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Chavez's opponents gear up for Venezuela voteCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Outmatched time and again at the polls by President Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's opposition leaders are trying a new strategy to unseat the populist leader this ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 21:23
Argentine president Cristina Kirchner hosting Falklands ceremony
Argentine President Cristina Kirchner invited Falklands War veterans and opposition leaders to a ceremony on Tuesday amid renewed tensions with London ahead of the 30-year anniversary of a conflict ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 21:18
Petro Vista Finalizes Stake in Colombia Block
Petro Vista Energy Corp. announced that its wholly-owned Barbados subsidiary, Petro Vista Energy Colombia (Barbados) Corp. ("PTV Barbados"), has completed the sale (the ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 21:11
Venezuela To Achieve Goal of 20 Million Voters this Year
Caracas, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela is on track to reach 20 million voters this year with a view to the coming elections of October 7, said on Tuesday Sandra Oblitas, vice president of the ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 21:09
Civic Strike in Abandoned Nariño Region
Bogota, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Citizens of the Colombian department of Nariño started a civic strike on Tuesday to bring the government's attention to the violence and neglect prevailing ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 21:09
President Highlights Technological Research Level
Brasilia, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff said on Tuesday that the initiatives implemented in research on oil and gas are transforming Brazil into one of the most important ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 21:09
Brazil WCup workers threaten nationwide strike
SAO PAULO (AP) -Workers building and renovating Brazil's stadiums for the 2014 World Cup are threatening to go on strike if employers don't agree to their demands for unified salaries and ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 21:04
Argentina naming league in honor of sunken warship
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - As tension rises over the 30th anniversary of the deadly war between Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands, the Argentine government has decided to name the ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 21:04
Ecuador court fines journalists $1 million each
Presidents Hugo Chávez of Venezuela and Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua make no secret of their contempt for independent media in their own countries. But their equally thin-skinned counterpart ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 21:03
Mayor, police chief shot and wounded in Venezuela
Assailants in pickup trucks fired homemade mortars at a police station in this western town Thursday, killing at least six people and wounding more than 20, the regional police chief ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 21:03
Coca growers whip police officers in Bolivia
Many growers admit that at least 75 percent of their workers are in the U.S. illegally, but are doing jobs American citizens don’t want to ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 21:03
Drug gang banners in Mexico ahead of Pope visit
MEXICO CITY -- Officials say a drug gang has unfurled banners in a central Mexican city that Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled to visit next month.The officials refused to confirm what the banners ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 21:03
Partial collapse of building kills 1 in Brazil
Rescue workers feverishly dug through the wreckage of three downtown buildings Friday, hunting for survivors of a collapse that killed at least 12 people and left 17 more missing, police and ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 21:03
Deaths of 11 newborns investigated in Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan health authorities are investigating the deaths of 11 newborns within four days at a single public hospital.Regional health officer Angel Melchor says the babies ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 21:02
Lebanese security officials seize ‘regime change’ cargo from US, Brazil
Lebanon's security officials say a suspicious cargo containing huge amounts of US dollars, guns, special passports and credit cards have been seized upon arrival in the Lebanese capital, ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 20:55
Peru - Journalist harassed by police after publishing interview with subversive leader
Espaol (IPYS/IFEX) - On 3 February 2012, journalist Carlos Infante, editor of the magazine "Con Sentido" in Ayacucho, reported to IPYS that he has been the victim of police harassment ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 20:54
Argentina names top football league after ship sunk in Falklands war
Nobody ever thought the General Belgrano would give Argentinians reason to cheer but that's because nobody, until now, thought to name the nation's football league after the sunken ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 20:53
Brazil privatizes 3 airports ahead of World Cup
SAO PAULO--The Brazilian government privatized operations at three of the nation's main airports on Monday, awarding US$14 billion in contracts to three consortiums that will expand and run ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 20:36
Brazil equities aim to break winning streak
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Equities in Brazil edged lower Tuesday, with the market's benchmark index looking set to mark their first decline in six sessions. Traders remained focused on ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 19:51
Argentina's president to raise stakes in address to nation
The Argentinian president, Cristina Fernndez de Kirchner, has summoned the country's political elite and veterans of the 1982 Falklands war to the presidential palace for what is expected to be ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 19:48
Brazil Goes After Twitter Users Over Speed Trap Warnings
Brazil's attorney general has filed an injunction to suspend the Twitter accounts of users who tweet out warnings about the timing and location of speed traps and traffic checkpoints. If the ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 19:46
Only the Falklands can determine its political future “not London, not Buenos Aires”
"We are well aware that Chile has a different position to us regarding the Falklands and this we understand, but it must be the Islanders who determine their political future, not London, not ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 19:27
Hundreds Of Paraguay Teachers Unite Against Abortion
