Home arrow South America arrow Venezuela arrow Venezuela news




Welcome to Venezuela

Venezuela is home to a wide variety of landscapes. From the Andes in the northwest and to the llanos in the center and Orinoco River delta in the east. To the south, with the Guiana Highlands, the Amazon Basin and Angel Falls, the world's highest waterfall.




Latest news from Venezuela


Tens of thousands demonstrate for hostage release in Colombia Print E-mail
Saturday, 29 November 2008
Bogota - Tens of thousands of Colombians poured into the streets of the South American country's cities Friday to demand the release of more than 3,000 hostages being held, sometimes for years, by ...
Read more...
 
Desempleo en Colombia se mantiene en 10,1% en octubre Print E-mail
Saturday, 29 November 2008
BOGOTA -- La cifra de desempleo en Colombia al cerrar octubre se ubicó en 10,1%, igual a la registrada en el mismo mes del año anterior, informó el viernes la oficina estatal de ...
Read more...
 
Oil shekhs banking on price of oil rebounding to $80 next year Print E-mail
Friday, 28 November 2008
Gulf analysts said the price of crude oil, now around $50 per barrel, could rise rapidly in 2009. They said by the end of next year the price could stabilize at $80 per barrel, and then rise to $90 ...
Read more...
 
Venezuela reevaluates funding for 2 refineries Print E-mail
Friday, 28 November 2008
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela is reevaluating how to pay for planned new refineries in Ecuador and Nicaragua, a top official in the state oil company said, because slumping oil prices have put a pi...
Read more...
 
Oil prices end the week relatively flat as OPEC gathers in Egypt Print E-mail
Friday, 28 November 2008
John Porretto November 28, 2008 - 5:35 p.m. HOUSTON (AP) - Oil prices ended flat Friday with OPEC officials sending mixed messages about a production cut before a regularly scheduled meeting in D...
Read more...
 
Pirates dead in Guyana shootout Print E-mail
Friday, 28 November 2008
GEORGETOWN - Three suspected pirates and a policeman died on Friday in a shootout in Guyana as the South American country struggles against piracy at sea, according to authorities.The three dead suspe...
Read more...
 
Colombia, led by Betancourt, protests kidnappings Print E-mail
Friday, 28 November 2008
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Thousands marched on Friday in Colombia's main cities to protest kidnappings carried out by FARC rebels holding hundreds of hostages in secret jungle camps as part of their 44-year-...
Read more...
 
Guyana to close Net cafes that offer cheap calls Print E-mail
Friday, 28 November 2008
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — The South American country of Guyana plans to close hundreds of Internet cafes that it accuses of bypassing the telephone company system to offer cheap international calls. ...
Read more...
 
Colombia leads rallies demanding hostages Print E-mail
Friday, 28 November 2008
Thousands of people in Colombia, France and Spain turned out Friday to urge Colombian rebel group FARC to free hundreds of hostages, five months after they released Ingrid Betancourt, who fears other ...
Read more...
 
Losses puncture Hugo Chavez Print E-mail
Friday, 28 November 2008
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez certainly likes to put on a show. Only days after his ruling socialist party suffered major losses in regional elections Sunday, he is hosting Russian President...
Read more...
 
Venezuela welcomes Russian warships Print E-mail
Friday, 28 November 2008
CARACAS -- Venezuela fired a 21-gun artillery salute Tuesday as Russian warships made their first trip to this South American nation since the Cold War ended.Protocol officials will have little time ...
Read more...
 
Venezuela, Russia say oil prices must stabilize Print E-mail
Friday, 28 November 2008
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela will back repeated cuts in OPEC oil production until prices stabilize, Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez says, and Russia is proposing closer cooperation with the oil cartel...
Read more...
 
Latin America should abandon IDB Print E-mail
Friday, 28 November 2008
CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo Chavez is urging his leftist allies in Latin America and the Caribbean to stop seeking loans from the Inter-American Development Bank.Chavez claims the United Sta...
Read more...
 
Volatile heating oil prices make heads spin Print E-mail
Friday, 28 November 2008
ROLLER COASTER RIDE: Wicked swings in crude oil prices have made planning for heating oil purchases this winter brutal on customers and dealers.HOLDING THE BAG: Customers who locked in a contract at a...
Read more...
 
Oil prices fall 5%, boosting the sector Print E-mail
Friday, 28 November 2008
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Airline stocks closed higher Friday as the price of crude dropped nearly 5% on speculation the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries may wait until December befor...
Read more...
 
Wildwood Management Corporation Signs Letter of Intent for Gold Mining Concession in Colombia Print E-mail
Friday, 28 November 2008
4IO ) -- a mining exploration company -- has recently signed a Letter of Intent for a 391 hectare gold mining concession in Rivera, Tolima in Colombia. Wildwood has been evaluating the gold opportun...
Read more...
 
Oil prices tumble with few hints that OPEC will cut production Print E-mail
Friday, 28 November 2008
John Porretto November 28, 2008 - 11:44 a.m. HOUSTON (AP) - Oil prices slumped Friday with little indication from OPEC members that there would be any production cuts before a regularly scheduled...
Read more...
 
Arab stocks volatile on falling oil prices, global uncertainty Print E-mail
Friday, 28 November 2008
AMMAN - Arab stock markets were mixed this week as investors continued to come under the negative psychological pressures of declining oil prices and spillovers of the global deflation, financial anal...
Read more...
 
Colombia marcha de nuevo contra el secuestro Print E-mail
Friday, 28 November 2008
BOGOTA -- Decenas de miles de colombianos marchaban el viernes en Colombia y en varias ciudades del mundo para manifestarse en contra del cautiverio de secuestrados por rebeldes armados, algunos de e...
Read more...
 
Venezuela in the OECS Nada Print E-mail
Friday, 28 November 2008
By Sir Ronald Sanders The member-countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) must feel like a confused young girl unsure of who to choose between her suitors as both Trinidad and ...
Read more...
 
<< Start < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next > End >>

Results 61 - 80 of 1461