PUTIN AND ISRAEL

By JPOST.COM STAFF

CUBA AND VENEZUELA PROMOTE ALTERNATIVE LATIN AMERICAN PACT

Petrochemical delegation to visit Venezuela next week

ARGENTINA v IMF

Argentina Urges Bondholders to Participate in Default Debt Swap
Andrew J. Barden in Buenos Aires

Colombia lying about rebel leader kidnap - Chavez

Source: Reuters
By Patrick Markey

Statoil drills Venezuela well

Spate of investments in Venezuela's hydrocarbon sector predicted for 2005

Venpres (Wendy Beltrán)

According to Venezuelan Association of Hydrocarbons (AVHI) president Luis Xavier Grisanti, there are numerous expectations for the oil sector to expand, face with numerous plans to be put in motion in the course of the year.

Terrorist Threat in the Tri-Border Area: Myth or Reality?

Latin America's Tri-Border Area (TBA), bounded
by Puerto Iguazu, Argentina; Ciudad del Este,
Paraguay; and Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, is an ideal
breeding ground for terrorist groups. The TBA
is a lawless area of illicit activities that
generate billions of dollars annually in money
laundering, arms and drug trafficking, counterfeiting,
document falsification, and piracy. The TBA offers
terrorists potential financing; access to illegal weapons
and advanced technologies; easy movement and concealment;
and a sympathetic population from which to recruit new
members and spread global messages. While the TBA is
not currently the center of gravity in the Global War on
Terrorism (GWOT), it has an important place in the
strategy for combating terrorism.

Venezuela's energy potential to be expanded in ambitious investment projects

The projects will count with the participation of national and international investors. At least more than 50 foreign-based firms are now operating in the country.

The New Year's Military-Civilian Uprising in Peru

By Al Giordano,
Posted on Sun Jan 2nd, 2005 at 08:33:23 PM EST
"We may be through with the past but the past is not through with us."
- Ricky Jay (from the film "Magnolia")


Army reservists seize Peru police station

The group, led by retired army Maj. Antauro Humala, has demanded the resignation of President Alejandro Toledo.

Humala said in a radio interview Toledo was selling out to foreign investors and he called for an end to inflows of capital from neighboring Chile.

He also said his brother, Ollanta Humala, who led a military revolt against former President Alberto Fujimori in 2000, was to join the uprising.

Suspected rebels massacre 16 in Colombia

By CARLOS GONZALEZ
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

The massacre came the same day that President Alvaro Uribe took the unprecedented step of extraditing a top FARC commander to the United States on drug trafficking and terrorism charges, raising fears of reprisal attacks.

Chavez seals strategic alliance with Beijing

Oil in Gulf of Mexico Cuban waters

Mercosur
Monday, 27 December

Venezuela's “Bolivarian Revolution” Continues, Despite U.S. Resistance

By: Gregory Wilpert - Venezuelanalysis.com

Venezuela’s Chavez wants to reduce dependence on U.S., promises China more oil and gas

President Hugo Chavez said Dec. 24 that Venezuela will give Beijing greater access to its oil reserves to reduce his country’s dependence on sales to the United States. Chavez said agreements signed Dec. 23 on the first day of his visit to China will give Chinese oil companies access to 15 oil-prod....

Colombia's Privatized Conflict

by Hernando Calvo

[Translated from an article in Le Monde Diplomatique by Colombia Support Network's translator Sharon Bagatelle]

Venezuela, Iran to sign cooperative agreements

By ASSOCIATED PRESS
A series of cooperative agreements will provide Venezuela with "plants, machinery and technology," Iranian Vice Minister of Industry Valiallah Afkhami told reporters after a meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

Kirchener v. the IMF

Argentina Squares Off with International Financiers
By ROGER BURBACH

Venezuela: The Next Cuba

By Paul Crespo
FrontPageMagazine.com | March 3, 2004

Colombia Issues Ultimatum to FARC Rebels

Venezuela's oil output to rise 66% in 5 years