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CARACAS, Friday May 24, 2013 | Update
 

OPPOSITION

López: Attorney General should target mafias feeding on the country's blood

(File photo)

OPPOSITION. In response to the subpoena served by the Attorney General Office on Friday, former Chacao municipality mayor Leopoldo López lamented on Twitter the decision of Attorney General Luisa Ortega Díaz to press charges against him for embezzlement during his administration.

MARIO SILVA'S RECORDING

Transcript of Mario Silva's recording

MARIO SILVA'S RECORDING. MARIO SILVA: ...And they are likely to cause another devaluation; they are thinking it over. They are thinking it over. I mean: those who have been dealing with the issue of the dollar... Do you remember that in a prior briefing I said that Diosdado's [Cabello, the Venezuelan Congress Speaker] funding sources should be chopped off? Do you remember? I even told you that one of his funding sources, two of his most important funding sources were Cadivi [Foreign Exchange Administration Board] and Seniat [Integrated National Customs and Tax Administration Service].

04:22 PM
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OIL & GAS

Schlumberger to lend Pdvsa USD 1 billion

Venezuelan Minister of Petroleum and Schlumberger's CEO Paal Kibsgaard are paying a visit to the facilities of joint venture Petromonagas, Carabobo division, in the Orinoco Oil Belt

03:29 PM
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ELECTION 2013

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The decision was published on Tuesday

Venezuelan top court refuses first election contest

The Trial Court of the Electoral Chamber did not admit the legal action filed by Attorney Oscar Arnal as it failed to meet the formal requirements set forth in the legislation of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice

03:10 PM
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ELECTION 2013

NGO calls for prompt response to actions challenging vote results

The action seeking partial nullification of the April 14 presidential (...)
NGO Súmate asserted that, under the law, the Supreme Tribunal of Justice shall issue a ruling in seven-day term
02:47 PM
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ELECTION 2013

Electoral body puts off talk on fingerprints, audit, and Maduro

The report on non-duplicity of fingerprints could be available by (...)
Experts claim there is no way to breach the secrecy of the vote
02:09 PM
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ECONOMY

Venezuelan gov't ready to support exports to Mercosur countries

Authorities seek alternative income to oil revenues (File photo)
The former vice-minister of commerce stated that entrepreneurs' concerns include the shortage of raw material
12:50 PM
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HYDROCARBONS

Venezuelan oil basket ends at USD 100.62

Last week, the oil basket ended at USD 100.35 per barrel (File photo)
The price has remained above the USD 100-floor for two straight weeks
11:31 AM
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IMPORTS

Venezuela to bring imports back to level of 2009

The Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) plans to import USD 36-42 billion (...)
Imports stood at USD 41.9 billion four years ago
11:08 AM
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GOVERNMENT

Venezuelan president arrives in Ecuador to attend Correa's inauguration

He is "a great Latin American leader, born in the heat of the struggles that were also championed by the commander of the Bolivarian Revolution, Hugo Chávez," the Venezuelan president said

10:30 AM
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RESERVES

Venezuela's liquid reserves down to USD 2.2 billion

Assets in monetary gold account for USD 19.1 billion

08:44 AM
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The Hard Fall

On almost every scorecard, from poverty to corruption to dictatorship to security, Venezuela is now bundled with the world's basket cases and failed states

10:30 AM
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RESERVES

Venezuela's liquid reserves down to USD 2.2 billion

Based on the Central Bank of Venezuela's monthly balance, the country's international liquid reserves declined to USD 2.2 billion at the end of April.

08:44 AM
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The Hard Fall

It is said, the bigger you are the harder you fall. Thus it was with Venezuela. In the 1960s, Venezuela was really big -richer than Singapore, South Korea, Spain, and every country in the Americas, save the US and Canada. No nation in Latin America had progressed like marvelous Venezuela, the region's first democracy. It was heralded as the first Latin (...)

04:22 PM
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OIL & GAS

Schlumberger to lend Pdvsa USD 1 billion

Venezuelan Minister of Petroleum and Schlumberger's CEO Paal Kibsgaard are paying a visit to the facilities of joint venture Petromonagas, Carabobo division, in the Orinoco Oil Belt

03:46 PM
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JUDICIARY

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To be charged with embezzlement

Attorney General's Office subpoenas opposition former mayor

Ex Mayor and opposition leader Leopoldo López (File photo)
Venezuelan former Mayor Leopoldo López is to appear at State Court 57 next May 30, Attorney General Luisa Ortega Díaz twitted
03:29 PM
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ELECTION 2013

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The decision was published on Tuesday

Venezuelan top court refuses first election contest

The Trial Court of the Electoral Chamber did not admit the legal action filed by Attorney Oscar Arnal as it failed to meet the formal requirements set forth in the legislation of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice

03:10 PM
 | 

ELECTION 2013

NGO calls for prompt response to actions challenging vote results

The action seeking partial nullification of the April 14 presidential (...)
NGO Súmate asserted that, under the law, the Supreme Tribunal of Justice shall issue a ruling in seven-day term
02:47 PM
 | 

ELECTION 2013

Electoral body puts off talk on fingerprints, audit, and Maduro

The report on non-duplicity of fingerprints could be available by (...)
Experts claim there is no way to breach the secrecy of the vote
02:09 PM
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ECONOMY

Venezuelan gov't ready to support exports to Mercosur countries

Authorities seek alternative income to oil revenues (File photo)
The former vice-minister of commerce stated that entrepreneurs' concerns include the shortage of raw material
12:50 PM
 | 

HYDROCARBONS

Venezuelan oil basket ends at USD 100.62

Last week, the oil basket ended at USD 100.35 per barrel (File photo)
The price has remained above the USD 100-floor for two straight weeks
11:31 AM
 | 

IMPORTS

Venezuela to bring imports back to level of 2009

The Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) plans to import USD 36-42 billion (...)
Imports stood at USD 41.9 billion four years ago
11:08 AM
 | 

GOVERNMENT

Venezuelan president arrives in Ecuador to attend Correa's inauguration

He is "a great Latin American leader, born in the heat of the struggles that were also championed by the commander of the Bolivarian Revolution, Hugo Chávez," the Venezuelan president said

10:30 AM
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RESERVES

Venezuela's liquid reserves down to USD 2.2 billion

Assets in monetary gold account for USD 19.1 billion

 

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