<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639</id><updated>2012-02-10T10:28:13.388-04:30</updated><category term='reforma constitucional'/><category term='http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif'/><title type='text'>Diplodemocracia</title><subtitle type='html'>Información bilingüe  sobre Venezuela y sus relaciones internacionales, desde una perspectiva democrática/
Bilingual information on  Venezuela and its international relations, from a democratic perspective</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8800</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-7674147977568051858</id><published>2012-02-10T09:04:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-02-10T09:16:28.790-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Overcoming the Chávez Derangement Syndrome/Superando el síndrome de Trastorno Mental de Chávez</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FS3CmtI9_yg/TzUfr9acgyI/AAAAAAAAO6Q/-D-dcHDwRT8/s1600/643loquero.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 172px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FS3CmtI9_yg/TzUfr9acgyI/AAAAAAAAO6Q/-D-dcHDwRT8/s200/643loquero.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707502942842290978" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;               &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;Chávez Derangement Syndrome is probably the hardest part of the Chávez era to explain to someone who hasn’t lived here. It’s the result of a willfully induced form of mass insanity, stemming from the population’s subjection to a brand of political rhetoric so vituperative it often reads like overwritten schoolboy fiction.(&lt;a href="http://latitude.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/10/chavez-opposition-finds-advantage-in-cool-response-to-fiery-rhetoric/"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/Síndrome de Trastorno Mental Chávez es probablemente la parte más dura de explicar de la era de Chávez, a alguien que no ha vivido aquí. Es el resultado de una forma deliberadamente inducida de locura colectiva, derivada de la sujeción de la población a una impronta retórica política tan insultante que a menudo se lee como una ficción exagerada de un colegial .&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;o:officedocumentsettings&gt;   &lt;o:allowpng/&gt;  &lt;/o:OfficeDocumentSettings&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:trackmoves&gt;false&lt;/w:TrackMoves&gt;   &lt;w:trackformatting/&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;21&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridverticalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery&gt; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 195px; height: 140px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Lr_tzvpbftU/TzUczabHCdI/AAAAAAAAO6E/8IFzzCPe4YE/s200/20120209__LTVenezuelaOpposition%257E1_VIEWER.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707499772353907154" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;Opposition presidential contender Pablo Perez finished off his campaign Thursday urging public employees to join his supporters and vote in a primary election choosing a single challenger to face President Hugo Chavez. The opposition coalition has accused the government of pressuring public employees not to vote in Sunday's primary, which is open to all of Venezuela's 18.2 million registered voters (&lt;a href="http://www.yorkdispatch.com/nation/ci_19932472"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Pablo Pérez candidato presidencial opositor terminó su campaña el jueves instando a los empleados públicos a unirse a sus partidarios a votar en una elección primaria para elegir un rival para enfrentar al presidente Hugo Chávez. La coalición de la oposición ha acusado al Gobierno de presionar a los empleados públicos a no votar en las primarias del domingo, que está abierta a todos los de 18,2 millones de votantes registrados en Venezuela&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-2124706361381536429?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/2124706361381536429/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=2124706361381536429' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/2124706361381536429'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/2124706361381536429'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/02/chavez-foe-seeks-public-worker-support.html' title='Chavez foe seeks public worker support for primary/Contendor de Chávez busca apoyo de los empleados públicos'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Lr_tzvpbftU/TzUczabHCdI/AAAAAAAAO6E/8IFzzCPe4YE/s72-c/20120209__LTVenezuelaOpposition%257E1_VIEWER.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-4020034827168455577</id><published>2012-02-10T08:34:00.001-04:30</published><updated>2012-02-10T08:42:42.112-04:30</updated><title type='text'>A Sunday That Will Go Down in Venezuela's History/ Un Domingo Histórico para Venezuela</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jhsEl0QKkXk/TzUXvXjeRlI/AAAAAAAAO54/9J2iSezqKyE/s1600/images-2.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 124px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jhsEl0QKkXk/TzUXvXjeRlI/AAAAAAAAO54/9J2iSezqKyE/s200/images-2.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707494205306062418" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;February 12 will be an historic day for Venezuelans. What is at stake is no small thing. It is a matter of choosing, from among five seasoned democratic leaders, the next president of the Republic, who, after October 7, will be faced with the challenge of reviving the economy and restoring the country’s democratic institutions and the rule of law in a climate of peace and freedom (&lt;a href="http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=469706&amp;amp;CategoryId=13303"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ El próximo 12 de febrero será una fecha histórica para los venezolanos. No es poca cosa la que se juega el país. Se trata de escoger entre cinco líderes democráticos bien fogueados al próximo Presidente de la República quien, a partir del próximo 7 de octubre, tendrá el reto de reactivar la economía y restablecer la institucionalidad democrática y el estado de derecho en un clima de paz y libertad (&lt;a href="http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=469705&amp;amp;CategoryId=13303"&gt; más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-4020034827168455577?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/4020034827168455577/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=4020034827168455577' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/4020034827168455577'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/4020034827168455577'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/02/sunday-that-will-go-down-in-venezuelas.html' title='A Sunday That Will Go Down in Venezuela&apos;s History/ Un Domingo Histórico para Venezuela'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jhsEl0QKkXk/TzUXvXjeRlI/AAAAAAAAO54/9J2iSezqKyE/s72-c/images-2.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-6712440310554837632</id><published>2012-02-10T08:24:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-02-10T08:33:36.800-04:30</updated><title type='text'>PDVSA: big talk but can it deliver? / PDVSA bonito discurso pero ¿ podrá hacerlo?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VebjX2uv2fE/TzUVpGyu4cI/AAAAAAAAO5s/yfM1TBc_bns/s1600/%2BHUNDEPDVSA.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 154px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VebjX2uv2fE/TzUVpGyu4cI/AAAAAAAAO5s/yfM1TBc_bns/s200/%2BHUNDEPDVSA.