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Chavez Welcomes Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Venezuela
January 10, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez received Monday his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with a proclamation that they share the responsibility of stopping the "imperialist madness" of the United States. continue reading »
Venezuelan Consul in Miami Declared Persona Non Grata, Must Leave U.S. ASAP
January 8, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Livia Acosta Nogura, Venezuela's consul in Miami, was declared persona non grata by the U.S. government and will have to leave the country, a State Department spokesman told Efe on Sunday. continue reading »
Celebrity Apprentice, Miss Universe Dayana Mendoza Chooses Latino Commission on AIDS as Her Charity
January 5, 2012 | by HS News Staff
The Latino Commission on AIDS announced it is honored to be Miss Universe 2008 Dayana Mendoza’s Charity Choice for the 2012 Celebrity Apprentice TV Show. continue reading »
New Celebrity Apprentice Includes Two Venezuelan Beauties: Dayana Mendoza & Patricia Velasquez
January 4, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Donald Trump took time off from disrupting the American political landscape by announcing who would be on the new season of ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ and the cast includes two Venezuelan beauties. continue reading »
Venezuelan Prisoners Keep Family Members Hostage Inside Prison in Protest of Conditions
January 3, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Around 1,000 family members of prisoners in two jails near Caracas are presumably being kept from leaving by inmates protesting delays in their trials and threats of even more repressive treatment, human rights groups said Tuesday. continue reading »
Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez Suggesting U.S. Gave Latin American Leaders Cancer
December 30, 2011 | by HS News Staff
President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez has suggested that the U.S. government is giving world leaders cancer. It would appear that after hearing of the Argentine continue reading »
Fuel-Tanker Accident in Venezuela Leaves 14 Dead, Many Injured
December 30, 2011 | by HS News Staff
Fourteen people were killed and 16 others injured Thursday when a tanker-truck carrying gasoline flipped over and burst into flames on a busy highway in the Venezuelan capital, authorities said. continue reading »
Venezuela Offers to Remove Dangerous French Implants Found in Many Latin American Women
December 28, 2011 | by HS News Staff
After a number of women in Latin America discovered their breast implants were filled with industrial silicone and prone to rupture, Venezuela stepped in a has offered to help. continue reading »
Copy-Cat: Chavez Pardons 141 Prisoners for Christmas Much Like Cuba’s Raul Castro
December 28, 2011 | by HS News Staff
First Cuban President Raúl Castro announced the pardon of more than 2900 prisoners; now Hugo Chávez has followed suit and freed 141 inmates. continue reading »
International Outcry Over Venezuela’s Extended Detention of Judge Whose Health is Failing
December 27, 2011 | by HS News Staff
Three independent United Nations human rights experts today expressed their alarm at the decision of Venezuelan authorities to extend the house arrest of a judge for another two years, saying it was concerned about her physical and mental health. continue reading »
Airport Verbal Smackdown: Maria Conchita Alonso vs. Sean Penn
December 20, 2011 | by HS News Staff
Cuban actress Maria Conchita Alonso started a verbal altercation with actor and “Colors” (1988) co-star Sean Penn at LAX over the weekend over Penn’s support of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. continue reading »
“Carlos the Jackal” Given Second Life Sentence in France, Now Demands He be Returned to Venezuela
December 19, 2011 | by HS News Staff
Though he has been serving a life sentence in a French prison, Illich Ramirez Sanchez, most famously known as Carlos the Jackal, is demanding that he be sent back to his native Venezuela to serve his time there. continue reading »
Chávez Unveils $28M Coffin to Honor Latin American Hero Simón Bolívar
December 19, 2011 | by HS News Staff
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez unveiled the new pearl and diamond studded coffin during a ceremony marking the 181th anniversary of Bolivar's death. continue reading »
28 Year-Old Former Miss Venezuela, Eva Ekvall, Loses Her Battle With Breast Cancer
December 18, 2011 | by HS News Staff
Former Miss Venezuela Eva Ekvall died in Houston after fighting breast cancer since last year, her representatives said. She was 28. continue reading »
Univision: Venezuela and Iran Plotted to Hire Mexican Hackers to Attack U.S. Government Websites
December 15, 2011 | by The Washington Times
Spanish-language network Univision recently aired a report stated that Iranian and Venezuelan were looking to hire Mexican hackers to infiltrate and number of U.S. government websites. continue reading »
