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Gangs to fight for drug routes after Colombian capo falls
Crime gangs are likely to engage in a messy battle over lucrative drug smuggling routes through Venezuela following the arrest of Colombia’s last major drug lord, experts said here. For years Daniel ‘El Loco’ Barrera was the most wanted criminal in South America, accused of shipping some 900 tons of…
Venezuela investigating apparent massacre of Yanomami by illegal Brazilian miners
CARACAS — Venezuela has sent a team of investigators to the nation’s south to look into the apparent massacre in July of as many as 80 Yanomami Indians by illegal Brazilian miners. Forensics teams, officials and security forces were “visiting nine Yanomami communities” along the border with Brazil in Amazonas…
Chavez eyes political fallout from deadly refinery fire
PUNTO FIJO, Venezuela — Venezuela declared an end to its deadliest refinery disaster Tuesday, three days after an explosion and fire killed more than 40 people and unleashed an outpouring of criticism of President Hugo Chavez. Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said firefighters had finally put out the fire at the…
Chavez dodges blame as Venezuela refinery fire continues
Venezuelan firefighters battled Monday to extinguish a devastating fire at the country’s main oil refinery as President Hugo Chavez slammed reports that poor maintenance was to blame. The Venezuelan leader promised an investigation into Saturday’s tragedy that left 41 people dead – a gas leak is the suspected cause –…
Venezuela refinery blast kills 24
A massive explosion tore through Venezuela’s largest refinery on Saturday, killing at least 24 people and wounding more than 50 in South America’s largest oil producer, officials said. Vice President Elias Jaua said most of the dead were members of the country’s National Guard who were protecting the refining facility…
More than 20 killed in violent upsets in Venezuela’s overcrowded prisons
More than 20 people were killed in the latest outbreak of violence in Venezuela’s overcrowded prisons as heavily armed gangs fought for control of a prison near Caracas, authorities said Monday. Iris Varela, the minister for prison affairs, told state-run media that the clashes erupted Sunday in the Yare I…
Venezuela allegedly training ‘guerrilla army’ to repel possible U.S. invasion
CARACAS — Venezuela is training a “guerrilla army” aiming to be a million strong by 2013 to fight off a possible US invasion, an opposition lawmaker said Sunday. “Plan Sucre” — apparently crafted with input from close ally and fellow US foe Cuba — covers the legal, logistical and other…
Venezuela claims arrested American is part of a plot to remove Chávez
Hugo Chávez, the Venezuelan president, is claiming a US citizen has been arrested and interrogated on suspicions he is a mercenary involved in a conspiracy against the government. Chávez, who faces an election on 7 October, suggested the man is part of a plot to destabilise the country if he…
Chavez reveals Venezuela has built first drone
CARACAS — President Hugo Chavez has revealed that Venezuela has made its first drone in partnership with Iran, Russia and China, and said Caracas plans to start exporting it soon. “It is one of the three planes that we have manufactured here, and we are continuing to make them… not…
Colombian drug lord captured in Venezuela
One of the top leaders of Los Rastrojos, a powerful drug carteloperating near the border between Venezuela and Colombia, has been captured by Venezuelan authorities, the government said. Diego Perez Enao, also known as Diego Rastrojo, was seized Sunday in the town of Rojas de Barinas following a weeks-long intelligence operation, Venezuelan Interior and Justice Minister Tareck El…
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