A Venezuelan citizen was arrested in the Santo Domingo international airport after security officials discovered 17 kilos of cocaine in his suitcase. According to El Tiempo, the cocaine had been stored in 16 various packages. The suspect taken into custody was reported to be Jeampiero Alexander Moreno Clavijo, 32. He was attempting to travel with […]
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The Bolivarian National Guard has retained a plane believed to be used for drug smuggling. The plane is a dual-engine aircraft and remains at the Josefa Camejo airport in Punto Fijo, Venezuela. The plane was retained after guards performed a narcotics test on the aircraft, which yielded positive results for cocaine, El Tiempo reports. Two […]
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A Nigerian citizen was stopped at the Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía after attempting to board a plane bound for Lisbon, Portugal, with a stop in Accra, Ghana. The suspect had been carrying a brown leather suitcase with 5 compartments, in which the cocaine was concealed. According to El Tiempo, he was carrying a […]
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A 17-year-old high school student was arrested on June 11, 2012 with drugs contained in 17 small wrappers. 10 wrappers contained marijuana and seven contained cocaine, Diario Nuevo Día reports. The drugs were discovered in the right pants pocket The student had been searched after being spotted by security officials on Santa Ana street in […]
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Venezuelan officials seized almost 80 kilos of cocaine in the Ureña zone of the Táchira state that runs along the border with Colombia. The discovery occurred after drug-sniffing dogs belonging to the Bolivarian National Guard detected the cocaine in two vehicles. Two individuals were in the first vehicle, 55 and 20 years old, both of […]
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Members of the Bolivarian National Guard located and dismantled a clandestine airstrip 1.4 kilometers long in Apure, Venezuela, Venezolana de Televisión reports. The airstrip was located near the Juriepe River. 4,400 liters of vehicle gasoline were also discovered near the site, in addition to 220 liters of jet fuel. The operation was conducted with intelligence […]
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Diego Pérez Henao, better known as “Diego Rastrojo,” was captured early on June 3, 2012 in the Rojas municipality in Venezuela. The operation was coordinated by the National Drug Office in Venezuela with the support of Colombian authorities. He was the head of the Colombian drug trafficking organization Los Rastrojos and is accused of trafficking […]
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On May 31, 2012, the Ministry of the Interior and Justice of Venezuela together with the National Armed Forces of Bolivia destroyed a clandestine airstrip that was used to traffick drugs in the Apure state. The government also claimed to have dismantled an additional 35 illegal runways along the border with Colombia, AVN reports. Since […]
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Former President of Colombia Alvaro Uribe on Friday accused the Government of Venezuela to protect the leaders of the FARC who blamed the bombing that left two dead and several wounded on Tuesday in Bogota. “How sad, the streets of Bogota are bloody (…) know who put these pumps have their leaders, the leaders over […]
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In an effort to reduce and eliminate illegal flights associated with drug trafficking, the Air Forces of Brazil and Venezuela have teamed up to practice joint air exercises. These exercises occur in the airspace between Santa Elena de Uairén (Venezuela) and Boa Vista (Brazil). Both countries plan to develop methods to better share radar control […]
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In Venezuela, Two Young Adults Imprisoned for Participation in Drug Trade On May 22, 2012, two young adults were transported to prison in Tocuyito, Venezuela to serve sentences for possession and distribution of drugs. According to the Entorno Inteligente, Felipe Alfredo Colina Inglese (21) was arrested the previous Saturday with 139 bundles of what was […]
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The industrial food production is not at its best by the many constraints that delay the processing and transformation of finished products. Failures in the supply of inputs and packaging materials and packaging shortages are plunging the industry into crisis. Industry sources reported that some companies have had to stop production lines because they can […]
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CARACAS. Venezuelan authorities are still unable to control a riot that began two weeks ago in a prison in downtown Caracas, leaving far a dead man, a resident of the area by a stray bullet, and now has continued with several shootings in the place, and incidents in the vicinity. The Minister for the Prison […]
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A crossword setter Venezuelan veteran was charged with publishing a hidden message calling the murder of the brother of President Hugo Chavez, on the last lap surreal campaign for the October presidential elections in the South American country. A state television presenter said this week in your program that discovered encrypted messages to kill Adan […]