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707491898704191938" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;But if his forecasts for what Venezuela will be exporting to China in three years from now are as suspect as his predictions for the 39 per cent jump in production in the Orinoco Belt by the end of the year, from 1.15m bpd to 1.6m bpd, then they should be taken with a pinch of salt (&lt;a href="http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2012/02/09/pdvsa-big-talks-but-can-it-deliver/#axzz1lz1dNczN"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/           &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;o:officedocumentsettings&gt;   &lt;o:allowpng/&gt;  &lt;/o:OfficeDocumentSettings&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:trackmoves&gt;false&lt;/w:TrackMoves&gt;   &lt;w:trackformatting/&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;21&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridverticalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:validateagainstschemas/&gt;   &lt;w:saveifxmlinvalid&gt;false&lt;/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid&gt;   &lt;w:ignoremixedcontent&gt;false&lt;/w:IgnoreMixedContent&gt;   &lt;w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext&gt;false&lt;/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText&gt;   &lt;w:compatibility&gt;    &lt;w:breakwrappedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:dontgrowautofit/&gt;    &lt;w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:dontvertalignintxbx/&gt;   &lt;/w:Compatibility&gt;  &lt;/w:WordDocument&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"&gt;  &lt;/w:LatentStyles&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;  &lt;!--[if gte mso 10]&gt; &lt;style&gt;  /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable  {mso-style-name:"Tabla normal";  mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;  mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;  mso-style-noshow:yes;  mso-style-parent:"";  mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;  mso-para-margin-top:0in;  mso-para-margin-right:0in;  mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;  mso-para-margin-left:0in;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:12.0pt;  font-family:"Times New Roman";  mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;  mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;  mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";  mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;  mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;  mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} &lt;/style&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt;    &lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;Pero si sus previsiones para lo que Venezuela estará exportando a China en tres años a partir de ahora son tan sospechosos como sus predicciones para el salto del 39 por ciento de la producción en la Faja del Orinoco para e lfinal del año, de 1,15 millones de bpd, a 1,6 millones debarriles por día , entonces ellas se deben tomar pinzas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-6712440310554837632?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/6712440310554837632/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=6712440310554837632' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/6712440310554837632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/6712440310554837632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/02/pdvsa-big-talk-but-can-it-deliver-pdvsa.html' title='PDVSA: big talk but can it deliver? / PDVSA bonito discurso pero ¿ podrá hacerlo?'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VebjX2uv2fE/TzUVpGyu4cI/AAAAAAAAO5s/yfM1TBc_bns/s72-c/%2BHUNDEPDVSA.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-8475432176269577054</id><published>2012-02-10T08:16:00.001-04:30</published><updated>2012-02-10T08:16:38.087-04:30</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-8475432176269577054?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/8475432176269577054/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=8475432176269577054' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/8475432176269577054'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/8475432176269577054'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/02/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-4918211080558287203</id><published>2012-02-10T08:08:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-02-10T08:16:31.413-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Venezuela's Military: A Factor in the Upcoming Election? / Venezuela: los militares ¿ factor en las próximas elecciones?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4fF6XXCV3m0/TzURohUlkXI/AAAAAAAAO5U/d9NjqPQYLCA/s1600/images-1.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 159px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4fF6XXCV3m0/TzURohUlkXI/AAAAAAAAO5U/d9NjqPQYLCA/s200/images-1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707487490599129458" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;The question is, will this be by fair means or foul? "Imagine a coup like 4F but this time led not by a lieutenant colonel and captains, but a president, generals and members of the National Assembly supported by irregular combat forces. That is what is being prepared," said one former officer, now a successful businessman, who retains close links with his military peers ( &lt;a href="http://www.as-coa.org/articles/3951/Venezuelas_Military:_A_Factor_in_the_Upcoming_Election_/"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ &lt;span lang="ES-TRAD"&gt;La pregunta es, ¿será por las buenas o por las malas? "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-TRAD"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-TRAD"&gt;Imaginémonos un golpe de Estado como el del 4F, pero esta vez no dirigido por un teniente coronel y capitanes, sino por un presidente, los generales y miembros de la Asamblea Nacional con el apoyo de las fuerzas de combate irregular. Eso es lo que se está preparando", dijo un ex oficial, ahora un exitoso hombre de negocios, que mantiene estrechas relaciones con sus compañeros militares&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;o:officedocumentsettings&gt;   &lt;o:allowpng/&gt;  &lt;/o:OfficeDocumentSettings&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:trackmoves&gt;false&lt;/w:TrackMoves&gt;   &lt;w:trackformatting/&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;21&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridverticalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:validateagainstschemas/&gt;   &lt;w:saveifxmlinvalid&gt;false&lt;/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid&gt;   &lt;w:ignoremixedcontent&gt;false&lt;/w:IgnoreMixedContent&gt;   &lt;w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext&gt;false&lt;/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText&gt;   &lt;w:compatibility&gt;    &lt;w:breakwrappedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:dontgrowautofit/&gt;    &lt;w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:dontvertalignintxbx/&gt;   &lt;/w:Compatibility&gt;  &lt;/w:WordDocument&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"&gt;  &lt;/w:LatentStyles&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;  &lt;!