February 09, 2010 Upside Down World
	Venezuela establishes new communes -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced the construction of 184 socialist communes across Venezuela in the effort to address social challenges on the local level.
January 28, 2010 The New York Times
	Anti-Chavez Protesters March on State Energy Co. -- Thousands of university students protested in Venezuela's capital on Thursday, accusing President Hugo Chavez of forcing an opposition channel off cable and satellite TV as part of a broader strategy aimed at curbing criticism of mounting domestic problems.
January 24, 2010 The New York Times
	Cable TV Station Critical of Chavez Is Shut Down -- A cable television channel that has been critical of President Hugo Chávez was taken off the air on Sunday after defying new government regulations requiring it to televise some of Mr. Chávez’s speeches.
January 21, 2010 Reuters
	Hugo Chavez tries to show he's serious about drugs -- Washington accuses Venezuela of leniency in the drugs fight and collusion with Colombian rebels financed by smuggling. Hurt by a blockade on sales of U.S. military equipment and spare parts to Caracas, the government of President Hugo Chavez recently bought millions of dollars worth of radar and other gear from China. Authorities have also captured a significant number of alleged traffickers and "capos."
January 18, 2010 BBC News
	Chavez takes control of foreign supermarket -- Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez has seized control of a foreign supermarket chain, Exito, after he accused the company of hiking its prices.
January 14, 2010 The New York Times
	Chavez Suspends Rolling Blackout in Caracas -- President Hugo Chavez indefinitely suspended rolling blackouts in Venezuela's capital just a day after they began, and sacked his electricity minister saying he was responsible for mistakes in the way the rationing plan was applied.
January 12, 2010 BBC News
	Venezuela soldiers shut shops accused of profiteering -- Government inspectors backed by soldiers have shut more than 70 shops in Venezuela accused of trying to cash in on last week's currency devaluation.
January 12, 2010 BBC News
	Power cuts loom for Venezuelans as dam runs dry -- Venezuela has announced an electricity rationing programme in which the entire country will be affected by four-hour blackouts every week.
January 09, 2010 Reuters
	UPDATE 1-Devaluation ups stakes in Venezuela election year -- Venezuelans rushed to the shops on Saturday, fearful of price rises after a currency devaluation that will let President Hugo Chavez boost government spending ahead of an election but feeds opposition charges of economic mismanagement.
December 21, 2009 Democracy Now!
	Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on How to Tackle Climate Change: “We Must Go from Capitalism to Socialism” -- We speak with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez about climate change, the Copenhagen summit and President Obama. Chavez calls the COP15 summit undemocratic and accuses world leaders of only seeking a face-saving agreement. “We must reduce all the emissions that are destroying the planet,” Chavez says. “That requires a change in the economic model: we must go from capitalism to socialism.”
November 09, 2009 Reuters
	Colombia turns to U.N., OAS after Venezuela war talk -- 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.
November 05, 2009 International Crisis Group
	Venezuela: Accelerating the Bolivarian Revolution -- Against the spirit of the constitution, President Hugo Chávez is accelerating his “Bolivarian Revolution” by implementing radical laws that affect basic rights and liber-ties and thwart the political opposition’s fair chances in the September 2010 legislative elections.
November 04, 2009 Reuters
	Colombia spars with Venezuela in growing crisis -- Colombia on Wednesday warned Venezuela not to brush aside last month's deaths of nine Colombians on the border as paramilitary gang violence, an incident that fueled tensions between the Andean neighbors.
October 07, 2009 Upside Down World
	Chavez Re-launches Venezuela’s Flagship “Barrio Adentro” Healthcare Program -- President Hugo Chavez inaugurated three new Integral Diagnostic Centres (CDI's) in Mérida, Miranda, and Bolívar states as part of a plan to relaunch the government's flagship healthcare program Mission Barrio Adentro (Inside the Barrio)
October 03, 2009 San Francisco Chronicle
	Venezuela buys ConocoPhillips' gas project stake -- Venezuela's state oil company has purchased ConocoPhillips' 40 percent stake in a joint natural gas venture with Chevron Corp.
September 27, 2009 BBC News
	Venezuela summit criticises West -- The leaders of Libya and Venezuela have called on Africa and South America to create a new alliance to counter Western dominance.
