Venezuelan government officials said that US-Venezuela relations won't be affected by the negative statements made by US Assistant Secretary of State for Latin America, Otto Reich, about Venezuela.
Forms containing more than 644.000 signatures gathered by the opposition were never returned to be tallied and should be rejected, according to a pro-Chavez Anti-Fraud commission.
Venezuelan civil organizations know as Bolivarian Circles celebrated their 2nd anniversary with their first Ideological Congress after months of regional conferences throughout the country.
Fugitive former Federation of Chambers of Industry & Commerce president argues suffering political persecution in Venezuela after his actions caused a historic 27% drop in Venezuela's GDP.
The opposition delivered 3.4 million signatures to the national electoral council today, which it says is enough to activate the recall referendum against President Chavez. Chavez supporters say that many of the signatures are suspected to be fraudulent.
Venezuela Signs Andean Community-Mercosur Agreement, which will integrate Latin America more and will strengthen Latin America's weight in negotiations with EU and US.
CITGO corporation, a subsidiary of Venezuela´s state oil company PDVSA, said through a press release that President Chavez has not ordered CITGO to hand over any of its planes to President Castro.
After several delays, the opposition decided to submit the signatures on Friday, December 19. The CNE announced that opposition fears of new signature verification rules are unfounded.
General Acosta Carles says that over 40 Colombian Guerrillas have been detained in the past year. The announcement contradicts accusations of the opposition that Venezuela is secretly supporting the Colombian guerilla movements.
A telephone conversation between a former Attorney General and his son, both opposition figures, reveals that the NGO "Sumate" admitted to collecting only 1.9 million signatures in signature drive against President Chavez.
