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Venezuela's Chavez wants to jail rival | International | Reuters
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatened on Saturday to imprison his main political rival, intensifying a campaign against a man he calls a crime boss just a month before he faces tough regional elections.
3 oil countries face a reckoning - International Herald Tribune
As the price of oil roared to ever higher levels in recent years, the leaders of Venezuela, Iran and Russia muscled their way onto the world stage, using checkbook diplomacy and, on occasion, intimidation.
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wrested control of oil and gas pipelines and pushed back against Western encroachment
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Russia, which suffered a humiliating economic collapse in the 1990s
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Venezuela says expects OPEC to cut supply at meet | Business News | Reuters
Venezuela's economy minister expects OPEC to agree to cut oil supply at an emergency meeting next week to stem crashing world prices by bringing supply and demand into better balance.
Chavez says Comrade Bush turns left in crisis | Reuters
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CARACAS (Reuters) - Socialist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez mocked George W. Bush as a "comrade" on Wednesday, saying the U.S. president was a hard-line leftist for his government's intervention of major private banks in the U.S. financial crisis.
Venezuela to build nuclear technology with Russia - Yahoo! News
Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that Russia will help Venezuela develop nuclear energy
Venezuela to buy Chinese combat planes: Chavez
Venezuela will buy combat and training aircraft from China this week, leftist Venezuela President Hugo Chavez confirmed in a television broadcast Sunday.
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These plans come in addition to the construction of a refinery in China to process oil from Venezuela, and plans to create a bi-national company to install a refinery in the remote oil-rich Orinoco region in eastern Venezuela.
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"Before we had to go to Washington to beg for money. Not now. Now we negotiate with the Chinese," said Chavez.
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Venezuela's Chavez says US ambassador must leave
President Hugo Chavez says the U.S. ambassador has 72 hours to leave Venezuela and he's recalling his ambassador from Washington.
Two Russian bombers land in Venezuela: reports
Russia is entering the new world with Chavez
Russia says to send battleship to Caribbean Sea
Russia will send a nuclear-powered battleship to the Caribbean for a joint naval exercise with Venezuela, Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
Venezuela to host Russia navy exercise in Caribbean | Reuters
Cammarata said it would be the first time Russia's navy carried out such exercises in Latin America. He said the Venezuelan air force would also take part.
Venezuela moves to nationalize fuel distribution - International Herald Tribune
President Hugo Chávez said that wholesale gasoline sales by private companies in Venezuela will soon disappear after his congressional allies pass a bill nationalizing the business.
Venezuela's Ignorant Chavez
-- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez heads to Moscow today to shop for air defense systems, submarines and other weaponry as Latin America's arms race quickens amid signs that his regional influence is waning.
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Chavez will order $2 billion worth of weapons, including
Project 636 diesel subs, Mi-28 combat helicopters and airplanes
made by Ilyushin Co., the Russian newspaper Kommersant reported
May 12, without saying how it obtained the information. The
Russian Interfax news service, citing an unnamed defense
ministry official, said today Chavez may order $1 billion of
weapons, including three Varshavyanka subs and up to 20 Tor-M1
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He says the hardware, including jets and submarines,
is needed to counter a military threat from the U.S. and its
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Chavez says US can 'shove' terror list - Yahoo! News
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Venezuela's Chavez seems to be heading to a real serious collision with countries around the world.
- liveinfreedom on 2008-03-15
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