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The high incidence of teenage pregnancies in Latin America, second only to Africa, not only persists but is increasing, which is an obstacle to development in the region. Between 25 and 108 of every 1,000 girls 15 to 19 are mothers in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, according to the Economic Commission […]
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Overcrowding, corruption and lack of control mechanisms and basic services in Latin American prisons foster a “systematic violation” of human rights of prisoners, denounced the Commission. The first report on Persons Deprived of Liberty in 2011, released today by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), notes that overcrowding in prisons is the most serious […]
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The Venezuelan opposition party Popular Will recorded yesterday an application to the Plenary of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) for assessing the health status of head of state, Hugo Chavez, and to determine if qualified for the presidency. “We asked the Plenary Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) to designate a medical […]
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The days past the Brigadier Gral Cddno Julio Cesar Morales Prieto, President of the Military Industry CAVIM, met with the Iranian committee composed of the Defense Attaché and the engineers responsible for those projects are in the Country by assessing the various agreements signed between the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the Islamic Republic of […]
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has approved the construction of the factory “Haier Venezuela”, which is to produce low-cost household appliances for the Venezuela population. The move was announced yesterday by Venezuelan Vice President, Elias Jaua, during an official event in which the Government Federal Council granted 992 million bolivars ($US 231 million) to community and […]
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Venezuela’s urban agriculture program has seen urban communal and family based food gardens developing rapidly over the last two years, to a current total of 19,000. The program provides free training, information, seeds, and other materials, in order to encourage healthy and environmentally friendly food production and food sovereignty. Read Article
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Four Romanians arrested May 04, 2012 on Venezuela’s Simón Bolívar International Airport (Maiquetia International) with 10 kilos of cocaine. It does not specify the city so I assume it is the capital. Drugs were hidden in shower gel containers. The suspects were scheduled to fly to Rome and then to Bucharest. Read Article
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Maternal and Nutrimami Maternavit three multivitamins for pregnant women, may be issued only with medical recipe, announced the director of the Autonomous Service of Sanitary Control, Ministry of Health, Divis Antunez. These products are no longer considered food supplements, but medicinal. Said the official who is an administrative process related to product registration, because they […]
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Although the Regional Strategic Plan for Malaria in the Americas notes that in the continent, the disease has been reduced by 54%, this achievement does not include Venezuela. In the country, cases of malaria, or malaria, have increased since 2010. So concludes the latest epidemiological alert by the Network of Scientific Medical Societies Venezuela (Rscmv), […]
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The most recent case of human trafficking in Venezuela came last Monday when the Institute authorities Maiquetía International Airport arrested two officials of the crime. The director general of the air terminal, Jesus Vinas Garcia said that day thanks to the joint with the security agencies of the state captured two airport security tax, who […]
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Monday in the evening, President Hugo Chavez went to Havana, Cuba, to continue his medical treatment. After the occurrence of the string of Monday noon, the state channel showed brief images, which is the head of state before boarding Air Force One at the Simon Bolivar International Airport of La Guaira, Vargas state. Chavez was […]
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The Minister of Information and Communication, Andres Izarra, published via Twitter the full text of the Labour Act that President Hugo Chavez signed on Monday in the Miraflores Palace. “This Act aims to protect the work as a social and guarantee the rights of workers and women workers, creators of socially produced wealth and starring […]
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What advice would you give to Chavez as a physician and Venezuela? (Jose Rafael Marquina) Since the medical profession, at this point in the disease, I would recommend to go immediately to MD Anderson in Houston (Texas, USA). There could be included in experimental treatments of second and third phase. In addition, handled with absolute […]
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EE. States. revealed its priorities in the region. Venezuela, Argentina and Guatemala are being targeted. After Santos-Obama historic debate on the decriminalization of drugs in the Summit of the Americas, the U.S. government notified them to several countries in the priority plan to confront the drug cartels. In formal and informal talk of a new […]