--[if gte mso 10]&gt; &lt;style&gt;  /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable  {mso-style-name:"Tabla normal";  mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;  mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;  mso-style-noshow:yes;  mso-style-parent:"";  mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;  mso-para-margin-top:0in;  mso-para-margin-right:0in;  mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;  mso-para-margin-left:0in;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:12.0pt;  font-family:"Times New Roman";  mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;  mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;  mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";  mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;  mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;  mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} &lt;/style&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt;    &lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-fareast-language:ES-TRAD"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-4918211080558287203?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/4918211080558287203/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=4918211080558287203' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/4918211080558287203'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/4918211080558287203'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/02/venezuelas-military-factor-in-upcoming.html' title='Venezuela&apos;s Military: A Factor in the Upcoming Election? / Venezuela: los militares ¿ factor en las próximas elecciones?'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4fF6XXCV3m0/TzURohUlkXI/AAAAAAAAO5U/d9NjqPQYLCA/s72-c/images-1.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-5855228883327341810</id><published>2012-02-09T08:18:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-02-10T08:24:06.106-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Petrocaribe Investments in Cuba Advance  / Inversiones de Petrocaribe en Cuba</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ebHLOSvtQuM/TzUTaQcqWbI/AAAAAAAAO5g/cXsdTi6wj9A/s1600/ahoraV.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 124px; height: 78px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ebHLOSvtQuM/TzUTaQcqWbI/AAAAAAAAO5g/cXsdTi6wj9A/s200/ahoraV.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707489444574681522" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;               &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;Statements by Rafael Ramirez, president of Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA), published by the aforementioned portal, point out that the construction of another refinery to process 150,000 barrels of oil will also be built in Matanzas, which is part of the economic development program boosted by the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA). With these new work plans, 570,000 barrels a day will be incorporated to the Latin American and Caribbean region, adds the portal.(&lt;a href="http://www.cubanews.ain.cu/2012/0209Petrocaribe-Investments.htm"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Declaraciones de Rafael Ramírez, presidente de Petróleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA), publicados por el portal antes mencionado, señalan la construcción de otra refineríapara para procesar 150.000 barriles de petróleo también que se construirá en Matanzas, como parte del programa de desarrollo económico impulsado por la Alianza Bolivariana para las Américas (ALBA). Con estos nuevos planes de trabajo, 570.000 barriles por día se incorporarán a la región de América Latina y el Caribe, agrega el portal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;o:officedocumentsettings&gt;   &lt;o:allowpng/&gt;  &lt;/o:OfficeDocumentSettings&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:trackmoves&gt;false&lt;/w:TrackMoves&gt;   &lt;w:trackformatting/&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;21&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridverticalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:validateagainstschemas/&gt;   &lt;w:saveifxmlinvalid&gt;false&lt;/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid&gt;   &lt;w:ignoremixedcontent&gt;false&lt;/w:IgnoreMixedContent&gt;   &lt;w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext&gt;false&lt;/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText&gt;   &lt;w:compatibility&gt;    &lt;w:breakwrappedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:dontgrowautofit/&gt;    &lt;w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:dontvertalignintxbx/&gt;   &lt;/w:Compatibility&gt;  &lt;/w:WordDocument&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"&gt;  &lt;/w:LatentStyles&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;  &lt;!--[if gte mso 10]&gt; &lt;style&gt;  /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable  {mso-style-name:"Tabla normal";  mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;  mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;  mso-style-noshow:yes;  mso-style-parent:"";  mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;  mso-para-margin-top:0in;  mso-para-margin-right:0in;  mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;  mso-para-margin-left:0in;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:12.0pt;  font-family:"Times New Roman";  mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;  mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;  mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";  mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;  mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;  mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} &lt;/style&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt;    &lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-TRAD"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-5855228883327341810?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/5855228883327341810/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=5855228883327341810' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/5855228883327341810'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/5855228883327341810'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/02/petrocaribe-investments-in-cuba-advance.html' title='Petrocaribe Investments in Cuba Advance  / Inversiones de Petrocaribe en Cuba'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ebHLOSvtQuM/TzUTaQcqWbI/AAAAAAAAO5g/cXsdTi6wj9A/s72-c/ahoraV.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-8969395569083532117</id><published>2012-02-09T07:58:00.001-04:30</published><updated>2012-02-10T08:08:09.879-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Venezuela PDVSA's 2011 revenues up 35 pct/Ingresos de PDVSA suben 35%</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GQ1tuG5dGtc/TzUPrIszEGI/AAAAAAAAO5I/l3D4jUgs7F8/s1600/Unknown-1.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GQ1tuG5dGtc/TzUPrIszEGI/AAAAAAAAO5I/l3D4jUgs7F8/s200/Unknown-1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707485336506142818" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;Even though revenues increased to nearly $128 billion, the South American country's flagship oil company owes money to its suppliers and has borrowed heavily in recent years. PDVSA issued bonds worth $10.3 billion in 2011 ( &lt;a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/09/venezuela-pdvsa-idUSL2E8D9AE620120209"&gt;more...)