Tag: Hugo Chávez

Friday, January 30th 2015 - 08:25 UTC
Chavez died December 2012 and not March 2013, says former bodyguard

A former bodyguard of Venezuela’s Socialist Party heavyweight Diosdado Cabello Leamsy Salazar, who fled the country earlier this week and was reportedly collaborating with US authorities investigating allegations of Venezuelan officials' involvement in drugs, said late president Hugo Chavez did not die on 5 March 2013 but on 30 December 2012.
Friday, October 17th 2014 - 06:15 UTC
Venezuela celebrates Security Council seas as “a victory of Hugo Chavez”

Venezuela celebrated on Thursday as a great diplomatic success “and a victory of Hugo Chavez”, having been voted by the UN General Assembly to join the Security Council for two years as a non permanent member.
Friday, October 10th 2014 - 05:34 UTC
WB tribunal rules Venezuela must pay ExxonMobil 1.6bn dollars for 2007 nationalization

A World Bank arbitration tribunal has determined Venezuela must pay ExxonMobil Corp. around 1.6 billion dollars to compensate for a 2007 nationalization, the award posted on the ICSID website on Thursday showed.
Tuesday, October 7th 2014 - 06:16 UTC
Ambassador Castro criticizes 'holdouts' and thanks UK unions' support for Argentina

Argentine ambassador in the United Kingdom, Alicia Castro has fiercely criticized the conduct of holdout investors and thanked UK unions for their support in the dispute with 'vulture funds', during an address to the British umbrella trade union UNITE.
Saturday, September 13th 2014 - 05:13 UTC
Venezuela quietly working to ensure a seat at the UN Security Council

Venezuela’s populist government has quietly secured the backing of Latin America and the Caribbean to obtain a diplomatic trophy that long eluded the late Hugo Chavez: a seat on the United Nations Security Council.
Wednesday, September 3rd 2014 - 06:29 UTC
“Our Chavez who art in heaven, the earth, the sea and we delegates,”, “hallowed be your name”

Members of Venezuela's Socialist Party have rolled out a variation of the classic Christian “Lord's Prayer” to implore beloved late leader Hugo Chavez for protection from the evils of capitalism.
“Our Chavez who art in heaven, the earth, the sea and we delegates,” red-shirted delegate Maria Estrella Uribe recited at the PSUV party Congress.
Saturday, August 30th 2014 - 07:10 UTC
Venezuela cheap oil and fuel shipments to allies fall to a five-year low

Venezuela’s shipments of crude oil and fuel to its allies have fallen to a five-year low as a weak economy hits its ability to uphold accords that former president Hugo Chávez struck to lower energy costs for friends and expand his diplomatic clout.
Thursday, May 8th 2014 - 04:50 UTC
“The open veins of Latin America” is a boring undocumented book, admits his author

Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano said in an interview published on the Argentine newspaper Perfil.com that he considers his 1971 book “The Open Veins of Latin America”, by far his best-known work, to be so bad he will no longer read from it during public appearances.
Tuesday, March 4th 2014 - 23:31 UTC
Venezuela prepares to honor Chavez on the first anniversary of his death

Venezuela has geared up for commemorations of populist leader Hugo Chávez's death despite continued protests against his successor that have shaken the OPEC member and threatened the legacy of “El Comandante.”
Friday, October 25th 2013 - 14:21 UTC
Guyana-Venezuela: The consequences of ideology and avarice

By Sir Ronald Sanders - BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The internal politics of Venezuela is playing a big part in the sudden deterioration of that country’s relations with its smaller neighbor Guyana after a period of steady improvement.