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US Ambassador Returns to Venezuela

Diplomat back in Caracas 9 months after Chavez booted him

(Newser) - The American ambassador to Venezuela is back in Caracas 9 months after Hugo Chavez sent him packing, AFP reports. The diplomat was expelled after Chavez alleged that America was trying to undermine Bolivia's leftist government, one of his key allies. Venezuela's ambassador to the US, who was booted out soon...

Ousted Honduran Leader Plans Return

(Newser) - Honduras' ousted president, bolstered by international support, said he will return home to regain control and urged soldiers to stop cracking down on thousands of supporters who have protested his overthrow. Flanked by Latin American leaders who have vowed to help him regain power, Manuel Zelaya said yesterday he would...

'Swine Flu Cruise' Quarantined

 'Swine Flu Cruise' Quarantined 
Jun 18, 2009 3:51 AM CDT

'Swine Flu Cruise' Quarantined

Passengers, crew confined to Caribbean liner after staff members diagnosed

(Newser) - Venezuela has quarantined more than a thousand passengers and crew on board a visiting cruise ship, the BBC reports. Three crew members from the Ocean Dream have been diagnosed with swine flu and 11 more are showing symptoms. Barbados and Grenada had earlier refused to allow the Spanish-owned ship's passengers...

Chavez: CIA Tried to Kill Me
 Chavez: CIA Tried to Kill Me 
Jun 2, 2009 9:35 PM CDT

Chavez: CIA Tried to Kill Me

(Newser) - Hugo Chavez today alleged that US intelligence agencies were behind a purported assassination plot that prevented him from visiting El Salvador. The Venezuelan president had planned to attend the inauguration of President Mauricio Funes in the Central American nation yesterday, but canceled his trip because of the alleged plot. "...

Chavez Cuts TV Debate After Row With Writer

Program suspended after challenge Vargas Llosa

(Newser) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez cancelled an edition of his TV show after a confrontation with famous Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, reports the BBC. Chavez had challenged Vargas Llosa to hold a televised debate with pro-Chavez academics. In a volley of insults, Vargas Llosa responded that he would only debate...

Chávez Begins 4-Day Talkathon

Venezuelan president takes to the airwaves for 10th anniversary

(Newser) - Hugo Chávez is on the air for the first part of his four-day talk show marathon, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Venezuelan president's rambling television broadcast. As the BBC reports, today's Alo Presidente got under way in an electrical plant in the country's west, where Chávez regaled...

Hugo Chavez Stoked for 4-Day TV Talkshow

The fun just won't stop on all-singing, all-firing extravaganza

(Newser) - That wacky Hugo Chavez is celebrating the 10th anniversary of his weekly talkshow, Alo Presidente, by taking to the airwaves—for four solid days, the Guardian reports. Starting today, the unscripted show will be in segments "like a soap opera," Chavez promises. Viewers expect the Venezuelan president's...

Chavez Hints at Ditching OAS to Form Cuba Partnership

Nations eye alternative regional group

(Newser) - Venezuela would jump at the chance to join Cuba as an Organization of American States outcast, reports the AP. The never-shy Hugo Chavez claims the OAS, which suspended Cuba in 1962, serves US interests and says the two countries could form an alternative regional group. Cuba's foreign minister agreed, calling...

Chavez Takes Control of Iron, Steel Firms

Metal companies nationalized 'to build platform for socialism'

(Newser) - Hugo Chavez has ordered the nationalization of several large iron and steel companies in Venezuela, AFP reports. The president said the takeovers marked the start of a "process of nationalization to create an industrial complex." The move, which follows the nationalization of 39 oil service providers, would help...

Chávez Targets Cable Station as Tensions Rise

Move part of a larger effort to extend govt's reach, say critics

(Newser) - Venezuela is taking steps to shut down an anti-Chávez TV news station as tensions continue to grow between the government and opposition. Authorities have accused the station of "media terrorism" by covering an earthquake before the government released an official report. Three months after winning a referendum that...

