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47 min ago | NatureNews

A network to track Caribbean hazards

Some US geophysicists are going where few of their compatriots have gone before: to Cuba, Venezuela and other countries that are notoriously anti-American. But these countries are also notoriously plagued by natural disasters such as earthquakes, and so engineers are blanketing the Caribbean with a network of sensors to detect the crustal strains ... (more)

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Related Topix: Boulder, CO, Geology, Science, World News, Venezuela,

4 hrs ago | The Daily Beast

2Drying UpWhere's the toilet paper in Venezuela?

VENEZUELANS KNOW about adversity. Throughout Hugo ChA vez's erratic 14-year rule, blackouts were as common-and seemingly as endless-as El Comandante's harangues.

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Related Topix: Venezuela, World News

Mon May 20, 2013

The Charlotte Observer

Venezuela opposition: Audio suggests Cuba meddling

Opposition lawmaker Ismael Garcia, center, speaks during a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, May 20, 2013.

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Related Topix: Venezuela, World News, Hugo Chavez

HawaiiNews

Venezuela's military enters high-crime slums Stern-looking soldiers...

Stern-looking soldiers clutching assault rifles wave down the beat-up Chevy Caprice entering this sprawling slum on the outskirts of Caracas.

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Related Topix: World News, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Riot

DFW Catholic

Venezuelan Church to launch year-long campaign against abortion

Caracas, Venezuela, May 20, 2013 / 12:09 pm .- A Venezuelan bishop said his country's 13th annual pro-life campaign will extend for the whole year, aiming to defend life and reject abortion "as the killing of a weak and defenseless human being." In a statement sent to CNA, Bishop Rafael Conde Alfonzo recalled that for several years the Week for ... (more)

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Related Topix: Abortion, Venezuela, World News, Hugo Chavez

Sun May 19, 2013

Buenos Aires Herald

Dissident retired general released in Caracas

Venezuelan authorities have released a dissent ex-general who was jailed on charges of inciting unrest after the country's disputed presidential election.

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Related Topix: South America, Venezuela, World News,

Jerusalem Post

Venezuela says taking steps to restore US diplomatic ties

Venezuela's recent designation of an acting head of its diplomatic mission in the United States shows the OPEC nation's desire to restore full diplomatic relations, the foreign minister said in an interview broadcast on Sunday.

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Related Topix: World News, OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries), Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Elias Jaua, Israel, Middle East

Christian Science Monitor

How a toilet paper shortage may temper Chavismo in Venezuela

People wait in line as they buy toilet paper in a super market in Caracas May 17.

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Related Topix: South America, Venezuela, World News,

Sat May 18, 2013

Indy Media

August 2013 Delegation to Venezuela: The Revolution Continues

While the mainstream media speculates about the future of the Bolivarian Revolution since the passing of Hugo Chavez, for the Venezuelan people, there is no question.

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Related Topix: South America, World News, Venezuela, Travel, Venezuela Travel, Hugo Chavez, Agriculture, Science,

Online Scene

Inside Caracas: The Story of a Political Prisoner

In my previous article about Chavez following his death in March, I used a personal example as evidence for the evils of his regime.

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Related Topix: World News, Venezuela, Opinion

Inter Press Service

Film on Sexual Abuse Wins at Colombia-Venezuela Festival

Twelve feature-length and 10 short films were screened at the May 13-16 festival, held in the border cities of CAocuta in northeastern Colombia and San CristA3bal in western Venezuela.

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Related Topix: South America, Colombia, World News, Venezuela

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Venezuelan opposition leader sued in Colombia

Source: Colombia Reports Venezuelan opposition leader sued in Colombia posted by Adriaan Alsema May 16, 2013 Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles and Colombian former President Alvaro Uribe have been sued for trying to disrupt exports to Venezuela and destabilize their governments.

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Related Topix: South America, World News, Colombia, Alvaro Uribe, Venezuela, US News, Liberal Political News

Counterpunch

Venezuela's Popular Militias and the Revolution

Film historian Ed Rampell details Hollywood's entangled relationship with the CIA and the Pentagon; HOUSES OF THE DEAD: Nancy Kurshan exposes the cruel human rights offenses taking place inside America's vast gulag of Control Unit Prisons; BROTHERHOOD OF SUMMER: David Macaray charts the history of the most powerful union in the US: the Baseball ... (more)

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Related Topix: World News, Venezuela,

Fri May 17, 2013

Bloomberg

89-Year-Old's Toilet Paper Hunt Shows Venezuela Shortages Deepen

Encarnacion Rivas, an 89-year-old Venezuelan retiree, had to traipse around a half-dozen stores in Caracas on her search for toilet paper as dollar shortages in South America 's biggest oil producer reduce supplies of imported goods.

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Related Topix: Travel, Venezuela Travel, World News, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez

Press & Sun-Bulletin

Roiled over rolls: No toilet paper has Venezuelans fuming

A customer leaves a private supermarket with her purchases, including toilet paper, in Caracas, Venezuela, on May 15.

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Related Topix: World News, Venezuela, South America, Alvaro Uribe, Colombia, Hugo Chavez

The Miami Herald

Venezuela's military enters high-crime slums

Stern-looking soldiers clutching assault rifles wave down the beat-up Chevy Caprice entering this sprawling slum on the outskirts of Caracas.

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Related Topix: World News, Venezuela, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Hugo Chavez, Riot

KPLR-11

Venezuelan Toilet Paper Shortage Causing Long Lines

Venezuelans are used to shortages. But now they are desperately running short of one thing normally taken for granted.

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Related Topix: South America, Venezuela, World News,

Thu May 16, 2013

Boston.com

Now Venezuela is running out of toilet paper

First milk, butter, coffee and cornmeal ran short. Now Venezuela is running out of the most basic of necessities - toilet paper.

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Related Topix: World News, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez

Wed May 15, 2013

The Miami Herald

Copperbox chef wowing diners at dinner-party-like ‘atelier nights’

For Gabriela Machado, creating an exquisite amuse bouche — her foie gras crème brulee with Grand Marnier crackle and gold leaf, for example — begins where all of her recipes do: in her boundless culinary imagination.

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Related Topix: Recipes, Travel, Venezuela Travel, World News, Venezuela, University of Pennsylvania

Tue May 14, 2013

Lucianne.com

Venezuela Food MakerDenies Blame for Shortages

CARACAS, Venezuela VenezuelaA s biggest food company on Monday hit back at President Nicolas MaduroA s claims that itA s to blame for the countryA s persistent food shortages.

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