&lt;/a&gt;/ El también presidente de Pdvsa indicó que, según cifras preliminares, los ingresos de la petrolera ascendieron 35% al cierre del año pasado. Aumentaron de $ 96.110 millones en 2010 a $127.877 millones en 2011. Ramírez aseguró que la corporación está aún en capacidad de endeudarse, frente a un patrimonio de $74.000 millones, lo que representa un crecimiento de 129% al cierre del año pasado (&lt;a href="http://www.entornointeligente.com/articulo/1225828/VENEZUELA-Pdvsa-dice-tener-hasta-marzo-para-concretar-sociedad-con-Petrobras-09022012"&gt; más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-8969395569083532117?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/8969395569083532117/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=8969395569083532117' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/8969395569083532117'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/8969395569083532117'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/02/venezuela-pdvsas-2011-revenues-up-35.html' title='Venezuela PDVSA&apos;s 2011 revenues up 35 pct/Ingresos de PDVSA suben 35%'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GQ1tuG5dGtc/TzUPrIszEGI/AAAAAAAAO5I/l3D4jUgs7F8/s72-c/Unknown-1.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-6276453694329695439</id><published>2012-02-09T07:47:00.001-04:30</published><updated>2012-02-10T07:56:32.330-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Chavez opponents vie for 2012 presidential ticket/Chávez rivales compiten para la fórmula presidencial del año 2012</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5Kx4C1HLgRg/TzUM7pmnNGI/AAAAAAAAO48/0lNUtZHk6lI/s1600/images.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5Kx4C1HLgRg/TzUM7pmnNGI/AAAAAAAAO48/0lNUtZHk6lI/s200/images.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707482321681593442" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;Echoing Venezuelans' top concerns, the five candidates have all stressed reducing crime and cutting unemployment as their priorities in the South American OPEC nation. Following are details of the candidates:( &lt;a href="http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFS1E78J1JB20120209?sp=true"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Haciéndose eco de las principales preocupaciones de los venezolanos, los cinco candidatos han subrayado la reducción de la delincuencia y del desempleo como sus prioridades en la nación sudamericana de la OPEP. 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A statement from the Venezuelan attorney general said prosecutors planned "an inspection of the neonatology service of Central Hospital of Maracay, with the goal of reviewing elements of criminal interest in the investigation related to the deaths of 11 infants" between Thursday and Sunday (&lt;a href="http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/8416000/venezuela-probes-11-baby-deaths-at-hospital"&gt;more..&lt;/a&gt;)/ El director general de salud del estado Aragua, Ángel Melchor, confirmó este lunes la muerte de once recién nacidos durante este fin de semana en el área de neonatología del Hospital Central de Maracay (HCM), cuyas causas aún están siendo investigadas a fin de determinar o descartar si fue por la presencia de una bacteria en el ambiente (&lt;a href="http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/120207/confirman-deceso-de-11-neonatos-en-hospital-central-de-maracay"&gt; más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-2698368927475549131?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/2698368927475549131/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=2698368927475549131' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/2698368927475549131'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/2698368927475549131'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/02/venezuela-probes-11-baby-deaths-at.html' title='Venezuela probes 11 baby deaths at hospital/Confirman deceso de 11 neonatos en Hospital Central de Maracay'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nINz5r9dbUU/TzJqpYeHdlI/AAAAAAAAO4w/FqevHL4HuqA/s72-c/11208021_copia.jpg.520.360.thumb.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-4887380868773584105</id><published>2012-02-08T07:32:00.003-04:30</published><updated>2012-02-08T07:44:00.870-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Venezuela opposition to choose single challenger to Chavez this time/ Superados anteriormente la oposición se alista para las primarias</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QnzXOiFJ1e0/TzJnAXAbsrI/AAAAAAAAO4k/IvMHtdTDLgI/s1600/Unknown.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 113px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QnzXOiFJ1e0/TzJnAXAbsrI/AAAAAAAAO4k/IvMHtdTDLgI/s200/Unknown.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706736933705331378" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;Outmatched time and again at the polls by President Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan's opposition leaders are trying a new strategy to unseat the populist leader this year, holding the nation's first presidential primary to choose the strongest challenger (&lt;a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-lt--venezuela-oppositionprimary,0,5879261.story"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/Superados una y otra vez en las urnas por el presidente Hugo Chávez, de Venezuela, los de líderes la oposición están intentando una nueva estrategia para derrocar al líder populista de este año: la celebración de la primera  primaria presidencial para elegir el rival más fuerte en contra de Chávez&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 135px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aaEoRtughUU/TzJjMp83gpI/AAAAAAAAO4Y/nlKJMqTDDik/s200/Alba%2BSummit%2B2012%2B-%2B3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706732746902569618" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;President Hugo Chávez has announced that Venezuela will contribute 1% of the Central Bank’s international reserves (some $285 million) to Banco del ALBA (Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America). From a conventional point of view, there would be nothing abnormal about depositing a part of the international reserves in Banco del ALBA, as Venezuela has a long history of maintaining deposits with international bodies such as the Latin America Reserve Fund (FLAR: current balance $412 million) and even the International Monetary Fund (IMF). (&lt;a href="http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=469077&amp;amp;CategoryId=13303"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ En el marco de la XI Cumbre del ALBA (la Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América), realizada en Caracas el pasado fin de semana, el presidente Hugo Chávez anunció que Venezuela aportaría el 1% de las reservas internacionales del Banco Central (unos $285 millones) al Banco del ALBA. Desde el punto de vista convencional, no sería anormal depositar una parte de las reservas internacionales en el Banco del Alba, ya que Venezuela tiene una larga historia de mantener depósitos en organismos internacionales tales como el Fondo Latinoamericano de Reservas (FLAR; saldo actual, $412 millones) e, incluso, el Fondo Monetario Internacional (&lt;a href="http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=469076&amp;amp;CategoryId=13303"&gt;más...)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-7063562754664425003?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/7063562754664425003/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=7063562754664425003' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/7063562754664425003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/7063562754664425003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/02/throwing-venezuelan-reserves-into.html' title='Throwing the Venezuelan Reserves into Another Bottomless Pit?