Chavez Tightens Grip on Oil Industry

Venezuela to take control of oil service companies

(Newser) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is stepping up state control of his nation's oil industry, the BBC reports. The president has announced plans to seize the assets of some foreign oil contractors who threatened to stop work in protest over unpaid bills, and the country's national assembly has approved measures to...

Obama Puts Human Rights on Back Burner, Activists Say

Sometimes confrontation isn't best tactic, administration suggests

(Newser) - Human-rights workers had high hopes for the Obama administration after President Bush’s inconsistent, too-hot-too-cold policies—but so far, the Washington Post reports, activists think President Obama has let rights take a back seat to more pressing concerns. For example, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said pushing China on human...

Mineral Overdose Killed Polo Horses: Officials

Selenium overdose likely claimed animals' lives

(Newser) - Florida officials say a mineral overdose is the probable cause of death for 21 Venezuelan-owned polo horses that fell ill as they prepared for a championship match earlier this month. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services said today the animals likely overdosed on selenium, a common mineral that...

Polo Horses' Owner Also Mysterious

(Newser) - Exactly what killed 21 polo horses in Florida is not known, but details of their enigmatic owner are emerging in spades. Victor Vargas has succeeded at the tricky proposition of banking in Hugo Chavez’s Venezuela, and tried the US market—with less-than-stellar results. In 1993, he had to settle...

Penn: Rush, Cheney 'Among Greatest Cowards' Ever
Penn: Rush, Cheney 'Among Greatest Cowards' Ever
opinion
Apr 21, 2009 10:14 PM CDT

Penn: Rush, Cheney 'Among Greatest Cowards' Ever

(Newser) - Sean Penn is a little agitated about all the abuse President Obama is taking for shaking hands with Hugo Chavez. It's nothing but the "posturing of our nation's most bitter and humanly impotent voices," he writes in the Huffington Post. Obama should have been tougher goes the refrain...

Fla. Launches Criminal Probe In Polo Horse Deaths

(Newser) - Florida has opened a criminal investigation into the deaths of 21 polo horses over the weekend in Palm Beach, USA Today reports, aiming to find out if negligence or foul play might have been behind the incident. “We would be looking at any and all possible leads,” said...

Obama Defends Handshake, Urges Cuba to Free Prisoners

Bolivian prez accuses US of assassination plot

(Newser) - President Obama defended his friendly chat with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and asked Cuba to free its political prisoners, the Wall Street Journal reports. At the close of the Summit of the America's today, Obama brushed off Republican criticism, saying that turning a new page with Venezuela and Cuba represents...

Chavez Reappoints Ambassador to US
Chavez Reappoints
Ambassador to US
Apr 19, 2009 4:30 AM CDT

Chavez Reappoints Ambassador to US

Venezuelan president looks to better relationship with Obama

(Newser) - Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has reappointed an ambassador to the US, reports the Wall Street Journal. Pending approval from Washington, the post will be the first exchange of diplomats between the two countries since Venezuela ejected its American ambassador last year in solidarity with Bolivia. The move is yet another...

Latin Leaders Praise Obama on Cuba, Press for More

(Newser) - Latin American and Caribbean leaders praised President Obama today for reaching out to Cuba and urged him to end America's trade embargo with the communist nation, Reuters reports. After Brazil, Venezuela, and Caribbean nations applauded Obama's call for a "new beginning with Cuba" at a summit in Port...

The World's Best Waterfalls
 The World's Best Waterfalls 
Apr 18, 2009 11:41 AM CDT

The World's Best Waterfalls

(Newser) - Waterfalls are a prime tourist destination, and for good reason. Travel + Leisure runs down a list of the “world’s most spectacular,” but check before you go. Visit in the wrong season and you’ll see just a trickle. And dams can turn off the spectacle in...

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