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Venezuela: Local news [20.01.05]
The Devil's Excrement (Venezuela), via VCrisis ^ | Jan. 21, 2005 | Miguel Octavio

Posted on 01/21/2005 2:44:29 AM PST by Kitten Festival

-- In a country where an opposition Mayor is jailed for months on a minor civil charge, the Constitutional Hall of the Venezuelan Supreme Court rules that the National Guardsmen being accused of murder of some prisoners should be tried in freedom! ...

-- The Government of Colombia confirmed today that it has handed over the information on members of the FARC who are believed to be in Venezuela. As reported by Caracas daily El Nacional this morning, there are seven names on the list. And according to El Tiempo de Bogota, the list contains cellphone numbers, bank account numbers, car models and license plates as well as the names of the places where they move around.

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-- Deutsche Bank downgraded its outlook on ConocoPhillips, due to concerns about the Venezuelan Government treatment of foreign oil companies. Umm, I wonder how many other companies they downgraded. Did they downgrade the Chinese oil company? Or any of the French ones? I just wonder.

-- Rodrigo Granda’s wife entered Venezuela from Bogota, with a courtesy visa from the Venezuelan Embassy in Cuba. Granda himself went to the Caracas airport to get her through when the immigration authorities stopped her.

(Excerpt) Read more at vcrisis.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: chavez; china; corruption; cuba; dictator; france; granda; hugochavez; news; oil; thugs; venezuela
Great lashing rundown of all the nonsense going on in Venezuela in just one news cycle, as only an angry blogger can report it. Read the whole thing!
1 posted on 01/21/2005 2:44:30 AM PST by Kitten Festival
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