(http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=24240)ASUNCIN, PARAGUAY, February 6 (CNA) .- More than 500 teachers participating in the Catholic Teachers Congress in Paraguay rejected abortion and ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 19:05
Vatican official promises aid for poor in Peru
Cardinal Robert Sarah, the head of the Vatican charity Cor Unum, promised to aid relief efforts by the Archdiocese of Lima in Manchay, one of the poorest suburbs of the Peruvian capital."I have ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 19:03
Brazil announces withdrawal of 300 peacekeepers from Haiti
SANTO DOMINGO, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said Wednesday in Port-au-Prince that her country will withdraw 300 peacekeepers from Haiti. Rousseff said the Brazilian troops ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 18:52
Brazil, Cuba vow to enhance bilateral ties
HAVANA, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff ended her first official visit to Cuba Wednesday with Brasilia and Havana issuing a joint declaration to enhance bilateral ties. The ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 18:52
5 killed in motorbike explosion in Colombia
BOGOTA, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- At least five people were killed and as many as 20 people were injured in Colombia on Wednesday after an explosive device attached to a motorbike exploded near the police ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 18:52
Top Obama Donors Tied to Mexican Fugitive Seeking Pardon
President Obama raised more than $200,000 from family members of a fugitive Mexican casino magnate who fled the United States to avoid a slew of criminal charges, including drug trafficking and ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 16:09
Standoff between striking police, soldiers
International News: SAO PAULO, Soldiers clashed with supporters of striking police in Brazil's third-largest city on Monday, firing tear gas and rubber bullets at the feet of people trying to ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 15:49
Standoff between striking police, soldiers
International News: SAO PAULO, Soldiers clashed with supporters of striking police in Brazil's third-largest city on Monday, firing tear gas and rubber bullets at the feet of people trying to ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 15:49
owners back Chile battle
Anglo American's shareholders are ';very supportive'; of the company in its legal battle against copper producing giant Codelco in Chile over its assets in the country's south, ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 15:47
Acting as the Typhoid Mary of the Global Economy, the OECD Urges Higher Taxes in Latin America
press release entitled, ';Rising tax revenues: a key to economic development in Latin American countries.'; Not even Keynesians, after all, think higher taxes are a recipe for growth. ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 15:41
Brazil maintain perfect record, Argentina qualify
Brazil underlined their regional hegemony by cruising to another South American U-20 Women’s Championship at the weekend. Winners of all five editions of the tournament to ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 15:40
Colombia travel agency opens gay tourism office
Bogota office specialized in tourism for the catholic country's gay community. According to Aviatur, the holiday packages offered by the agency will not differ greatly from other holiday ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 15:32
Colombian chicken lays giant egg
A Colombian farmer is hoping to make it into the record books after one of his chickens laid a giant egg. The egg, which at 8.6oz is about four times the average size, was laid by a hearty hen ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 15:32
Drug gang leaders seeks negotiations with US
Juan Manuel Santos to be seeking reduced sentences for cooperating, following their indictment by a New York court on drug trafficking offences in June 2011. Santos said, "The pressure which ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 15:31
2 Women Arrested for Drugging Robbery Victims
The director of Bolivia’s special crimes police (FELCC), coronal Roberto Campos, announced yesterday that two women known as "pildoritas." The two used pills of the drug Diazepn ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 15:28
Windsor store owner fled Haiti for new life
WINDSOR, Ont. -- A mother and son who fled violence in Haiti are hopeful their children's clothing store on Ottawa Street will be part of their long-term future in Windsor.Business is slow and ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 15:13
Latin America's growing taste for whisky
More Latin Americans are making whisky their drink of choice. (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) With Latin American markets becoming more stable, consumers south of the border are raising a dram. ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 15:04
Populis Blog Network Buying In To Latin America
Das Marias . Formerly known as GoAdv, Populis operates the Nanopublishing and Blogosfere blog networks, has built up through acquiring Italy's Blogo.it network from Dada, Germany's Mokono ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 15:04
Frutarom buys Brazil's Mylner for $15.7m
FRUTF ) has acquired Brazil's Mylner Indústria e Comercio Ltda. For 27.1 million reals ($15.7 million). Mylnar, founded in 1974, develops and produces sweet flavors for beverages and ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 15:04
Economic transformation in Latin America an opportunity to improve NTD strategies, DNDi regional director says
"The rise of emerging economies in Latin America is an opportunity to improve strategies for fighting neglected illnesses and increase the region's contribution to the global struggle ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 15:04
Facebooks New Campus Causes Concern for East Palo Alto
EAST PALO ALTO, Calif. -- A baby blue billboard displaying a giant thumbs up hand, the iconic Facebook "Like" symbol, stands on the corner of Willow Road and the 84 freeway, facing Menlo ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 15:03
Physician Founds Think Tank to Innovate Healthcare for Poor
Physician Rishi Manchanda’s epiphany – to develop a new think tank aimed at improving health care for the poor - came last summer as he was treating a patient complaining of severe ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 15:03
Civil Rights Groups Call on Alabama Automakers to Oppose HB 56
Civil rights groups are turning to a new potential ally in the fight against Alabama’s harsh immigration law: the state’s top automakers. A coalition of six of the nation’s leading ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 15:03
East LA Cityhood in Limbo
unincorporated East Los Angeles were left in limbo Wednesday, when the Los Angeles Local Agency Formation Commission (LA LAFCO) voted in favor of closing public participation and tabling the matter ...
venezuelastar.com | 07-Feb-2012 15:03