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A Cessna 402 aircraft type, acronyms YV1255 was also destroyed in an operation carried out on 12,13 and 14 April in the pipe CANAME, Atabapo municipality of the entity. “Previous research in the days of Holy Week said illegal mining activity in the area, which is then associated with movements of elements linked to drug […]
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Eladio Aponte former judge accused the government of Hugo Chávez of collusion with drug cartels. Removed by benefit a drug lord, was exiled to the United States. He witnesses protected from DEA.Por Facundo F. Neighborhood Without strength?. According to the judge Aponte, Chavez led a government that has ties to drug traffickers. Sinks and wants […]
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The office of the attorney general of Venezuela, Luisa Ortega Diaz, asked on Friday to the international police agency (Interpol) issued an arrest warrant against the Venezuelan Supreme Court exmagistrado former prosecutor and military Eladio Aponte, who was removed from office last month for allegedly taking bribes from drug trafficker Walid Makled. Aponte responded by […]
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A former Venezuelan Supreme Court justice flown by federal agents to the United States is likely to be a trove of valuable information for U.S. authorities investigating the nexus of cocaine, payoffs and corruption in the government of President Hugo Chávez. Ex-Judge Eladio Aponte Aponte, who’s associated with a Venezuelan kingpin facing indictment in New […]
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The Venezuelan exmagistrado Eladio Aponte Aponte, dismissed for his alleged connection with a suspected drug dealer and who entered the country on April 2, left yesterday on Costa Rican soil in a plane of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA, for its acronym in English). Read Article
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Between Monday and Tuesday the Caracas Metro users had to endure delays of more than 40 minutes generated by different incidents involving service lines 1 and 2, ranging from power outage, trains and even a rail failure The Hoyada broken between stations and Capitol. According to estimates by the Metro Family organization in the system […]
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Nelson Bocaranda SARDI: Runrunes (Tuesday April 17, 2012) REALITY. The presidential maze is its worst. The events of Friday 13 determined the new direction. The meetings of the various groups within chavismo have accelerated. Messages from all its leaders talking about “the violence that prepares the squalid oligarchy” and the president’s decision to mount “a […]
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Prison population and HIV patients are most affected Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection that primarily attacks the lungs and that although the world has tended to decrease, in Venezuela the opposite has occurred since 2006. This was the last detailed epidemiological alert issued by the Network of Scientific Medical Societies Venezuelan, indicating that the country […]
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More than 925 tonnes of dry goods of various kinds, have been seized by the National Guard and Customs at what has transpired this year, for attempted illegal entry or removal of the national territory, through pathways communication Tachira border with Norte de Santander. The commander of the Border Detachment No. 11 National Guard Lt. […]
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Russia supplied ninety-two T-72B1 tanks to Venezuela for the 2009 contract. The latest round of thirty-five tanks was transported to Puerto Cabello in Venezuela aboard four ships. On board were also armored infantry BTR-80A and BMP-3M, the latter is one of the most widely used military vehicles in the world. In addition, Caracas will receive […]
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We bring you, dear readers, a serious and deep reflection of a Venezuelan who suffered an express kidnapping last week in a capital city. It gives us some details of how he was stopped, but more importantly, gives us tips on how to deal with this scourge that is sweeping the Venezuelan people. The names, […]
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….concurrent outbreaks of _Serratia marcescens_ infection in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) at 2 different hospitals in Valencia, Venezuela, — Valencia Central Hospital [AKA Dr Jorge Lizarraga Children’s Hospital of the Dr. Enrique Tejera Hospital Complex] and Sur de Valencia Maternity Hospital. Possibly another concurrent NICU outbreak due of _Klebsiella pneumoniae_ is also occurring at […]
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A citizen of Spanish nationality aged 32 was arrested at Maiquetia International Airport while trying to board a plane with 8,280 kilos of drugs to Europe. The press officer of the Ministry of Interior and Justice, Jorge Galindo, noted that it is cocaine. This person was arrested in Maiquetía by National Guard troops as he […]
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has started around 20.00 hours on Saturday (2.30 CET Spanish) from Maquetía airport in Caracas to Havana to begin the fourth cycle of radiotherapy to treat cancer being treated. Chavez has indicated its journey through your own social network Twitter. “Here we go, to continue fighting: and to keep winning! A […]
