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Brazil and the U.S. urged Colombia and Venezuela on Tuesday to talk out their differences after Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez ordered his military to prepare for a possible war with his neighbor.
The United States on Tuesday called on Colombia and Venezuela to talk out their differences, before the growing tension over a US-Colombian military base deal gets out of hand.
Venezuela and Russia say they are working on a series of agreements for Moscow to provide the South American country with technology for the development of industries ranging from robotics to biochemistry.
With his nation plagued by power failures and water shortages, President Hugo Chávez has turned to lecturing his countrymen about overconsumption.
Venezuela plans to expropriate a large coffee producer and is negotiating to buy a majority stake in another, potentially allowing the government to control 80 percent of the domestic market.
The Colombian government said it would appeal to international bodies over what it called a threat made over the weekend by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
Venezuela’s mobile market creeps ever closer to 100% penetration with 27.6mn subscribers at the end of Q109. Growth in the market has inevitably slowed as the market approaches maturity, but it is anticipated a respectable level of growth to continue in the market as state-owned incumbent, Compañía Anónima de Teléfonos de Venezuela (CANTV), continues its focus on low-income subscribers.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Venezuela and Iran are considering a wide-ranging energy cooperation deal that will give Iran a sanctions-busting option to import up to 20,000 barrels a day of gasoline from this Latin American country.
Colombia said on Sunday it will appeal to the U.N. Security Council and the OAS after Hugo Chavez, the fiery leftist president of neighboring Venezuela, ordered his army to prepare for war in order to assure peace.
Being a Golden State Warrior is tough for Stephen Curry, a sliver of sunshine trying to penetrate a dense fog.
Mideast: For a nation supposedly eager to avoid sanctions, Iran has an odd way of showing it: stalling, threatening to execute Americans and parading around Caracas with Hugo Chavez. Are they serious? Are we?
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