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Venezuelans and Argentinians hold demo to condemn Gaza War
Pro-Palestine demonstrators in Caracas condemn the Israeli regime.
Pro-Palestine demonstrators in Venezuela and Argentina have expressed resentment against the recent deadly attacks by the Israeli regime on the Gaza Strip.
Angry Venezuelan nationals and Palestinian immigrants took to the streets in the capital, Caracas, on Thursday, waving Palestinian flags and beating drums in a show of solidarity...
Global warming to destroy several regions
A tourist spot in Mozambique
The World Bank has warned that due to global warming a number of coastal countries in the world such as Bangladesh and Mozambique are to disappear over the next century.
According to the report prepared by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Climate Analytics, the World Bank warned climate change, which is causing global warming and sea level rise...
Argentina Unrest: Brought to you by Goldman Sachs
The US-engineered “Arab Spring” brought us the “April 6 Youth Movement” in Egypt, run by Wall Street-backed Mohammed ElBaradei in coordination with the Muslim Brotherhood, the “February 17 Revolution,” consisting of Al Qaeda terrorists of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group in Libya, and now Argentina has the “8N,” or “November 8″ movement working in coordination with foreign-owned...
Chavez backs Assad, blames US for Syrian crisis
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speaks during a press conference in Caracas on October 9, 2012.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he will continue to support his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad and has blamed the United States for the 19-month unrest in the Arab country.
Chavez made the remarks in the capital Caracas on Tuesday, two days after he won a fourth consecutive term in office, which...
Hugo Chavez wins Venezuela presidential election
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez waves his country’s flag while speaking to supporters after receiving news of his reelection, Caracas, October 7, 2012
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has comfortably won a fourth consecutive term in office after a hotly-contested presidential election in the Latin American country.
The National Electoral Council announced on Sunday that President Chavez won the...
Brazil police arrest illegal gold miners in Yanomami reserve
Brazil’s Yanomami indigenous tribe has been complaining of land encroachments by illegal gold miners in the remote rainforest reserve along the Venezuela border.
Brazilian police have arrested at least 26 people in a major operation against illegal gold miners in an Amazon reserve near the border with Venezuela.
The operation was carried out in the Yanomami indigenous reserve, where illegal gold...
Chavez says Venezuela does not pose a threat to anyone
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez greets supporters during an election rally in Anzoategui, Venezuela on July 12, 2012.
President Hugo Chavez has said that Venezuela poses no threat to anyone, including the United States, which considers the Bolivarian Republic a hostile state.
In an interview with Fox News on Wednesday, Republican US presidential candidate Mitt Romney said President Barack Obama is...
Obama, Romney clash over US policy towards Iran-LatAm tie
Republican candidate Mitt Romney (L) and US President Barack Obama
Iran’s amicable relations with Latin American states, in particular Venezuela, has become a sticking point in the US presidential campaign, with both leading contenders trading accusations on policies towards South American states allied with the Islamic Republic.
The tit-for-tat began when Republican candidate Mitt Romney and his...
Russia to deliver tanks and helicopters to Zimbabwe
Russia offered Zimbabwe to conclude an intergovernmental agreement about the mutual protection of investments. Russian companies may thus obtain an opportunity to develop one of the world’s largest deposits of platinum. In return, Zimbabwe, which remains under the influence of sanctions from the USA and EU, will receive military hardware from Russia. Moreover, Russia intends to ship a large...
Venezuela builds its first Drone with Iran help
The TV grab, showing the Venezuelan drone built in cooperation with Iran, was broadcast on June 13, 2012 during a visit by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says his country has manufactured its first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), dubbed Arpia-001 (Harpy-001), in cooperation with Iranian experts in order to strengthen the South American state’s defensive power.
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Venezuela’s President Chavez on wheelchair due to femur fracture
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez
A Venezuelan journalist says President Hugo Chavez has been forced to use a wheelchair due to severe pain caused by a fracture in his femur and his spreading cancer.
The pro-opposition Venezuelan columnist and radio talk-show host, Nelson Bocaranda, reported this week that Chavez got a fracture in his femur during his radiotherapy in Cuba.
Spending most of the last...
Venezuelan president flies back to Havana for radiation therapy
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during a reunion with government members in Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas on April 11, 2012.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has flown back to Cuba for another round of radiation therapy for his cancer, few days after undergoing same treatment there.
“I must return (…) to Havana,” he said in a message broadcast on radio and television...
Americas summit ends divided over Cuba and Falkland
A summit of nearly 30 Western Hemisphere leaders has ended without a joint declaration due to divisions over Cuba and Argentine claims to the Malvinas Islands.
“There is no declaration because there is no consensus,” said Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos as the summit’s closing news conference.
Washington, backed by Canada, stood fast against widespread demands to include in...
Hugo Chavez may lose presidential election
Venezuela’s National Electoral Council officially appointed the date of the presidential election – October 7, 2012. However, the situation in the country is heating up already. According to the Independent Social Agencies, the chances of the current president Hugo Chavez for re-election are getting smaller. The single opposition candidate Enrique Capriles has caught up with him in popularity...
USA goes on rampage over Iran's Latin American ambitions
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at the Miraflores presidential palace, Caracas, January 9, 2012
Last week, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made a week-long tour of Latin America. The Iranian leader visited Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba and Ecuador.
Ahmadinejad does not have many friends in the world. All of them, except for Syria, are in Latin America....