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At least 14 dead and scores of people were injured yesterday the collision between two passenger buses on a highway in eastern Venezuela, the Ministry of Interior. A bus company Express Los Llanos, with 52 people aboard, crashed into another that had no passengers, but the driver of the latter unit is one of the […]
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The head of the Joint Chiefs of Brazil, Jose Carlos de Nardi, reported from Caracas to “an operation” against his country illegal border with Venezuela made to protect the area that divides the territories of both nations. “We will do an operation against illegal border crossings, an operation that the President (of Brazil), Dilma Rousseff […]
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While speculation about the future of Hugo Chávez and Henrique Capriles momentum as the opposition candidate, eased investor concerns in recent weeks, the coming years will be difficult for the economy of Venezuela. Again in a statement Fitch Ratings described Venezuela as a risky country to invest, since it ensures that there are serious macroeconomic […]
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The residence of the Ambassador of Mexico to Venezuela, Carlos Pujalte, was attacked by thieves who took advantage of the absence of the diplomat to steal items and jewelery worth $ 40,000, said a diplomatic source told Efe.Pujalte had received an express kidnapping with his wife, Paloma Ojeda, in January, a case that is processed […]
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The trial has begun in Venezuela for a prominent drug trafficking suspect facing charges of money laundering, drug smuggling and murder. Walid Makled was captured in Colombia in 2010 and extradited to Venezuela last year. He has previously claimed he paid Venezuelan military officers and government officials for favors. Read Article
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Juan Carlos Figarella government deputy died Wednesday of respiratory failure after two days of convalescence after being shot by unknown, state radio confirmed. Figarella died Wednesday at a hospital in the town southeast of Ciudad Bolivar in Bolivar state, where he joined earlier this week after being shot by two unidentified men on a motorcycle […]
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The country was again included in the annual report on countries that do not meet basic standards of human rights, with Colombia, Cuba and Honduras. The reason to include Venezuela are again, says the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in the report in Washington, on the one hand “structural”, referring to issues such as […]
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William Cholele was stopped by several armed men late on Sunday as it moved up the La Urbina in a vehicle owned. The M inistry Public investigating the kidnapping of Diplomatic Attaché, Embassy of Costa Rica to Venezuela, William Cholele, who had been kidnapped on the night of Sunday in Sucre Municipality of Miranda State. […]
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Machine Produced Translation from Youtube page with video. UPLOADED JULY 2011 Hugo Chavez denies medical care to a 13-year cancer by only miss their parents do not use the red pole. Also respodió no money. It must be true, Venezuela has no money for a loan just made billionaire of the Republic of the China […]
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Chavez 32.25% increases the minimum wage to $ 476.00. The president made the announcement one hour before leaving for Cuba. Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez, announced today an increase of 32.25 percent of the minimum wage to $ 476 in local currency, applicable in two tranches, the first of 15% percent on May 1, and a […]
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Dr. Jose Marquina Venezuelan who has been following from the U.S. of the illness of President Hugo Chavez said it is too late for the president because the treatment for cancer has been “a string of errors, and this level of disease will not be able to correct. ” He said he was pained to […]
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Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez through a telephone call to state television warned its next departure for Cuba, where he will “continue the battle for health and life.” The trip will take place this Saturday night. This is the third phase of radiation you are receiving, said the president. The course began after the operation that […]
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Personalism end with Hugo Chavez to rule all these years is beginning to generate uncertainty indoors. Yesterday by growing concern in Venezuela for the health of the president, who has cancer, and official silence increased the mystery amid rumors of a new and surprising stay in Cuba. As always happens in all matters relating to […]
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Ecological Movement of Venezuela requires responsible for the misfortune of Guarapiche Maturin (RDTV) – After oil spills occurred in the city of Maturin, specifically in the towns of La Pica and more recently in Jusepin, the Ecological Movement of Venezuela, affiliated to the Federation of Green Parties of the Americas sought from the Environmental Commission […]