/ ¿Reservas Pa’ Otro Saco Roto?'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aaEoRtughUU/TzJjMp83gpI/AAAAAAAAO4Y/nlKJMqTDDik/s72-c/Alba%2BSummit%2B2012%2B-%2B3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-1890755685640363671</id><published>2012-02-07T08:29:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-02-07T08:35:30.409-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Venezuela: Out! Out! Out!? Venezuela: !fuera! !fuera! !fuera!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8uYHkfnQe2o/TzEhlHsimDI/AAAAAAAAO4M/2UJDYpIIXWY/s1600/images-1.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 110px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8uYHkfnQe2o/TzEhlHsimDI/AAAAAAAAO4M/2UJDYpIIXWY/s200/images-1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706379124459870258" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;In any case, the Venezuelans’ enthusiasm over the deputy’s letter to Fidel Castro is not because of what she told Chávez, but because of what she tells “the Cubans.” María Corina reproaches the &lt;i&gt;c&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;omandante &lt;/i&gt;for the 110,000 barrels of oil that her country delivers to Cuba every day without any hope of collecting their value. She reminds him of the numerous fraudulent international sales to Venezuela, triangulated through Havana with no purpose other than to fill the Cuban coffers at the expense of the sacrifices of Venezuelan workers. She condemns the crass interference of Cuba’s political police and army in its rich South American colony, but warns Fidel Castro that he mustn’t forget that, when in the past the Cuban regime infiltrated guerrillas and saboteurs into her country, the then-democratic governments and the National Armed Forces totally defeated those subversive attempts, something that will happen again in the future.(&lt;a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/06/2628198/venezuela-out-out-out.html#storylink=cpy"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ El entusiasmo de los venezolanos por la carta de la diputada a Fidel Castro no es por lo que le dijo a Chávez, sino por lo que ella dice “a los cubanos”. María Corina advierte a Fidel Castro que no olvide cómo, en el pasado, cuando su régimen infiltró guerrillas y saboteadores en el país, los gobiernos democráticos de entonces y las Fuerzas Armadas los derrotaron totalmente, algo que volverá a suceder en el futuro. La popular acogida a la carta de la diputada demuestra la profunda molestia de los venezolanos con la relación metrópoli-colonia establecida entre Cuba y Venezuela por Chávez. Es la primera vez en la historia que una nación más rica, grande, poblada, desarrollada y educada se subordina voluntariamente a las órdenes e intereses de otra más pobre, marginal y fracasada que la explota inicuamente ( &lt;a href="http://www.elcomercio.com/carlos_alberto_montaner/Fuera_0_641336036.html."&gt;más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-1890755685640363671?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/1890755685640363671/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=1890755685640363671' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/1890755685640363671'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/1890755685640363671'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/02/venezuela-out-out-out-venezuela-fuera.html' title='Venezuela: Out! Out! Out!? Venezuela: !fuera! !fuera! !fuera!'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8uYHkfnQe2o/TzEhlHsimDI/AAAAAAAAO4M/2UJDYpIIXWY/s72-c/images-1.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-5991375503058191339</id><published>2012-02-07T08:06:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-02-07T08:28:05.105-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Venezuela joins in Falklands war of words/ Venezuela repudia los "actos de provocación" de Londres contra Argentina por el conflicto de las Malvinas</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8PkIMeqrX9Y/TzEf1_J87OI/AAAAAAAAO4A/BAZit4KeJo0/s1600/images.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 149px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8PkIMeqrX9Y/TzEf1_J87OI/AAAAAAAAO4A/BAZit4KeJo0/s200/images.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706377215201832162" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;"The issue of the Malvinas Islands is an issue that concerns us, especially with the strong language that has emerged from the British Government, accusing Argentina of being colonialist. I’m speaking only for Venezuela, but if it occurs to the British empire to attack Argentina, Argentina won’t be alone this time" (&lt;a href="http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/319142"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ El Gobierno de Hugo Chávez ha rechazado los "actos de provocación e intimidación" por parte de Reino Unido, que ha decidido enviar un buque de guerra a las islas Malvinas, cuya soberanía reclama desde hace décadas Argentina, señala el Ministerio de Exteriores de Venezuela en un comunicado. Venezuela expresa de esta manera su repudio a las recientes declaraciones del primer ministro británico, David Cameron, y de su ministro de Exteriores, William Hague, quienes han acusado a Argentina de asumir una postura "colonialista" sobre el archipiélago del Atlántico Sur (&lt;a href="http://www.europapress.es/latam/politica/noticia-malvinas-venezuela-repudia-actos-provocacion-londres-contra-argentina-conflicto-malvinas-20120202174919.html"&gt; más...)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-5991375503058191339?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/5991375503058191339/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=5991375503058191339' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/5991375503058191339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/5991375503058191339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/02/venezuela-joins-in-falklands-war-of.html' title='Venezuela joins in Falklands war of words/ Venezuela repudia los &quot;actos de provocación&quot; de Londres contra Argentina por el conflicto de las Malvinas'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8PkIMeqrX9Y/TzEf1_J87OI/AAAAAAAAO4A/BAZit4KeJo0/s72-c/images.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-6449341741733930504</id><published>2012-02-07T07:57:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-02-07T08:03:27.178-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Small-Town President / El presidente de los pequeños pueblos</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OfSGQ7C5fSw/TzEaEHjqQII/AAAAAAAAO30/mJTJot7Skt0/s1600/07latitude-venezuela-blog480.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OfSGQ7C5fSw/TzEaEHjqQII/AAAAAAAAO30/mJTJot7Skt0/s200/07latitude-venezuela-blog480.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706370860905545858" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;Rural bastions like Parapara are central to Chàvez’s success. If the opposition can usually fight the government to a draw (and sometimes better) in the &lt;a href="http://www.ruralpovertyportal.org/web/guest/country/home/tags/venezuela"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;89 percent of the country that’s urbanized&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, Chàvismo scores big majorities in the rural rest: in Parapara’s 2010 legislative elections, for instance, the government won 1,009 votes, against 475 for the opposition. With thousands of towns like this throughout Venezuela, Chávez’s edge in the countryside could be enough to turn October’s election his way ( &lt;a href="http://latitude.