September 17, 2009 BBC News
	China in huge Venezuela oil deal -- Venezuela has announced a $16bn investment deal with China for oil exploration in the Orinoco river.
April 03, 2009 Truthout
	Beyond Elections in the Americas: An Interview With Michael Fox -- Michael Fox on the new documentary film, "Beyond Elections: Redefining Democracy in the Americas," co-produced by Michael Fox and Silvia Leindecker. Fox talks about how the film was created, what its aims were and what the film's impact has been among viewers in the US.
January 27, 2009 Reuters
	Venezuela Marches Continue, Chavez Shuffles Cabinet -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez warned on Wednesday that he may quicken his drive to build a socialist state, as he shuffled his cabinet amid opposition demonstrations sparked by closure of a television station.
August 20, 2008 International Herald Tribune
	Venezuela seizes control of Cemex cement plants -- Mexico urged Venezuela to negotiate with its cement producer Cemex SAB on Tuesday after the Venezuelan government seized control of its cement plants saying no deal could be reached on the terms of a nationalization ordered by President Hugo Chavez.
August 15, 2008 VNet
	Which Way Venezuela? -- Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution is exciting and exemplary, yet few people know much about where Venezuela is headed.
August 14, 2008 AP
	Venezuela eases price controls on food despite inflationary concerns -- Venezuela raised the regulated prices of foods ranging from bread to beef by up to 50 percent and removed price controls from other goods on Tuesday in a bid to ease sporadic shortages in supermarkets.
August 14, 2008 Houston Chronicle
	Venezuela sends less crude oil to the United States -- Venezuelan exports of crude oil and fuels to the U.S. dropped to their lowest levels since 1999 in the first half of the year as the South American country boosted sales to India and China, a government report showed.
August 14, 2008 ZNet
	Land Reform Conflict in Venezuela’s Strategic Water Source -- Cooperativist ecological farmers supported by the Venezuelan government's land reform programs were attacked last Thursday by armed and masked men who, the farmers say, were hired by large estate owners in the area to cut short the changes heralded by the "Bolivarian Revolution" in their rural Andean Mountain valley.
August 06, 2008 Venezuela Analysis
	Venezuelan Supreme Court Ratifies Candidate Disqualifications as Constitutional -- Venezuela's Supreme Court issued a series of decisions yesterday and today that validated the Comptroller General's ruling to temporarily disqualify nearly 300 opposition and pro-Chavez Venezuelans accused of corruption from holding public office. The decisions were eagerly awaited by the opposition, which says that the disqualifications are an effort to eliminate viable candidates from running in the November 23rd regional elections
August 06, 2008 Venezuela Analysis
	Venezuela’s Chavez Pushes for New World Financial System in Argentina -- Countries in South America are constructing a new international financial system, said the President of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, after meeting with Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Brazilian President Luis Inacio “Lula” da Silva in Buenos Aires on Monday.
July 31, 2008 AP
	Venezuela, 18 nations create food fund -- Venezuela and 18 nations in the Americas on Wednesday created a regional food fund to help ensure supplies for poor countries. The fund known as Petro Food is largely backed by a Venezuelan promise to donate US$0.05 for every barrel of oil Venezuela sells at prices of more than US$100 per barrel.
July 30, 2008 Philadelphia Inquirer
	Venezuela marketing coffee through Citgo stations -- Venezuela is better known for oil than for coffee. But the South American nation has decided to copy its neighbor, Colombia, and retail its aromatic caffeinate directly to North Americans - using Venezuelan-owned Citgo local gas stations and convenience stores as a distribution network.
July 28, 2008 Venezuela Analysis
	Venezuela’s Chavez Approves $566 Million in Infrastructure Projects -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez approved funds for the construction of a series of new infrastructure projects on his Sunday talk show Aló Presidente yesterday. The new projects are extensions to the nation-wide mass transit systems already in progress. President Chavez called on his ministers to carry out the projects with “socialist values” and insisted on only giving contracts to companies that will transfer technology to Venezuela.
July 26, 2008 Green Left Weekly
	Venezuela: Heirs of the revolution -- A 25-year-old history student and political activist in the student city of Merida, Churrio is amongst the thousands of young people who have taken up the challenge of building the United Socialist Party of Venezuela Youth (JPSUV), whose formation was officially announced in July.