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Hugo Chávez

Type: Person

Name: Hugo Chávez (Hugo Chavez)

Title: President of Venezuela

Organization: Office of the President

Date of Birth: 28/07/1954

Place of Birth: Sabaneta, Barinas

Nationality: Venezuela

Fact Sheet: Biography for Hugo Chavez

First Reported 10 hours ago - Updated 49 mins ago - 4 Documents (in Politics)

European Union

EU urges Colombia and Venezuela to engage in dialogue to defuse tension

The European Union (EU) expressed on Thursday concern about diplomatic tensions between Colombia and Venezuela and urged both parties to avoid actions that may worsen the situation and to seek solutions through dialogue.'The EU expresses concern over ... [El Universal - 49 mins ago]

Entities: Colombia, Venezuela, European Union

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 22 hours ago - 4 Documents

Alvaro Uribe

Uribe to attend UNASUR summit but does not intend to meet Chavez

Colombia’s President Alvaro Uribe will attend the UNASUR summit on November 26 but will not talk to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, confirmed the Foreign Minister on Wednesday.The Foreign Minister, Jaime Bermudez, announced that Uribe will attend the ... [Bogota Free Planet - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Alvaro Uribe, Hugo Chávez, Colombia, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 4 Documents

OPEC

Chavez blames Venezuela recession on OPEC cut

CARACAS, Nov 19 — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said yesterday the South American oil producer’s economic slide was largely due to its compliance with OPEC-mandated production cuts.GDP shrank 4.5 per cent in the third quarter of 2009, a second consecutive ... [Malaysian Insider - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Venezuela, OPEC, Hugo Chávez

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Economy)

Venezuela’s Chavez Slams GDP Methodology After Third-Quarter Contraction

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday he plans to come up with a new, socialist-friendly way of measuring economic growth, one day after gross domestic product data indicated his country is in recession. Hugo Chavez takes aim at ... [WSJ.com: Real Time Economics - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, Gross Domestic Product

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 22 hours ago - 7 Documents

FARC

Venezuela blows up two foot bridges to Colombia (Reuters)

SAN ANTONIO, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan soldiers on Thursday blew up two makeshift foot bridges that stretched across the border to Colombia in the latest incident to stoke a diplomatic dispute between the Andean neighbors.Colombia's government ... [Yahoo! News Australia - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Colombia, Venezuela, FARC, Organization of American States

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Dennis Prager: Americans are finally seeing effects of progressive ideologues

There may be a major silver lining for conservatives and for America's future thanks to the foreign and domestic policies of President Obama and the Democrat-controlled House and Senate: For the first time in their lives, millions of Americans are coming ... [WorldNetDaily - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Dennis Prager, Hugo Chávez, Fort Hood

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Caracas unmoved by U.S. assurance on Colombia bases

CommentCARACAS, Venezuela, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. assurances that its military operations in Colombia are not part of a wider agenda on Latin American domination have left Venezuela unmoved as Caracas struggles to balance a domestic power crisis with a ... [UPI - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Colombia, Caracas, Venezuela

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Chavez targets Church property

Church leaders in Venezuela have expressed concern that the leftist President Hugo Chavez is to confiscate churches, schools and other Church property and try to ''eliminate'' the work of the Catholic Church.A Church source, who asked not to be named, ... [Irish Catholic - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Hugo Chávez, Abortion, Pope Benedict XVI

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

U.S. says Venezuelan drug flights pose "challenge"

MIAMI (Reuters) - Venezuela has shown little interest in curbing the number of illegal flights hauling Colombian cocaine from its territory for the United States and Europe, a U.S. official said on Wednesday."There's not a whole lot of evidence that there ... [InSing.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: David Johnson, United States, Venezuela, Miami (Florida, United States), TRANSIT ROUTE

First Reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Environment)

Dark truth about Latin American energy

Pablo Esparza BBC Mundo A dark street in Sao Paulo, where a power cut left millions without electricity Several Latin American countries have recently been hit by major power shortages, raising concerns that the region is facing a serious energy cris ... [BBC - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Venezuela, Ecuador, Brazil, Hugo Chávez

First Reported 5 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 Documents

Amazon countries to hold climate talks

BRASILIA (AFP) Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is calling a meeting of eight Amazon countries next week to forge a common stand ahead of next month's key climate talks, officials said Friday.The leaders are set to be joined by French President ... [AFP via Yahoo! - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Climate, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Bolivia, Brazil

First Reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 Documents

In Dominica elections, party offers `the only vision'

Caribbean voters living in the tiny island of Dominica will head to the polls on Dec. 18 for general elections, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced during a rally.In an address to supporters of his Dominica Labor Party on Thursday night, Skerrit ... [Miami Herald - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit, Venezuela

Quotes

Héctor Lacognata, the Paraguayan Minister of Foreign Affairs, said that Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez "has a confrontational discourse that promotes a climate not conducive to regional integration."

