A bolivarian political party in Colombia has announced their intentions to produce a Chavez-like candidate to run in the next presidential elections in 2010. David Corredor, leader of the Movimiento Social Bolivariano de Colombia, said that the party is looking to collect the necessary 365,000 signatures to place a candidate, and said that "We have seen in Colombia a favorable space for what President Chavez has done in Venezuela to do the same here with regard to returning the country to sovereignty and integrity."A Nicaraguan-Venezuelan joint venture is snapping up properties for the construction of luxury hotels in Nicaragua - a business activity which may directly profit President Daniel Ortega. Given the economic crisis, some experts see Chavez as diluting his resource nationalist approach to international oil companies. Meanwhile, Froilán Barrios, the secretary general of the CTV labor union, is accusing state oil company PDVSA attempting a quiet nationalization of shipping docks on Maracaibo Lake behind the cover of a worker's strike.
The British couple arrested in Venezuela for allegedly smuggling cocaine have been getting a lot of coverage in the European press, and claim that they thought they were smuggling diamonds. A separate report from the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) found a dramatic increase in drug trafficking through the country since 2002. In other recreation news, Venezuela is getting prepared for the World Baseball Classic, and although favored to win, is a little short on pitchers.
Alberto Müller Rojas, the Vice President of the ruling PSUV party, has revealed that Venezuela would be interested in developing better relations with the new government of U.S. President Barack Obama. "We are looking for a dialogue and, in fact, although at the beginning of his administration, President Obama attacked us, in his recent statements he has not done so." "It shows that he is recognizing the reality of Venezuela."
Alberto Müller Rojas, the Vice President of the ruling PSUV party, has revealed that Venezuela would be interested in developing better relations with the new government of U.S. President Barack Obama. "We are looking for a dialogue and, in fact, although at the beginning of his administration, President Obama attacked us, in his recent statements he has not done so." "It shows that he is recognizing the reality of Venezuela."
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