Venezuela Considering Using Panama Pipeline
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Venezuela plans talks with Panama next week on a proposal to pump oil through a Panamanian pipeline to the Pacific in order to cut shipping costs to China, the Venezuelan foreign minister said Wednesday.
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President Hugo Chavez&#039;s plans to build the first Kalashnikov factory in South America are stirring fears Venezuela could start arming his leftist allies in the hemisphere with Russian assault rifles.
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A referendum is under way in Venezuela to decide if President Hugo Chavez should remain in office.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatens to cut off his country's oil shipments to the United States if a court ruling goes forward ordering Venezuelan assets be frozen in a case brought by Exxon Mobil.
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CARACAS - Colombian drug kingpins in league with corrupt Venezuelan military officers are increasingly using this country as a way station for smuggling cocaine to the United States and Europe, counternarcotics officials said. Up to 220 tons of cocaine, a third of what Colombia produces, now pass through Venezuela each year. Officials said the Bush administration's poor relations with Venezuela ...
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has agreed with London Mayor Ken Livingstone to send cheap oil to London in exchange for the capital's expertise in a range of public services, The Guardian has reported.
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CARACAS, Venezuela President Hugo ChÃÂ¡vez of Venezuela has long pledged to buck Washington-backed economic policies in Latin America. Now, two months after winning reelection and consolidating his hold on the country with new powers to rule by decree, he is strengthening economic ties in the region...
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Venezuela minimized the compensation it owes Exxon Mobil Corp for an oil project on Thursday, the latest volley in hard-ball negotiations that have prompted a threat to stop sending America oil.
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It could be Miami or New York, Sydney, Toronto, Madrid or even Kuwait. Almost any destination is acceptable to a growing number of Venezuelans who want to emigrate because they see little future for themselves ...
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Exxon Mobil has obtained a court order freezing up to $12 billion of Venezuela's state-owned oil company's worldwide assets after the government of President Hugo Chavez forced the company out of two joint ventures last year, a company spokeswoman said Thursday.
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By Patrick Markey CARACAS, Venezuela  - The U.S. government mustrespect Venezuela's sovereignty and stop meddling if it wantsto improve ties with its fourth-largest oil supplier, ForeignMinister Ali Rodriguez said on Wednesday.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Friday he planned to hold talks with Colombia's FARC guerrillas in Venezuela in an attempt to break a stalemate on freeing kidnap victims held for years by the Marxist rebels.
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OTTAWA  - A senior U.S. official on Tuesday took adim view of the possibility that Venezuela would buy RussianMiG-29 fighter jets to replace its U.S.-made F-16 jets.
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By Saul Hudson SAO PAULO, Brazil  - The United States said onMonday it will seek better ties with oil-rich Venezuela in theclearest sign since President Hugo Chavez won a recallreferendum in August that Washington is looking forreconciliation with the firebrand populist.
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The Venezuelan leader wants to export more oil to China
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela is looking to buy  arms to strengthen its military capability and Russian MiG-29  fighters are among the options being evaluated, a senior  officer said on Monday.
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BEIJING - President Hugo ChÃ¡vez, seeking to reduce Venezuela&#39;s dependence on selling oil to the United States, said Friday his country will give China greater access to its oil and natural gas resources.