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Aug
5
2011
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In Case You Missed It… Articles Roundup Week of 8/5/11

In this week’s roundup… Venezuela’s National Assembly passes a controversial Sports Law which squeezes the private sector by imposing an additional tax on their gross revenues; Chávez prepares for a new round of chemotherapy; Canadian mining company Gold Reserve Inc. raises its claim against the Chávez government; inflations rises to 25%; up to 40% of Venezuela’s inmates could be freed; and the ties between Iran and Venezuela continue to grow.

Soccer-Venezuela courts controversy with sports law, Reuters

Venezuela is on collision course with world soccer governing body FIFA and the International Olympic Commission after its parliament approved a controversial sports law that threatens the autonomy of its sports federations.

Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez seeks aid from indigenous deities to help him survive cancer, The Washington Post via AP

President Hugo Chavez told a gathering of soldiers Thursday that he’s seeking divine support from the indigenous deities and spirits of Venezuela’s central plains to help him survive cancer.

Gold Reserves Inc raises claim against Venezuela, International Business Times

Canadian mining company Gold Reserve Inc said on Monday it has raised the amount it is claiming from Venezuela for seizing its two gold projects to $2.1 billion from $1.9 billion.

 

Venezuela’s annual inflation tops 25 percent, Bloomberg Businessweek via AP

Venezuelan officials say the country’s annual inflation rate has risen to 25.1 percent.

The Central Bank and the National Statistics Institute record a 2.7 percent rise in prices during July.

Report: Venezuela could release up to 40% of its prisoners, CNN

Venezuela’s new prisons minister believes that 40% of the country’s inmates do not belong behind bars, the El Nacional newspaper reported. The newspaper published an interview with Iris Varela on Sunday, in which she outlined her vision to fix the country’s overcrowded prison system

Venezuela Signs $1 Billion Deal with Iran to Build Houses, The Wall Street Journal

Venezuela signed a $1 billion deal with Iran to build 10,000 houses in the South American country, according to a statement on the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry’s website.

Source: Gaddafi wants Chávez to help sell oil, The Miami Herald

A Libyan delegation visited Venezuela over the weekend to seek help in selling Libyan oil on the international market, according to intelligence sources.

 
Jun
24
2011
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In Case You Missed It… Articles Roundup Week of 6/14/11

In this week’s roundup… President Hugo Chávez’s illness and absence from the limelight have sparked persistent rumors and speculation about his health and ability to lead; In Chávez’s absence, blackouts, the economy and violence at El Rodeo prison place the president’s actions under harsh scrutiny.

 

Chávez Illness Sparks Succession Talk, The Wall Street Journal

Venezuelan officials scrambled Thursday to reassure compatriots that President Hugo Chávez was not seriously ill after his brother said the president would remain in a Cuban hospital for up to 12 more days, making it likely that Mr. Chávez will be away from the country for nearly a month.

The absence has sparked furious speculation about the president’s health and led many in Venezuela to ask: What happens if the former army officer who has ruled Venezuela for 12 years is suddenly incapacitated or even dies?

 

Venezuela prison stand-off: Families’ anxiety grows, BBC Mundo

Relatives wait for news as some inmates are bussed out on Sunday and a stand-off continues in one part of El Rodeo jail Families are unsure when they will see their imprisoned relatives. On 12 June, a riot in one section of the jail, El Rodeo I, left some 20 people dead.

 

After surgery, Chavez faces troubles in Venezuela, AP

While President Hugo Chavez has been recovering from pelvic surgery in Cuba, his troubles at home in Venezuela have been accumulating.

Hugo Chávez silence fuels fears of power vacuum in Venezuela, Guardian

President has gone uncharacteristically quiet as he recovers from surgery in Cuba, prompting rumours over his health and warnings of instability.

Power shortages dim Chavez’s reelection hopes, Foreign Policy

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez faces the real possibility that he may lose the 2012 presidential election after more than a decade in office, in part because of his administration’s failure to ensure adequate power supplies.

Is Chavez on the electoral ropes?, The Economist via Star Tribune

Hugo Chavez is unwell. The normally voluble, hyperactive Venezuelan president is running his country from a hospital bed in Havana, after emergency surgery June 10 to deal with a “pelvic abscess” that interrupted the latest of his many visits to Cuba. What caused the abscess, or how severe it was, has not been revealed.