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Venezuelan Legislature Debates New Law to Nationalize Gasoline Distribution

The state oil company PDVSA would create a transport company to distribute gasoline.
Venezuela's National Assembly completed its first reading of a new law on Wednesday, which would put distribution of fuel back into the hands of the government, in an effort to reduce middleman profits, improve service and working conditions, and prevent smuggling of fuel across the border.

Venezuelan Government Accelerates Yukpa Land Demarcation but Tension Remains

Deisy González Romero, a Yukpa spokesperson, was sent to Caracas in place of Yukpa chiefs who are under death threats from elite landowners. (Avila TV)
Responding to President Chávez’s instructions last Sunday, Venezuelan government officials promised this week to accelerate the granting of land titles to Yukpa indigenous communities who have occupied private estates to demand their constitutional right to ancestral lands.

Venezuelan Government Denies Private Media Rumors Of Possible Media Crackdown

President Chavez taking apart the lies of the private media. (VTV)
Referring to recent claims that the Venezuelan government both wants to control the media and take over service stations, Venezuela’s President Chavez called the constant lies and distortions by the private media a “desperate campaign.”

Honduras Joins Venezuela in Bolivarian Alternative Trade Group ALBA

Monday, Honduras became the sixth member of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA), a regional trade group led by Venezuela and based on cooperation rather than free market principles.

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Debate on The Albert Einstein Institution and its Involvement in Venezuela, Pt. 2

The second and final installment of a debate about the Albert Einstein Institution's involvement in Venezuela, which has been accused by some of providing support to the opposition in developing non-violent protest strategies to destabilize the Chavez government.

Being a Good Sport in Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution

"Gold for the Sports Revolution"
Something you wouldn’t see at the Olympics: Teams of laughing and cheering teenagers and young adults throwing water-filled-condoms at each other, catching them in towels held by one person on each corner, as rain drenches the condom covered ground.

Boss's Campaign of Terror Against Venezuelan Unionists

The owner of Fundimeca, an air conditioning factory in Valencia, Carabobo, is waging an intense campaign of terror and intimidation against the factory’s work force, which is fighting to ensure that the company complies with Venezuela’s constitution and labour laws.

Should Obama, If Elected, Make a Clean Break With Bush's Latin America Policy?

The Bush administration's "divide and conquer," Cold War strategy in Latin America has only succeeded in further reducing Washington's standing in the region, which is now lower than it has ever been. Obama would have a chance to make a fresh start. But would he? So far there has been little indication that he would.

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