Source: The Heritage   On the margins of the general assembly of the Organization of American States in Guatemala,Secretary of State John Kerry met with Venezuela’s foreign minister, Elias Jaua, representing the democratically challenged and crisis-prone government of Nicolas Maduro, handpicked successor of the late Hugo Chavez and self-proclaimed victor of [...]

Source: 6topoder.com 02 jun 2013 Alejandro Andrade, por medio de sus operadores en el sector privado, uno de ellos, Raúl Gorrín, se aprovechó del diferencial cambiario venezolano para obtener jugosas ganancias en un mercado que involucra a la tesorería nacional, a un banco en el exterior, a la banca privada [...]

Source: Inforbae  El ministro de Exteriores iraní, Ali Akbar Salehi, aseguró este martes que las relaciones entre Irán y Venezuela están “profundamente enraizadas”, durante una reunión en Teherán con el vicecanciller venezolano David Velásquez, en el que fue el primer encuentro bilateral tras la muerte del ex presidente Hugo Chávez. En [...]

Source: The Economist  As political and economic crises deepen, the army waits in the wings May 11th 2013 | CARACAS | WITH a narrow and disputed election victory last month and an accelerating economic crisis, the man who succeeded Hugo Chávez as Venezuela’s president got off to an inauspicious start. Now Nicolás Maduro’s [...]

Source: The New York Times <nyt_byline> By WILLIAM NEUMAN <nyt_text> <nyt_correction_top> CARACAS, Venezuela — There may be no honor among thieves, but there certainly is no shortage of chutzpah. First came the hefty kickbacks that employees at a Miami brokerage office pledged to pay María de los Angeles González, a Venezuelan [...]

Source: The Washington Post  CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s opposition on Monday released an audio recording that it said contains a prominent member of the ruling party discussing political strategy with a Cuban intelligence officer. Opposition lawmaker Ismael Garcia said the recording captures a phone conversation between state TV personality Mario [...]