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At 5:00 p.m. on Monday a Pdvsa pipeline burst and oil poured in Punta de Mata, in La Orchila sector, state of Monagas. Technicians and workers of the state-run oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa) collected the oil in that area of El Tejero-Maturín national highway. The spill occurred near the Amana oil operation center, […]
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Venezuela’s government threatened to punish with fines up to $ 8,400 for those who distribute or promote the so-called electronic cigarettes banned in the country for not having permits or corresponding health records. Health Ministry sources reported Efe that the Venezuelan government has taken up a campaign launched in June last year against this product […]
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A ship of the Bolivarian Armed Forces with 70 thousand liters of fuel, 100 gas cylinders and a power plant arrived on Sunday at the island of Gran Roque, the Island Territory Miranda (TIM).The vessel arrived at six o’clock in the framework of the special operation for Easter announced by the Mayor of TIM, Admiral […]
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A protest by the boatmen of Los Roques has prevented a large number of tourists can visit other places in the national park. The claim was two weeks, but on Saturday it became more evident by the number of vacationers in the area. Jesus Contreras, representative of the boaters, said the union will not work […]
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In the afternoon of Sunday(APril 1, 2012), an explosion occurred at the main station in San Diego Petrocedeño Cabrutica, José Gregorio Monagas Municipality, located northwest of the state of Anzoategui. Reported at least three injuries. Read Article
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The Strategic Operational Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces confirmed the deaths of seven soldiers after a helicopter Superpuma 2216, Military Aviation, crashed in the state of Apure. “Today, March 29 at 5:15 pm (AM), helicopter crashed to the ground Superpuma 2216 Military Aviation Chaparralito Apure,” the CEO via @ ceofanb. Seconds later, he […]
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As Venezuela counts down to its presidential election in October, many may wonder what will befall the country’s special relationship with Cuba if Chávez should falter. In recent years, Venezuela has pursued unprecedented ties to the Communist island nation, and recently Chávez drew international headlines when the ailing president traveled to Cuba to remove malignant […]
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President Hugo Chavez said Thursday night that the police officers responsible for estadales are the governorates of each entity and ordered the intelligence “put him much eye “thereto. “Beware gentlemen, who are leading the policemen who are under the control of governors or mayors of the opposition,” said Chavez in national radio and television during […]
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President Hugo Chavez on Thursday released a stern warning against banks and companies that are aligned with plans of violence against the government. He went on to warn companies that are behind the violence and destabilization plans. “Large national companies and some international earn enough money, would not be bad, a decree of nationalization of […]
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The oil minister of Venezuela, Rafael Ramirez, Minister of Mines and Colombian Mauricio Cardenas, announced significant progress in terms of the bilateral agreement on oil and gas. The first point has to do with the end of this year, the two countries must list the conceptual engineering of the pipeline project bilaterally, Pacific will have […]
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Thursday morning returned to Caracas in Cuba after receiving the first course of radiotherapy for cancer you have and that will force you to maintain a virtual presence in government and lower the pace in the race to reelection in October. Read Article
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Doctor Jose Rafael Marquina who lives in Florida and is a professor at the Nova University and consultant for several Venezuelan intensive care clinics, told ABC from Madrid that he has ‘first hand’ information of the Venezuelan president health from specialists working close to him. “Chavez has a cancerous tumour which has extended to three […]
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Decision making becomes slow during absences of the president. Opposition asked to name manager. The rest to be met Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, after the radiation treatment they are submitted in Cuba to fight cancer, forcing him to maintain a virtual presence in government and slow down in his race for reelection in October. Read […]
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presidential candidate, Henrique Capriles, during his tour of the Las Flores, municipality of San Cristobal, Tachira, commented on the recent statements by the Attorney General of the Republic, considering ” unusual “as to investigate reports of water pollution in the country. Capriles today regretted that World Water Day 4 million people in Venezuela do not […]