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/chavez-re-election-could-hinge-on-voters-in-venezuela-rural-areas/"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Bastiones rurales como Parapara son fundamentales para el éxito de Chávez. Si la oposición por lo general puede  empatar en su lucha contra el gobierno (y a veces más) en el 89 por ciento del país que está urbanizado, las puntuaciones el chavismo le gana en el resto que es rural/ En 2010 las elecciones legislativas en Parapara, por ejemplo, el gobierno ganó 1.009 votos, 475 en contra de la oposición. Con miles de ciudades como esta en toda Venezuela, la ventaja de Chávez en el campo podría ser suficiente para mover las elecciones de octubre hacia su triunfo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;o:officedocumentsettings&gt;   &lt;o:allowpng/&gt;  &lt;/o:OfficeDocumentSettings&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:trackmoves&gt;false&lt;/w:TrackMoves&gt;   &lt;w:trackformatting/&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;21&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridverticalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:validateagainstschemas/&gt;   &lt;w:saveifxmlinvalid&gt;false&lt;/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid&gt; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eRG5ejjaBvI/TzEWPjMeq-I/AAAAAAAAO3o/zBgvrbirTJg/s200/11206850_copia.jpg.520.360.thumb.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706366659256560610" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;The Venezuelan Foreign Office has failed to bring forward a report to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS), to present Venezuela's official position on the Guyana's request to the United Nations seeking an extension of its continental shelf, which was submitted by the English-speaking country on September 7, 2011 (&lt;a href="http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/120206/venezuela-has-submitted-to-the-un-no-report-on-the-essequibo"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Está pendiente que la Cancillería de Venezuela informe a la Comisión de Límites de Plataforma Continental de Naciones Unidas (Doalos, por sus siglas en inglés), cuál es su posición oficial con respecto a la petición de Guyana de extender su dominio marítimo, tal como lo solicitó ese país al organismo el 7 de septiembre de 2011 (&lt;a href="http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/120206/venezuela-debe-a-la-onu-informe-sobre-el-esequibo"&gt; más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-4478532211671013758?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/4478532211671013758/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=4478532211671013758' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/4478532211671013758'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/4478532211671013758'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/02/venezuela-has-submitted-to-un-no-report.html' title='Venezuela has submitted to the UN no report on the Essequibo / Venezuela debe a la ONU informe sobre el Esequibo'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eRG5ejjaBvI/TzEWPjMeq-I/AAAAAAAAO3o/zBgvrbirTJg/s72-c/11206850_copia.jpg.520.360.thumb.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-5065580238912766121</id><published>2012-02-06T08:18:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-02-06T08:29:59.002-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Hugo Chavez says Venezuelan troops would fight with Argentina over Falklands/ La ALBA apoya a Argentina en caso Malvinas</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pSDgaf9tLBc/Ty_Ox56kfhI/AAAAAAAAO3c/zOvVOYMEtzk/s1600/images.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 136px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pSDgaf9tLBc/Ty_Ox56kfhI/AAAAAAAAO3c/zOvVOYMEtzk/s200/images.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706006609657101842" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;The eight member countries of the Bolivarian Alliance bloc, or ALBA, met to approve an agreement barring any boats flying &lt;a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/falklandislands/"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Falkland Islands&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;flags from docking in their ports ( &lt;a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/falklandislands/9063065/Hugo-Chavez-says-Venezuelan-troops-would-fight-with-Argentina-over-Falklands.html"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/La Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América (ALBA) ha mostrado su pleno apoyo a Argentina en la disputa por la soberanía de las islas Malvinas que mantiene con Reino Unido al pactar que no se permitirá que ningún barco con bandera malvina atraque en los puertos de los países miembro del ALBA, según ha confirmado el ministro de Asuntos Exteriores argentino, Héctor Timerman ( &lt;a href="http://ecodiario.eleconomista.es/internacional/noticias/3724285/02/12/malvinas-los-paises-del-alba-no-permitiran-que-atraquen-barcos-con-bandera-de-malvinas-en-sus-puertos.html"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-5065580238912766121?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/5065580238912766121/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=5065580238912766121' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/5065580238912766121'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/5065580238912766121'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/02/hugo-chavez-says-venezuelan-troops.html' title='Hugo Chavez says Venezuelan troops would fight with Argentina over Falklands/ La ALBA apoya a Argentina en caso Malvinas'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pSDgaf9tLBc/Ty_Ox56kfhI/AAAAAAAAO3c/zOvVOYMEtzk/s72-c/images.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-6554366758255153308</id><published>2012-02-06T08:00:00.003-04:30</published><updated>2012-02-06T08:15:34.316-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Venezuela's Fateful Presidential Primary /Las fatídicas primaria presidenciales de Venezuela</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Qh5PFfsZjaI/Ty_LaBvmLvI/AAAAAAAAO3Q/3_wMAy22N_I/s1600/images-aa5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 111px; height: 96px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Qh5PFfsZjaI/Ty_LaBvmLvI/AAAAAAAAO3Q/3_wMAy22N_I/s200/images-aa5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706002900906815218" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;Every happy democracy is happy in its own way. Unhappy dictatorships are all alike: They don't hold fair elections. With apologies to Leo Tolstoy—who was writing about families—that's a good way of thinking about what Venezuelan democrats are up against as they again set about to remove Hugo Chávez by means of the ballot box. A primary election in Venezuela next Sunday will be the first step in the latest effort as Chávez opponents try to organize a common front for the Oct. 7 presidential election. Despite a record of &lt;i&gt;chavista&lt;/i&gt; election chicanery, the loyal opposition insists that Mr. Chávez can be beaten if the anti-Chávez vote unites behind a single candidate (&lt;a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203889904577201062863586098.html"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Toda democracia feliz es feliz a su manera. Las descontentas dictaduras son todas iguales: no realizan elecciones justas. Con el