezuelan troop buildup on the frontier has nothing to do with the pact signed last week, officials said.Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/l...
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