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A group of college students ended a hunger strike after 17 days following a meeting Tuesday with Organization of American States representatives to air their concerns about human rights in Venezuela.
President Hugo Chavez set off panic in Venezuela's financial system with the closure of a string of banks and the detentions of bankers, in a crackdown including his wealthy allies.
The president of Venezuela's securities commission was fired Tuesday, the second government official to lose his job amid a banking scandal that has put President Hugo Chavez on the defensive.
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Venezuela may boost bank deposit insurance to 25,000 bolivars ($11,627) from 10,000 as the South American country seeks to reassure depositors of the strength of its banking system.
The president of Venezuela's securities commission has been fired amid a banking scandal that has put President Hugo Chavez on the defensive continues to unfold.
Leaders of five key South American countries vowed Tuesday not to recognize last month's presidential election results in Honduras, which they condemned as "illegal."
Venezuela's attorney general contends exiled opposition leader Manuel Rosales has violated his asylum in Peru by speaking out in Washington about Venezuelan issues.
Venezuela's government is to propose legal reforms aimed at increasing control over the country's financial system, after a crisis that prompted state intervention in seven banks, the country's planning minister said.
President Hugo Chavez said Monday that Venezuela has received thousands of Russian-made missiles and rocket launchers as part of his government's military preparations for a possible armed conflict with neighboring Colombia.
CARACAS -(Dow Jones)- A top official at state energy firm Petroleos de Venezuela, or PdVSA, said Tuesday that more oil drilling is taking place in Venezuela than the country is being given credit for.
Bolivia's newly reelected President Evo Morales boasted Tuesday that he had received congratulations from fellow anti-US figures Fidel Castro of Cuba and President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela.