perdón de León Tolstoi-que estaba escribiendo acerca de las familias- esta es una buena manera de pensar acerca de lo que los demócratas venezolanos están luchando, cuando se aprestan una vez más a remover a Hugo Chávez, a través de las urnas. Una elección primaria en Venezuela el próximo domingo será el primer paso en el esfuerzo más reciente, en la lucha de los opositores de Chávez que tratan de organizar un frente común para las elecciones presidenciales del 07 de octubre . A pesar del record de las triquinñuelas electorales chavista, la oposición leal insiste en que Chávez puede ser derrotado si elvoto anti-Chávez se une detrás de un candidato único&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;o:officedocumentsettings&gt;   &lt;o:allowpng/&gt;  &lt;/o:OfficeDocumentSettings&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:trackmoves&gt;false&lt;/w:TrackMoves&gt;   &lt;w:trackformatting/&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;21&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridverticalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:validateagainstschemas/&gt; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JVFAIat95So/Ty_HW2xUNUI/AAAAAAAAO3E/wftzlpyH7Q8/s200/6da454ce42aebd6d55b0a289303e.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705998448375117122" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;Often portrayed by his enemies as a &lt;i&gt;bobo&lt;/i&gt;, or fool, Chavez might better be described as a savvy politician with a flair for the dramatic who has managed to retain power, more or less democratically, for more than a decade. As for the faults and merits of his left-wing social agenda, those will likely be debated a very long time. “He speaks to the Venezuelan populace,” says Birns. “He knows how to talk to them. He’s been in office more than a dozen years and has a 56 per cent approval rating. You don’t do that by being a buffoon.”(&lt;a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1125769--venezuela-s-hugo-chavez-is-nobody-s-bobo?bn=1"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/A menudo retratado por sus enemigos como un bobo, o tonto, Chávez podría ser mejor descrito como un político inteligente con un gusto por lo dramático que ha logrado mantenerse en el poder, más o menos democráticamente, por más de una década. En cuanto a las faltas y los méritos de su izquierdista  agenda social, ellos probablemente se debatirán un tiempo muy largo. "Habla a la población venezolana", dice Birns. "Él sabe cómo hablarle con ellos. Ha estado en el cargo más de una docena de años y tiene un 56 por ciento de aprobación. 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 117px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xWYFo8tFb9w/Ty_ErArDFMI/AAAAAAAAO24/5FIBkhdri6A/s200/29555_338x198_0348421001328408176.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705995496095683778" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;Chavez also used the occasion to reiterate to Venezuelans that the military is firmly behind him as he runs for re-election in October. “From now on we will have generals, admirals, officers and troops (who are) revolutionaries, anti-imperialists, socialists and Chavistas, so that it hurts the bourgeoisie and imperialism all the more,” the president said at the televised parade. “The armed force is Chavista.”(&lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/americas/chavez-celebrates-anniversary-of-1992-coup-attempt-saying-chavistas-now-dominate-military/2012/02/04/gIQAx07kpQ_story.html"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ El jefe de Estado retomó su alusión -del pasado jueves- de que la Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana (Fanb) es chavista, señalando que “la oligarquía quisiera tener generales como los que se fueron a la Plaza Altamira”, pero les advirtió que  de ahora en adelante se tendrán generales, almirantes y tropas revolucionarias, antiimperialistas, socialistas y chavistas, para que le duela más a la burguesía y al imperialismo” (&lt;a href="http://eltiempo.com.ve/venezuela/gobierno/chavez-ahora-la-fanb-es-chavista-para-que-le-duela-a-la-oligarquia/43795"&gt; más...)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-8785268227261517634?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/8785268227261517634/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=8785268227261517634' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/8785268227261517634'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/8785268227261517634'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/02/chavez-celebrates-anniversary-of-4f.html' title='Chavez celebrates anniversary of 4F saying ‘Chavistas’ now dominate military/ Chávez: ahora la Fanb es chavista para que le duela a la oligarquía'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xWYFo8tFb9w/Ty_ErArDFMI/AAAAAAAAO24/5FIBkhdri6A/s72-c/29555_338x198_0348421001328408176.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-8431465399942222097</id><published>2012-02-03T08:38:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-02-03T08:44:54.398-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Chavez Threatens To Nationalise Local Units Of Global FMCG Giants/ Chávez amenaza con nacionalizar trasnacionales de productos de cosnumo</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lnwvfr-QjpE/TyvdxXKHyEI/AAAAAAAAO2s/VYjo8EdkVzc/s1600/detalleff05d04001c900e242823a160105b05a.20111103_compraleche.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 130px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lnwvfr-QjpE/TyvdxXKHyEI/AAAAAAAAO2s/VYjo8EdkVzc/s200/detalleff05d04001c900e242823a160105b05a.20111103_compraleche.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704897193094662210" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has once again turned his sights to the retail industry, threatening to nationalise any firms that fail to comply with the government’s soon-to-be-unveiled price controls for consumer goods. The announcement - which could affect global manufacturing giants such as Procter &amp;amp; Gamble. Johnson &amp;amp; Johnson, and Colgate-Palmolive – has led to panic buying by consumers for basic household products ( &lt;a href="http://www.kamcity.com/namnews/asp/newsarticle.asp?newsid=63691"&gt;more...)&lt;/a&gt;/ El presidente venezolano, Hugo Chávez, una vez más volvió su mirada a la industria al por menor, y amenaza con nacionalizar cualquier empresa que no cumplan con las rápidas medidas del gobierno de contro de precios de bienes de consumo. El anuncio - que podría afectar a los gigantes mundiales de fabricación tales como Procter &amp;amp; Gamble. Johnson &amp;amp; Johnson y Colgate-Palmolive -ha generado pánico entre los consumidores en la compra de productos básicos para el hogar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;o:officedocumentsettings&gt;   &lt;o:allowpng/&gt;  &lt;/o:OfficeDocumentSettings&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:trackmoves&gt;false&lt;/w:TrackMoves&gt;   &lt;w:trackformatting/&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;21&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridverticalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:validateagainstschemas/&gt;   &lt;w:saveifxmlinvalid&gt;false&lt;/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid&gt; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 131px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hIRCMREa3TI/Tyvb4mSNgGI/AAAAAAAAO2g/MZRUrXyih_o/s200/Unknown-1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704895118390952034" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;recent developments