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faustasblog.com - 16 hours ago
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Mel Zelaya and Thomas Shannon in the tin-foil-lined
room Zelaya Says Honduras Deal Is Off, as Election
Nears Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya on Friday pulled out of an agreement that was supposed to solve the country’s political crisis, leaving the next moves to voters in a ...
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Zelaya Says Honduras Deal Is Off
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news.yahoo.com - 33 hours 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 ...
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Venezuela sends 15,000 troops to Colombia border
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boingboing.net - 2 days ago
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Guido Núñez-Mujica, a 26-year-old Boing Boing reader in
Venezuela who is an avid gamer, writes in with
this extensive personal observation piece about a new law that widely criminalizes video games in the South American country. As you read the ...
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Venezuela bans violent video games: a first-person guest ...
breitbart.com - 5 days ago
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Residents of the Venezuelan capital face cuts in
water service for as much as 48 hours per
week, after the government imposed rationing to stem a 25 percent shortfall in the city's supply, officials said Monday. Officials said cuts in water service ...
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Water rationing for Venezuela
news.bbc.co.uk - 3 days ago
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Colombian opposition groups have reacted angrily after details
of a controversial military deal with the US were
made public. Under the 10-year deal, the US military will not only have access to military bases, but also be able to use major ...
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New row over Colombia
faustasblog.com - 3 days ago
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Today’s podcast at 11AM Eastern, Plunging the country
into rationing water and electricity, Hugo Chavez dishes out
advice to the suffering public. Use the flashlight: Be a good Communist, take a short shower: Related reading: Water Rationing Begins in Caracas, Other ...
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To the bathroom with a flashlight in Caracas: 15 Minutes ...
centerforsecuritypolicy.org - 9 days ago
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The Obama Administration has made serious mistakes in
its handling of the crisis in Honduras where it
supports the return of the deposed president, Mel Zelaya. The Administration categorized the removal of Zelaya as a coup when, in fact, the Honduran ...
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Who's behind the Obama Honduras policy?
lawhawk.blogspot.com - 5 days ago
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It looks like Hugo Chavez's economic policies aren't
exactly having a positive effect on the Venezuelan economy.
Caracas now has to ration water because of shortages. Residents of the Venezuelan capital face cuts in water service for as much as 48 ...
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Socialism In Action In Venezuela
faustasblog.com - 11 days ago
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No Carnival this week, but you may understand
why I needed a weekend of tango after reading
these headlines: Brazilian police have seized weapons from the FARC destined to the Rio slums. (link in Portuguse) As the educational budget in Venezuela is reduced, Chavez increases his budget by ...
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To hell on a hand basket
thehill.com - 9 days ago
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A bipartisan pair of lawmakers introduced a resolution
on Wednesday to classify Venezuela as a state sponsor
of terrorism. Rep. Ron Klein (D-Fla.), a member of the Foreign Affairs committee, and Rep. Connie Mack (R-Fla.), the ranking member of the ...
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Lawmakers want Venezuela named a state sponsor of terrorism
online.wsj.com - 11 days ago
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If Honduras manages to preserve its democracy despite
U.S. pressure to abandon it, the tiny Central American
country may wind up thanking Nicaragua's Danny Ortega, of all people. Last week, President Ortega inadvertently provided the best defense yet ...
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Nicaraguan President Ortega Asks for Term Limits to be ...
news.bbc.co.uk - 12 days ago
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has insulted Colombia's defence
minister over comments critical of the country's anti-drug trafficking
efforts. In his weekly TV programme, Mr Chavez said that Gabriel Silva must be "mentally retarded". Last week, Mr ...
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Chavez insults Colombian minister
opinionjournal.com - 29 days ago
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From the WSJ Opinion Archives LETTER TO THE
EDITOR Venezuela's Voters Have Spoken Hugo Ch vez won
fair and square. by JIMMY CARTER Tuesday, August 24, 2004 12:01 A.M. EDT I would like to respond to Mary O'Grady 's recent column about the Carter ...
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Extra - WSJ.com
faustasblog.com - 25 days ago
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In today’s podcast at 11AM Eastern, how Columbus
Day has become a slugfest against the West in
Venezuela (also here ), Panama , and Bolivia . Chavez was nowhere to be seen due to digestive issues .
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Columbus sailed the ocean blue: 15 Minutes on Latin America
commonsensewonder.blogspot.com - 24 days ago
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Hilton 'evaluating' Venezuelan hotel seizure The US-based Hilton
hotel chain is "evaluating" the Venezuelan government's seizure of
one of its hotels on the Caribbean resort island of Margarita, a spokeswoman told AFP on Wednesday. President Hugo Chavez ordered the "acquisition by force" of ...
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Totalitarianism on the march
faustasblog.com - 20 days ago
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More cocaine shipped from Venezuela to the Middle
East, While the Alba summit – whose motto is
“Coca is not cocaine” – concludes in Bolivia, Spanish authorities have seized 510 kilos of cocaine from an oil tanker sailing from Maracaibo, Venezuela. The ship, which ...
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Spain intercepts 510 kilos of cocaine shipped from Venezuela
faustasblog.com - 19 days ago
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Welcome to the Carnival of Latin America and
the Caribbean. In the unusual news of the week
department, Josefa the Cuban mummy was finally laid to rest. Fidel’s resting at this usual spot, too. ARGENTINA Monopoly slayers and freedom fighters Argentina is the latest Latin ...
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Josefa’s Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean
faustasblog.com - 16 days ago
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Alvaro Vargas Llosa writes about Chavez’s bribery to
further his Bolivarian Revolution, Beyond the Suitcase There was
only one man who could tell the story in full because he is the only person who understands its labyrinthine plot, and the only one who has spoken to many of the ...
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Chavez’s suitcases of money