Paraguayan Foreign Minister: "Chávez has a confrontational discourse" [El Universal - 11/18/2009]

President Hugo Chavez said in a televised speech that "there are lots of fat people" in Venezuela, and advised his supporters to exercise and eat healthy

Too many fatties in Venezuela, Prez Chavez sez [New York Daily News - 11/15/2009]

More Content

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Public expenditure becomes less effective to bo... [El Universal - 48 mins ago]
EU urges Colombia and Venezuela to engage in di... [El Universal - 49 mins ago]
Venezuelan economy tumbles 4.5 percent in the t... [El Universal - 49 mins ago]
Colombia annoyed at Unasur attitude towards Ch&... [El Universal - 50 mins ago]
In Dominica elections, party offers `the only v... [Miami Herald - 3 hours ago]
Amazon countries to hold climate talks [AFP via Yahoo! - 5 hours ago]
Chavez: US to use bases in Colombia for spying [Groong - 7 hours ago]
Drawing the line with Tehran [World Market Media - 8 hours ago]
Colombia says will not be provoked by Venezuela... [Yahoo! News Australia - 10 hours ago]
Dark truth about Latin American energy [BBC - 11 hours ago]
Venezuela blows up two bridges along Colombia b... [Christian Science Monitor - 11 hours ago]
Venezuela Mining Report 2009 - New Report Publi... [OfficialSpin - 13 hours ago]
US Hopes to See More Anti-Drug Efforts in Venez... [VOA News - 13 hours ago]
Cuba tries to keep the lights on [GlobalPost - 14 hours ago]
El Nino intensifies Latin America drought [AFP via Yahoo! - 16 hours ago]
Chavez Pins Venezuela's Economic Contraction on... [Energy Intelligence Group - 18 hours ago]
TV tycoon: I have not committed any crime; ther... [El Universal - 19 hours ago]
Argentina's Kirchner rejects pressure on her fr... [El Universal - 19 hours ago]
State's weight in Venezuelan economy increases [El Universal - 19 hours ago]
Colombia Article All For Show [Bogota Free Planet - 22 hours ago]
Uribe to attend UNASUR summit but does not inte... [Bogota Free Planet - 22 hours ago]
Venezuela blows up two foot bridges to Colombia... [Yahoo! News Australia - 22 hours ago]
Venezuela blows up two foot bridges to Colombia... [West Australian - 22 hours ago]
Honduras's de facto leader may step aside for a... [West Australian - 22 hours ago]
Chavez calls Colombia’s Uribe a “mobster” [NoticiasOklahoma.com - 23 hours ago]
Venezuela acusa a Colombia de 'provocación... [Miami Herald - 11/20/2009]
EDITORIAL: Inequities in Ecuador [Washington Times - 11/20/2009]
Venezuela blows up two border bridges to Colomb... [West Australian - 11/20/2009]
Venezuela accused over bridges [BBC - 11/19/2009]
Venezuela, Colombia in bridge row [BBC - 11/19/2009]

Blogs

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UPDATE 2-Colombia says will not be provoked by ... [Economy-Finance - 4 hours ago] * Chavez’s insults, dynamited bridges raise tensions * Border town residents forced to wade across river * Colombian military chiefs meet, no troop buildup ...
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuff... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 5 hours ago] The Past Two Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Increased Tension Over Iran's Program SI Analysis: After an IAEA report suggests that Iran's recently ...
Colombia: Tensions and ‘Winds of War' with Vene... [Global Voices Online - 8 hours ago] Tensions have been escalating in the last few weeks between Colombia and Venezuela, two neighboring countries which already have strained relations. In mid-October, ...
Venezuela’s Chavez Slams GDP Methodology After ... [WSJ.com: Real Time Economics - 11/19/2009] Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday he plans to come up with a new, socialist-friendly way of measuring economic growth, one day after gross domestic ...
George Pataki: Putting Natural Gas to Work for ... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/18/2009] Every day it's becoming clear to more and more Americans that our continued over reliance on foreign oil is not just an environmental disaster but an economic ...

Audio/Video

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Chavez declares war on golf [CNN International - YouTube - 11/13/2009]
Chavez declares war on golf [CNN.com - Video - 11/13/2009]
U.S. is trying to solidify control over Latin A... [Russia Today - YouTube - 11/10/2009]
Chavez, troops to prepare for war [Reuters Video: Top News - 11/09/2009]
U.S. and Colombia vs. Venezuela? [Russia Today - YouTube - 10/30/2009]

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