Stories about Venezuela from March, 2007
Venezuela: Renovating Soccer Stadiums
Oil Wars wonders if the Venezuelan government could be spending their money more wisely than on the renovation of soccer stadiums throughout the country.
Venezuela: Constitutional Battle Over Chavez's Reelection
Miguel Octavio on “the looming Constitutional battle over Chavez poposal to allow his indefinite reelection.”
Venezuela: Povery Statistics
Miguel Octavio challenges the latest numbers on poverty reported by Venezuela's new Minister of Finance Rodrigo Cabezas.
Venezuela: Food Consumption, Chavez, and Barbara Walters
Oil Wars, responding to news of food shortages in Venezuela, points out that food consumption was up 16% in 2006: “Truth be told, after noting how chubby Chavez himself appeared in the Barbra Walters interview I suspected as much.” Daniel Duquenal, meanwhile, asks, “Does Barbara Walters work for Chavez?” Find...
Haiti: Chavez Visit and the Diplomatic Dance
Anticipating Chavez's upcoming visit to Haiti, Roody Edme writes [Fr]: “His arrival requires an apt diplomatic dance… The recent American decision to list the country as a nation that might possibly benefit from the ethanol project echoes Caracas’ decision to make us benefit from the Petro-Caribe clause … While we...
Cuba, Venezuela: Castro won't stop calling Chávez
“Chávez and Castro are always on the phone (ever heard of email?). Chávez would never admit it, but I wonder if he gets tired of Fidel constantly calling,” writes Vivirlatino‘s Jennifer in the preface to a post reproducing a portion of the transcript of a telephone conversation between convalescing Cuban...
Venezuela: Bush and Chavez Tour for Regional Support
Opposition bloggers Miguel Octavio and Daniel Duquenal on the competing hemispheric tours of US President George Bush and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
Venezuela, Bolivia: Summit of Presidents and Social Movement
As many leftist Latin American commentators insist that Bush's visit to Latin America is meant to impede regional integration, Evo Morales and Hugo Chavez are organizing the “First Summit of Presidents and Social Movements” in June. A translation to English by Bolivia Rising gives more details.
Bush in Brazil and Ethanol: Blogs Report and Debate
“We have alcohol to give away and sell” – ethanol molotov for yankee target – source: CMI Brasil The quick visit of the US President George W. Bush to Brazil last week brought forth a large and diverse reaction from the local blogosphere. The protests and demonstrations on Paulista Avenue...
Argentina, Venezuela, Iran: Nuclear Reactor
Miguel Octavio takes a look at an explosive threesome theory which contends that an Argentine-made nuclear reactor arrived in Iran with Venezuela's participation.
Guyana, Venezuela: Roraima, here I come!
At the Caribbean Beat blog, Nicholas Laughlin writes about his upcoming trip to Venezuela to climb Mount Roraima: “Pico Duarte in the Dominican Republic is taller, but for sheer quantity of myth and legend, Roraima towers up there with Everest and Kilimanjaro. Its remoteness, its breathtaking, near-vertical cliff-faces rising abruptly...
