UNITED STATES
Republican primaries
Hopefuls Romney and Gingrich worried about Venezuela and Cuba
UNITED STATES. With promises of more jobs and a marked rhetoric against Cuba's Fidel and Raúl Castro and Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, Republican challengers Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich returned on Friday to south Florida to fight for the Hispanic vote able to consolidate them as favorites for the presidential election next November.
ARBITRATIONS
World Bank receives official notice announcing Venezuela's exit from Icsid
Chávez's gov't accepted the Icsid as court in 2001
ARBITRATIONS. After several years of frequent threats, the Venezuelan government formally requested its withdrawal from the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States which set up the World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (Icsid).
HUMAN RIGHTS
Police agents during the events of April 11 wait for conditional release
HYDROCARBONS
Major maintenance shutdown in Paraguaná Refining Complex will start on January 30
Venezuela invests USD 149 million to upgrade Paraguaná's catalytic plant
HYDROCARBONS. About 2,800 workers will be hired to carry out the project and "at the peak, there will be 3,500 workers," informed Jesús Luongo, the general manager of the Paraguaná refining complex (CRP)
HYDROCARBONS
The price was hit by debt crisis in Europe
Venezuela's oil basket down to USD 107.58
WORLD AFFAIRS
Chávez rejects UK's charges of colonialism against Argentina
WORLD AFFAIRS. "England is accusing Argentina of colonialism, can you imagine?" wondered Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez on Thursday night during the memorial service of Carlos Escarrá, Venezuela s Solicitor General
ENERGY
New Minister of Electricity vows to increase power generation
ENERGY. "The scourge of energy waste is still present," warned new Minister of Electricity Héctor Navarro
FINANCE
Venezuelan debt instruments rally on expectations of political change
FINANCE. US dollar-denominated bonds trading abroad hit record highs
AGRICULTURE
China to support development of 1.5 million acres of farmable land
AGRICULTURE. Juan Carlos Loyo, the Minister of Agriculture and Lands, said that this is one of the most ambitious Venezuelan bilateral programs
HUMAN RIGHTS
Activists criticize changes in IACHR proposed by the OAS
News This Week
Thursday January 26, 2012
- Experts warn about high underemployment in Venezuela
- Venezuelan gov't drafts reform to investment protection law
- Former Venezuelan consul to Miami seeks asylum in the US
- Experts: More lawsuits to be filed against Venezuela in Icsid
- Fidel Castro stands in solidarity with Venezuelan Defense minister
- Obama: We can manage tensions with Venezuela
- Venezuela's socialist plan is based on central planning
- Opposition: 65,517 Venezuelans abroad are to vote in primaries
Wednesday January 25, 2012
- Businesses to expand production amidst higher gov't spending
- Venezuela officially withdraws from Icsid
- Venezuela's Solicitor General passes away
- Trade association thinks that Law on Fair Prices is risky for gov't
- Russian official: Venezuela has no plans to buy more weapons
- Venezuelans' growing economic dependence on the State
- CNE gets ready for all of the three polls this year
- Pdvsa says it invested USD 15.1 billion in 2011
- Former central bank manager: there will be no devaluation in 2012
- US offers help to reopen Venezuela's consulate in Miami
- Opposition presidential hopeful asks candidates to avoid damaging remarks
- Brazil, Venezuela sign agreements on security
Tuesday January 24, 2012
- Trade between China and Venezuela amounts to USD 18 billion in 2011
- Opposition leader Leopoldo López to pull out of election race
- Venezuelan NGO: Chávez has strengthened rent-seeking model
- López bows out of opposition presidential primaries
- Venezuela among the most entrepreneurship-oriented countries
- Venezuelan Attorney General asked to fulfill IACHR ruling
- Profits of Venezuelan banks up 91% in 2011
- Pdvsa's financial network is coordinated by BCV and gov't agencies
- Pablo Pérez: I will get where people want me to get
Monday January 23, 2012
- HRW: Global community should oversee Venezuela's election campaign
- Pdvsa signs USD 3.2 billion loans with China and Japan
- Venezuela's declining oil production mirrors low investment
- Venezuela's opposition alliance discloses government platform
- US Supreme Court dismisses Venezuela's appeal in Bandagro case
- Chávez: Venezuelan Defense Minister "is accused by gangsters"
- MUD spokesman: Rest assured, for there will be government in Venezuela
- Human Rights Watch calls for judicial independence in Venezuela
Saturday January 21, 2012
Primaries 2012
- Opposition: 65,517 Venezuelans abroad are to vote in primaries
- Opposition presidential hopeful asks candidates to avoid damaging remarks
- Leopoldo López bows out of opposition presidential primaries
- Pablo Pérez: I will get where people want me to get
- MUD: Rest assured, for there will be government in Venezuela
- Venezuela's opposition alliance discloses government platform
Oil and Energy
HYDROCARBONS Rafael Ramírez, Venezuela's Minister of Petroleum and Mining, visited Tuesday the Orinoco Oil Belt and said that oil production in that area is expected to increase from 1.18 million bpd to 1.63 million.
Multimedia
Highlights
- Venezuela among the most entrepreneurship-oriented countries
- Michael Rowan / Becoming Cuba
- Excerpts of column "Runrunes" released on January 24
- US Supreme Court dismisses Venezuela's appeal in Bandagro case
- "Prophets did not remain silent and neither shall we"
- "The Skyscraper Slums of Caracas" by Peter Wilson
Dossier
Where has the money gone?
Venezuelan Vice-President Elías Jaua and Minister of Energy and Petroleum Rafael Ramírez are still expected to pay a visit to the National Assembly in order to explain how this credit rig works and render accounts on what they have invested its vast resource.
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