Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro proposed that Latin American countries create a food bank to counter food supply problems and that oil profits of the region go towards a new food fund. Maduro made the proposal during the Food summit held in Nicaragua on Wednesday.
Venezuela will not recognize the results of an autonomy referendum,
marred by fraud, abstention, and violence in Bolivia’s richest state,
Santa Cruz on Sunday, Venezuelan representative to the Organisation of
American States (OAS), Jorge Valero assured Sunday night.
The Venezuelan government reaffirmed its support for the territorial
integrity of Bolivia and the government of Evo Morales in the face of
moves by rightwing oppositionists in the state of Santa Cruz, to hold
an unconstitutional referendum on autonomy this Sunday, May 4.
Venezuela’s Ambassador to the U.S., Bernardo Alvarez Herrera, told CNN yesterday that the just released U.S. State Department report on terrorism is "mostly motivated by political disagreements" with Venezuela.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met with New Mexico Governor Bill
Richardson to discuss a proposal for the release of three U.S. citizens
held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), at
Miraflores President Palace on Saturday.
The libertarian, U.S.-based Cato Institute awarded the $500,000 Milton
Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty to Venezuelan opposition student
leader Yon Goicoechea for his leadership in recent student protests. Critics say the award is a new source of opposition funding.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez convened an extraordinary meeting of
member nations of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) in
Caracas early Wednesday morning to discuss the world food crisis and
the political crisis in eastern Bolivia.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez congratulated Paraguay's
President-elect, the progressive former bishop, Fernando Lugo, on his
historic victory on Sunday night. Chavez also denied accusations of Venezuelan interference in the election, calling these expressions of fear.
A South American defense council to mediate regional conflicts and
defend South America from foreign intervention could be concretized
this year, the Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim said after
meeting with President Hugo Chávez in Caracas Monday.
There is no evidence linking Venezuela to
terrorist groups, the head of the Organization of American States told
US lawmakers looking into last month's Colombia-Ecuador border crisis.
Venezuela’s Foreign Minister, Nicolás Maduro, denied the authenticity
of documents that the Colombian government claims were found in a
computer that belonged to Raúl Reyes, the second in command of the
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Venezuelan President
Hugo Chávez signed eight bilateral cooperation accords in the areas of
energy, education, and agriculture Wednesday, including a preliminary
agreement for the new José Inacio Abreu e Lima oil refinery.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez classified Colombia's Defense Minister
Juan Manuel Santos, as a "spokesperson for war" and accused him of
renewing tensions after he made comments justifying Colombia's illegal
March 1 military raid on rebel camp in Ecuador which triggered a
regional crisis.
Venezuela
slammed the U.S. government's "double standard" on combating terrorism
during a UN Security Council meeting on Wednesday, for its failure to
prosecute former CIA operative and international terrorist, Luis Posada
Carriles. The criticism comes amidst U.S. President George W. Bush's
renewed accusations that Venezuela has ties to Colombian rebels.
The
U.S. government is "the terrorist government par excellence,"
Venezuela's representative in the Organisation of American States (OAS), Jorge Valero said in response to Washington's threats to list
Venezuela as a "terrorist" nation for supposedly funding the FARC.
