Venezuela News

The Venezuelan military announced Wednesday it is attempting to locate six "illegally" erected bridges crossing the Colombia-Venezuela border with the intention of disabling them.

CARACAS , VENEZUELA - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sought to expand Tehran's influence in Latin America and deepen his alliance with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during a visit Wednesday to Caracas.

Venezuela's fiery leader risked the wrath of Barack Obama yesterday when he branded Israel a murderous arm of the Yankee empire during a warm welcome for Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Venezuela urged the UN Security Council on Wednesday to review the long-running military conflict in neighboring Colombia, which Caracas says is threatening peace and stability across Latin America.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday signed dozens of new agreements with Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez on the final stop of his three-nation tour to Latin America.

Venezuela on Wednesday asked the UN Security Council to take up a Colombia-US military base agreement it considers a threat to regional peace and a possible harbinger of nuclear weapons in the area.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Wednesday beside firebrand President Hugo Chavez that Iran and Venezuela would "stand together until the end" in the face of US "imperialism." Endi'ng a tour of Latin American allies, Ahmadinejad praised his "brave brother" Chavez, saying: "Today the people of Venezuela and Iran, friends and brothers in ...

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez used a visit by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday to brand Israel as a murderous agent of Washington.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has his heroes, and a nasty-as-hell lot they are.

Unfazed by a recession and rampant inflation, image-conscious Venezuelans show no signs of cutting back on the facelifts, liposuction, and breast augmentation that have become de rigueur beauty treatments.

A delegation of the International Press Institute , which recently returned from Caracas, reports increasing hostility and intimidation towards media and journalists, and impunity for physical attacks.

Opposition parties and the Jewish community criticized a visit by Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Venezuela, citing worries over his denial of the Holocaust, human rights violations and Iran's nuclear program.

VHeadline Venezuela News reports: You have probably heard about the tyrant, left-wing strongman dictator who is heading a military dictatorship in Venezuela.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has moved on to Bolivia and later today heads to Venezuela, as part of his whirlwind trip to Latin America this week.

'We must have a good relation with Venezuela. We are waiting for Venezuela to rectify its position. This appears to be the problem that is only of the president Chávez.

A hunger strike by opponents of President Hugo Chavez has grown, with 24 university students vowing not to eat until the Organization of American States sends a delegation to Venezuela to review allegations of human rights abuses.

" Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called for the formation of a "Fifth International" of left parties and social movements to confront the challenge posed by the global crisis of capitalism.

Guyana and Venezuelan authorities agreed to strengthen cooperation to combat the drug trade during a meeting in the Venezuelan capital earlier this month.

Venezuelan President Hugo ChA vez recently compared Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Idi Amin and Robert Mugabe - in a good way.

Venezuelan officials and troops have seized more than 48,000 acres of farmland, accusing owners of not holding proper titles or not putting the land to adequate use.