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Sunday, August 3, 2008 - 00:00
With Banco de Venezuela in government hands Mr Chavez controls almost a quarter of the banking system. Over the next year or two that proportion seems set to increase
Sunday, August 3, 2008 - 00:00
Chavez claims the U.S. Navy's Fourth Fleet poses a threat to Venezuela, and he's vowing to push forward with a multibillion-dollar arms buildup
Sunday, August 3, 2008 - 00:00
Suspected drug shipments from Venezuela to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, home to Haiti and the Dominican Republic, rose 44% in the beginning of this year
Sunday, August 3, 2008 - 00:00
Brazil is preparing to take action against the US over what it says are illegal subsidies and other trade barriers following the collapse of the Doha round of talks at the World Trade Organisation in Geneva last week
Sunday, August 3, 2008 - 00:00
Judging from the latest headlines, you might think that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's radical-leftist populism is gaining ground in Latin America, and that it will expand its influence in the region over the next few years. But...
Sunday, August 3, 2008 - 00:00
About her defeated plan to increase taxes on agricultural exports, she said she had no regrets.
Sunday, August 3, 2008 - 00:00
BUENOS AIRES — After months of political turmoil and a plummeting approval rating, Argentina’s leader, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, gave the first news conference of her eight-month presidency on Saturday.
Sunday, August 3, 2008 - 00:00
Bolivian President Evo Morales' approval rating rose to 59 percent in July, according to a poll published on Sunday, a margin that would see him survive a recall vote next week if voters poll accordingly.
Saturday, August 2, 2008 - 00:00
The central bank sought on Friday to calm fears of faltering banks a day after President Hugo Chavez unexpectedly announced the nationalization of a large Spanish-owned bank
Saturday, August 2, 2008 - 00:00
Uribe called the sentences "a joke" and said he plans to ask U.S. justice officials for a "severe minimum penalty."