DIPLOMACY

FM announced

Samuel Moncada is the new Venezuelan ambassador to the UN

The new ambassador to the Holy See (Vatican) will be Germán Mundaraín, while professor and historian Samuel Moncada is the new Venezuelan representative at the New York UN headquarters, replacing Jorge Valero, who will be the country's representative before the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva

OPPOSITION

Capriles: Corrupt governments always implode

Henrique Capriles said that Venezuela "has it all," but it is vital to resolve the moral crisis. "Things will not change by themselves. Let us understand that things will change only if you want them to change," he said

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  . Mario Silva off the air for "health reasons"
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  . Congress Speaker terms "party" the tape introduced by Venezuelan opposition

ECONOMY

Venezuelan gov't vows to adjust prices regularly

Officials established 11 technical boards to review the problems (...)

Minister of Agriculture Yván Gil said that authorities are mulling over additional agricultural subsidies

Business as usual is bound to US acceptance of Venezuelan President

Roy Daza hopes that the US government will reward the appointment of (...)

According to Gerbasi, Venezuela is rather interested in reinstating ambassadors

OIL & GAS

Pdvsa drills 2.74 million bpd at March

Venezuela will keep on importing byproducts (File photo)

Production at the Orinoco Oil Belt is over 1.2 million barrels per day

OPINION

Excerpts of column "Runrunes" (Rumors) of Tuesday, May 21

Fidel Castro's son, Antonio Castro, 44, plays a key role in foreign investments

UNITED STATES

Washington denounces anti-Semitism in Venezuela

A report cited "numerous" anti-Semitic statements by the government-controlled media in relation to opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles, a Catholic with Jewish ancestors, in a campaign of "defamation" ahead of the presidential vote of October 2012

WESTERN HEMISPHERE

Venezuela wants to reinstate ambassadors with the US

The Venezuelan Foreign Minister expects that US sectors understand (...)

According to FM Jaua, "violence is the scene of the Empire"

ELECTION 2013

Venezuela's Maduro wins by 562,010 in 5,729 contested polling stations

A total of 361,000 votes for Maduro are in the polling stations put into question on claims of usurpation

ECONOMY

Socialism trapped at this moment in time

The government tries to embrace socialism through a depleted model (...)

Venezuelan government resorts again to the private sector to solve the issue of scarcity

OPPOSITION

Capriles: Corrupt governments always implode

Henrique Capriles said that Venezuela "has it all," but it is vital to resolve the moral crisis. "Things will not change by themselves. Let us understand that things will change only if you want them to change," he said

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  . Mario Silva off the air for "health reasons"
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  . Congress Speaker terms "party" the tape introduced by Venezuelan opposition

PARLIAMENT

In reply to Silva's tape

Congress Speaker: I have sailed in thunderstorms for over 14 years

Pro-government Congressman Diosdado Cabello, the Speaker of the Venezuelan Congress, thanked Venezuelans for their support. "The opposition hopes for the divide of Chavistas. Then, long live the revolution, we are now more united than ever," he wrote on his Twitter account

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  . Mario Silva off the air for "health reasons"
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  . Congress Speaker terms "party" the tape introduced by Venezuelan opposition

MILITARY

Venezuelan army commander downplays "breaking point"

"Today more than ever the Venezuelan people must rest assured, as there is no breaking point in the army"

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  . Venezuelan opposition leader plans to disclose "serious facts"
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  . Venezuelan dissent unveils tape charging Congress Speaker with conspiracy

ECONOMY

Venezuelan gov't vows to adjust prices regularly

Officials established 11 technical boards to review the problems (...)

Minister of Agriculture Yván Gil said that authorities are mulling over additional agricultural subsidies

GOVERNMENT

Congress Speaker terms "party" the tape introduced by Venezuelan opposition

“Chavezism exists in the political, social and religious fields” (...)

Diosdado Cabello, the Speaker of Venezuelan National Assembly (AN), said that he has had innumerable hours of meetings to tackle the domestic state of affairs

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  . Venezuelan opposition leader plans to disclose "serious facts"
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  . Venezuelan dissent unveils tape charging Congress Speaker with conspiracy

Business as usual is bound to US acceptance of Venezuelan President

Roy Daza hopes that the US government will reward the appointment of (...)

According to Gerbasi, Venezuela is rather interested in reinstating ambassadors

OIL & GAS

Pdvsa drills 2.74 million bpd at March

Venezuela will keep on importing byproducts (File photo)

Production at the Orinoco Oil Belt is over 1.2 million barrels per day

RULING PARTY

Mario Silva off the air for "health reasons"

The host of TV show La Hojilla (The razor) said he was open to any (...)

He warned that an audio tape unveiled by opposition legislators could have been a montage composed of sound bites taken from his nine-year-old TV show La Hojilla (The razor), broadcast on state-run TV channel Venezolana de Televisión. The host bid farewell to his audience and said he would be off the air indefinitely for health reasons

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  . Venezuelan dissent unveils tape charging Congress Speaker with conspiracy
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  . Chávez's supporter claims that tape unveiled by dissenters is a set-up

OPINION

Excerpts of column "Runrunes" (Rumors) of Tuesday, May 21

Fidel Castro's son, Antonio Castro, 44, plays a key role in foreign investments

MASS MEDIA

TV tycoons and Venezuelan President Maduro discuss changes

Gustavo Cisneros, the CEO of Cisneros Organization, and senior (...)

Private TV channels Venevisión and Televen urged to work on programming for peace in Venezuela

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  . Maduro announces meeting with new owners of Globovisión