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Latin Neighbors Mistrust Chavez
Latin Neighbors Mistrust Chavez
Sep 19, 2007 2:06 PM CDT

Latin Neighbors Mistrust Chavez

'Chavismo' unloved in region, which is making democratic strides

(Newser) - Hugo Chavez's regional popularity is largely hot air, a Pew survey shows, concluding that the Venezuelan president is “widely mistrusted.” In large numbers, Latin Americans also agree that “most people are better off in a free market economy”—including 72% of Chavez’s countrymen, Weekly Standard’...

Foes Hungry for US Grains
Foes Hungry for US Grains
Sep 13, 2007 7:41 PM CDT

Foes Hungry for US Grains

Iran, Venezuela hungry for American corn, wheat

(Newser) - Venezuela's Hugo Chavez has called President Bush Satan, and Iran is that nuclear thorn in Washington's side, but neither country hesitates to import tons of grains straight from America's bread basket—especially during shortages the past few months. "They want to feed their people. They don't want to screw...

Castro Surfaces&mdash;Or Does He?
Castro Surfaces—Or Does He?
Aug 27, 2007 11:06 AM CDT

Castro Surfaces—Or Does He?

Dictator's byline doesn't put lid on rumors of his death

(Newser) - A newspaper article purportedly written by Fidel Castro and published yesterday did little to quash rumors that the Cuban dictator's health is failing and even that he's dead. Castro hasn't been seen in public in over a year, and his brother Raul is in effective control of the government, but...

Chavez Hands Nation New Time Zone
Chavez Hands Nation New Time Zone
Aug 24, 2007 4:45 AM CDT

Chavez Hands Nation New Time Zone

Setting clocks back 30 minutes will 'condition brains'

(Newser) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez plans to bump clocks in his nation back half an hour next month to add daylight to citizens' lives and create "a more fair distribution of the sunrise," Reuters reports. The change will particularly help poor children who wake up before dawn to go...

Beyond Chavez: The Other Latin America Is Booming

Brazil and Mexico lead in growth, reform

(Newser) - Despite the rhetorical drumbeat from Hugo Chavez, not all of Latin America is mired in poverty exacerbated by free-market extremes exported from the US, the Economist writes. Led by giants Brazil and Mexico, much of the region is actually better off now than at any time in 30 years; the...

Chavez Proposal Clears Way for Lifelong Presidency

Amendment would wipe out term limits

(Newser) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has made a power grab toward a president-for-life position, packaging a proposal granting him unlimited terms with a measure to cap the workday at six hours. The constitutional amendment would extend terms from six to seven years and remove the two-term limit that would otherwise force...

Chavez Lavishes Oil Wealth on Neighbors

In bid to undercut IMF, Chavez becomes Latin America's banker

(Newser) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is spreading hundreds of millions of oil dollars around South America in an effort to limit the influence of the International Monetary Fund and forge a strong alliance. Chavez began a four-nation tour in Argentina referring to the IMF as "Dracula" and called for a...

Snubbing the West, Bolivia Waxes Red

Country turns to Chávez, socialism, in lieu of IMF cash

(Newser) - Bolivia’s populist president is traveling his country handing out aid—straight from his anti-American neighbor Hugo Chávez. The Washington Post reports that Evo Morales has been taking more than a cue from Chávez, using the Venezuelan leader's cash to fund social welfare programs and build clinics and...

Chavez Says He Will Expel Foreign Critics of Regime

Visitors to Venezuela may face deportation

(Newser) - Hugo Chavez says he will expel any foreigner criticizing his regime from Venezuela, an apparent reaction to skeptical remarks by a Mexican politician who recently visited Caracas. The warning came in a 6-hour television address that suggests a drift away from democracy, the Guardian reports; a draft constitution due next...

Brazil to Face Argentina in Copa Final

Championship will be a replay of the 2004 matchup

(Newser) - Brazil out-shot Uruguay 5-4 in penalty kicks this Tuesday, earning itself a fifth Copa America final in six attempts. Argentina shut out Mexico 3-0 last night for the other spot in this year's championship Sunday in Venezuela. The match will be a recapitulation of 2004's final, in which Brazil downed...

Team Ch&aacute;vez Waves Imperios Adios
Team Chávez Waves Imperios Adios
Jul 6, 2007 4:36 AM CDT

Team Chávez Waves Imperios Adios

Venezuela moves to semis in Copa America, as America drops out

(Newser) - After vanquishing Mexico in the CONCACAF tournament for North and Central America, a depleted American team went quietly in the first round of the Copa America, hosted by Hugo Chávez's Venezuela. The home team, by contrast, achieved its first victory in the tournament in 40 years, and will move...

Exxon, Conoco Pull Out of Venezuela
Exxon, Conoco
Pull Out
of Venezuela
Jun 26, 2007 8:04 AM CDT

Exxon, Conoco Pull Out of Venezuela

Firms reject Chavez demand for 60% stake in future projects

(Newser) - ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips are bolting from lucrative operations in Venezuela in the wake of Hugo Chavez's demand that his state-run oil company receive at least a 60% share in projects. Talks over compensation fell apart hours before today's deadline to determine the future of four projects that produce as much...

Chavez Warns of US Attack
Chavez Warns of  US Attack
Jun 26, 2007 4:48 AM CDT

Chavez Warns of US Attack

Orders Venezuelan army to prepare for guerrilla resistance

(Newser) - Truculent Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has ordered troops to be prepared for a US invasion, the Guardian reports. America is intent on toppling his government in any way it can, Chavez warned in a speech to soldiers. "It's not just armed warfare; I'm also referring to psychological warfare, political...

Venezuelan TV Station Skirts Ban, Airs on YouTube

Demonstrators protest Chavez, shutdown

(Newser) - An anti-establishment TV station taken off the air by Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has found a new way to reach viewers: YouTube. A reduced staff produces and uploads three hour-long newscasts a day for Radio Caracas Television, which stopped broadcasting Sunday. The shutdown of RCTV, which was replaced with a...

Venezuela to Leave IMF, World Bank
Venezuela to Leave IMF, World Bank
May 1, 2007 8:32 AM CDT

Venezuela to Leave IMF, World Bank

Chávez government exerts state control over privately owned oil projects

(Newser) - Hugo Chávez said yesterday he will pull Venezuela out of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, institutions the leftist leader blames for contributing to poverty in Latin America. Venezuela will also take control of foreign oil projects previously run by multinational companies, some U.S.-based, in...

Chavez Decrees Dry Holy Week
Chavez Decrees Dry Holy Week
Apr 4, 2007 9:48 AM CDT

Chavez Decrees Dry Holy Week

Ban on booze aimed at drink-fueled accidents, inspires secret imbibing

(Newser) - No Easter imbibing, decrees Venezuelan president and socialist icon Hugo Chavez. Chavez has instituted a Holy Week liquor ban in restaurants to combat the hundreds of drunk driving deaths that occur during holidays in Venezuala. While some citizens applaud his boldness, others say they cannot follow their fearless leader quite...

Urbina Gets 14 Years
Urbina Gets
14 Years
Mar 28, 2007 4:57 PM CDT

Urbina Gets 14 Years

Former MLB pitcher Ugueth Urbina guilty of attempted murder in Venezuela

(Newser) - All-star pitcher Ugueth Urbina, who's been in a Venezuelan jail for a year and a half awaiting trial for attempted murder,  has been convicted and sentenced to 14 years. He was also found guilty of illegal deprivation of liberty and unlawfully taking justice into his own hands in a...

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