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The Americas experienced a 61% increase in arms imports between 2007-2011, while world trade in conventional weapons rose by 24% during the same period, according to a report released today by the International Institute Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). In South America, Chile and Venezuela accounted for 61% of imports in the region and in the […]
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She was killed when police officers went to a reunion with his school friends” very near his home in Maracaibo, Zulia state capital, said the Consul Fernando Berendique according to review the Panorama newspaper in its online edition. According to the report of Berendique, at dawn on Saturday his daughter was with his brother Fernando […]
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Utu Rohozneanu, head of an organized crime group in Romania is now charged with running an international drug trafficking network while in a Romanian prison. A member of the syndicate was recently arrested in Madrid while two other suspects were arreste at the Romanian/Hungarian border with cocaine valued at 400,000 euros. The cocaine had been […]
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Around 1:00 am on Monday 12 March, officials from the Carabobo Police obtained the release of two women of Asian nationality, who remained captive by four armed men, apparently in the form of express kidnapping. The rescue took place in the Las Clavellinas near the Bar Association, after a police chase that began in the […]
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In a press conference held on Thursday, the Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin, said the incident was reported on the border with Venezuela there were no deaths or injuries or. The operation, said was related to the pursuit of oil dealers who take advantage of low gas prices in the neighboring country to sell […]
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The news director of the Ministry of Interior and Justice, Jorge Galindo, said on Sunday through his Twitter account that the National Guard (GNB), stopped in San Antonio del Tachira, a 22-year-old who tried to enter to Venezuela 16.350 kilograms of suspected cocaine. Galindo said that the modus operandi of the young person was allegedly […]
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On Sunday, hundreds of political and social movements gathered in the vicinity of the Embassy of the Syrian Arab Republic in Caracas to express solidarity with imperial aggression to destabilize that country. With so many expressions of support and affection, the Syrian ambassador brother Ghassan Abbas thanked the Venezuelan people and nations that today the […]
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President Hugo Chavez said today that within 6 days of being undergone surgery for removal of an injury, is “open, sustained, progressive, fast” recovery. “There have been met at this time the 6 full days and we are here in a broad recovery so I say: ‘Thank God, thank you to everyone,’” said the president […]
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Consumption of food contaminated with water and oil has a high risk to health. If now restored assortment Guarapiche after oil spill in Jusepín February 4, residents of the eastern state could face the consequences of gastrointestinal exposure to the chemical, reports The National . Antonio Machado, of the National Academy of Physical Sciences, Mathematics […]
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This Monday afternoon marked the beginning of the signing of agreements between the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the Republic of China, carried out in PDVSA La Campina. The People’s Minister for Petroleum and Mining, Rafael Ramirez, executive vice president, Elias Jaua, the Minister of Popular Power for Commerce, Edmee Betancourt, among others, and the […]
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A new oil spill occurred in eastern Venezuela. This time, crude oil fell into the river Guanipa Anzoategui state, so Freites municipality communities remain on alert, as it benefited from a tributary to irrigate their crops. Read Article
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Several tourists were frightened french nationality, subdued and robbed of their belongings on a beach in the Municipality Gomez. It was learned through public sector residents who chose to protect his identity in the event took place in Las Arenas, municipality Gomez and tourists were on shore of beach where several subjects were subjected hand […]
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The hospital Cimeq of Havana, where he will undergo surgery on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, is the jewel of Cuba’s health system and has had among his patients leader Fidel Castro, but also to other Cubans who have complex diseases. CIMEQ or Medical Surgical Research Center, is located in western Havana and he was hospitalized […]
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From the Theatre Catia, the head of the ministry of Interior and Justice added that the Head of State approved resources on 150 million bolivars to benefit more than 13 thousand families. The Minister of People’s Power for Interior Relations and Justice, Tarek El Aissami, said on Sunday that President Hugo Chavez instructed that all […]
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The defense minister of Venezuela, General Henry Rangel and Venezuelan Vice President Elias Jaua, have led the first public event on Saturday after the arrival of President Hugo Chavez to Cuba to undergo a second surgery. Both have urged the army to defend the country from “foreign threats” looming over Venezuela in the absence of […]
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The director of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency of the United States, John Wagner, has warned international banks to be aware of transactions that are generated in Venezuela, Ecuador and Nicaragua, as part of preventing financial transactions linked to Iran the risk of incurring consequences if the U.S. imposed sanctions on that […]
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will travel to Cuba in the coming hours to undergo the removal of a tumor , “an injury that is likely to be malignant,” confessed the leader at one of the channels of the state. Before traveling to Havana, submit your permit application to the National Assembly, controlled by Chavez, as […]
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“We’re not sure, nobody can say, scientifically speaking, that the new lesion is malignant, but chances are high that it is, because it is in the same place where the other, the large tumor, so you have to remove” said Chavez in communication with the state television channel VTV. Read Article
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Chavez is again the subject of comments and questions through social media, after an alleged “surprise trip” the president last weekend to Cuba, while government spokesmen choose to maintain a silence, which generates more than soothe a new wave of rumors and information, both in Venezuela and abroad. Read Article
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Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez is supplying fuel to Syria, a move that could undermine international sanctions against Damascus, thus propping up a government that has engaged in bloody clashes with civilian demonstrators. A cargo of low-sulfur diesel aboard the Negra Hipólita tanker, a Venezuelan vessel operated by a subsidiary of state-run oil company Petróleos de […]
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The move has affected 3,769 passengers, according to a report of the company until 5 pm The material impact generated by this situation is reflected in significant delays in the arrival and departure of flights, especially those to or from Bogota, Medellin, Cali, Cucuta and Manizales. The following are possible causes: The fog closing Bogota […]
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Studies conducted by the Network of Latin American and Caribbean Women in Management, revealed that violence worldwide is the leading cause of death in women between 15 and 44 years, reaching over cancer and traffic accidents is why it is consulted on the matter to the Vice President of the National Institute of Women, Judith […]
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Venezuela was the eighth largest importer of arms in 2011, according to a preliminary report prepared by the Center for Global Trade Analysis of Arms (CACM), based in Moscow. According to the survey, last year global arms imports amounted to 68,520 million dollars, the highest amount recorded since the end of the Cold War (1989). […]
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The National Director of U.S. Intelligence, James Clapper, said today in written testimony before the Senate that “there is still doubt” that the Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, is cured of his cancer. According to Clapper, “Chávez announced that he has cancer, but there are still doubts about his health” and recalled that during his 12 […]
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Mexico’s ambassador in Caracas, Carlos Pineiro Pujalte was plagiarized on the morning of January 29 with his wife . After paying a sum of money that has not been informed either by local authorities or by the embassy that represents both the ordeal ended when they were released unharmed. But his captors remain at large. […]
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In the month of January, reported the stabbing death of the president of the state table tennis, Angel Chavez (47), which was found inside his home with a date of death of 72 hours. He was also shot and killed a dealer, Gilberto Camargo, where he waited for her 3 years at the door of […]
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On Monday up to the country the last shipment of Venezuelan gold reserves from foreign banks. Venezuelan gold repatriation began on November 25 a process that was greeted with euphoria by the Venezuelan people, who accompanied the caravan of trucks that brought the first cargo from Europe to the vaults of the Central Bank. Later […]
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A plane belonging to the National Guard crashed into the sea in Coche Island in New South Wales state, resulting in three people dead and one missing, said Globovision. According to the information about 3:30 pm on Monday the aircraft was flying around the island of Coche, doing a training flight, crashed into the sea […]
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The Public Ministry is investigating the kidnap brief (express) from Mexico’s ambassador to Venezuela, Carlos Pujalte Pineiro, and his wife, Paloma Ojeda, who were kidnapped at about 12 pm this Sunday January 29 by four armed men as they were leaving a reception at the Florida High urbanization of Caracas. Read Article
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