suggest that, in the case that Chávez does not manage to survive his illness, his successors could turn Venezuela into a narco-autocracy run by corrupt military officers who care more for money and riches than ideology or revolution ( &lt;a href="http://www.americasquarterly.org/node/3316"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ &lt;span lang="ES-TRAD"&gt;“Los &lt;/span&gt;acontecimientos recientes sugieren que, en caso de que Chávez no logre sobrevivir a su enfermedad, sus sucesores podrían convertir a Venezuela en una narco-autocracia corrupta dirigida por oficiales del ejército que se preocupen más por el dinero y las riquezas que por la ideología o la revolución&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 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  &lt;w:compatibility&gt;    &lt;w:breakwrappedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:dontgrowautofit/&gt;    &lt;w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:dontvertalignintxbx/&gt;   &lt;/w:Compatibility&gt;  &lt;/w:WordDocument&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"&gt;  &lt;/w:LatentStyles&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;  &lt;!--[if gte mso 10]&gt; &lt;style&gt;  /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable  {mso-style-name:"Tabla normal";  mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;  mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;  mso-style-noshow:yes;  mso-style-parent:"";  mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;  mso-para-margin-top:0in;  mso-para-margin-right:0in;  mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;  mso-para-margin-left:0in;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:12.0pt;  font-family:"Times New Roman";  mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;  mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;  mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";  mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PtSlNdYdPWE/TyvZw8kbkbI/AAAAAAAAO2U/Owx1StuUrdw/s200/0129_Venezuela_full_380.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704892787910742450" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;Living with 30 percent inflation, regular power outages, and one of the highest murder rates in the world, however, the middle class has since tired of Chávez. A tough fight lies ahead. The candidate who will take on Chávez in Venezeula’s October Presidential election will be chosen in primaries held on Feb. 12. Young state governor Henrique Capriles Radonski is likely to take that mantle. He's less known outside the country than his former rival, Leopoldo López, who has spoken out against Chávez on the world stage. Mr. López was set to be the opposition’s frontrunner until the government disqualified him from holding office under a law that many critics say was simply created to stifle those with a chance at challenging the president (&lt;a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2012/0129/The-man-who-would-defeat-Hugo-Chavez"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Vivir con una inflación del 30 %, cortes regulares de energía, y una de las tasas de homicidios más alta del mundo, ha cansado a la clase media de Chávez. Una dura lucha está planteada. El candidato que se enfrentará a Chávez en las elecciones presidenciales de octubre Venezuela será elegido en las elecciones primarias ha celebrarse el 12 de febrero. El joven gobernador del estado Henrique Capriles Radonski, probablemente quien tenga esa opción. Aúnque es menos conocido fuera del país de su antiguo rival, Leopoldo López, quien ha manifestado en contra de Chávez en el escenario mundial. El Sr. López iba a ser favorito de la oposición hasta que el gobierno le inhabilitó para ocupar cargos bajo una ley que muchos críticos dicen que fue creada simplemente para acallar las personas con la oportunidad de desafiar al presidente&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;o:officedocumentsettings&gt;   &lt;o:allowpng/&gt;  &lt;/o:OfficeDocumentSettings&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:trackmoves&gt;false&lt;/w:TrackMoves&gt;   &lt;w:trackformatting/&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;21&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridverticalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery&gt; 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trade with Venezuela nearly doubled/ Cuba fortalece comercio con Venezuela, caen compras a EEUU</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CYhgLZw0jNA/Tyqhb_4b6cI/AAAAAAAAO2I/EwbsuoXhkcI/s1600/ahoraV.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 124px; height: 78px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CYhgLZw0jNA/Tyqhb_4b6cI/AAAAAAAAO2I/EwbsuoXhkcI/s200/ahoraV.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704549380394838466" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;The document said trade with Venezuela, which has become Cuba’s main commercial partner under President Hugo Chavez, topped $6 billion in 2010, nearly double the $3.4 billion registered the year before. Venezuela provides about 100,000 barrels of oil a day to Cuba on beneficial terms and receives doctors and technical advisers from Cuba. China was Cuba’s second-largest partner in 2010 with $1.9 billion in trade, according to the report, followed by Canada, Spain, Brazil and the Netherlands (&lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/americas/cuba-says-imports-from-us-down-sharply-in-2010-trade-with-venezuela-nearly-doubled/2012/02/01/gIQAeksFiQ_story.html"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Convertido paulatinamente en el principal socio comercial de la isla desde que asumió el presidente Hugo Chávez en 2000 y fortaleció su alianza con su entonces colega Fidel Castro, Venezuela tiene un acuerdo muy extenso con la isla a la cual provee a precios preferenciales de petróleo y de donde obtiene médicos y técnicos para sus programas sociales. El informe de la ONE señaló también una caída en la compra de alimentos a Estados Unidos, único rubro en el cual Washington no aplica sanciones contra Cuba en virtud de una enmienda congresional de comienzos de la década pasada. Inicialmente generó expectativas de convertirse en el primer paso de una normalización de las relaciones entre las dos naciones (&lt;a href="http://feeds.univision.com/feeds/article/2012-02-01/cuba-fortalece-comercio-con-venezuela?refPath=/noticias/estados-unidos/noticias/"&gt; más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-835997419140258431?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/835997419140258431/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=835997419140258431' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/835997419140258431'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/835997419140258431'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/02/cuba-says-imports-from-us-down-sharply.html' title='Cuba says imports from US down sharply in 2010; trade with Venezuela nearly doubled/ Cuba fortalece comercio con Venezuela, caen compras a EEUU'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CYhgLZw0jNA/Tyqhb_4b6cI/AAAAAAAAO2I/EwbsuoXhkcI/s72-c/ahoraV.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-5574953456542202292</id><published>2012-02-02T09:56:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-02-02T10:04:22.308-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Venezuela passes anti-terrorism law; critics warn it could be used for crackdown on dissent/ Venezuela aprueba una polémica ley antiterrorista</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ycw4XBrH1Xg/Tyqe5aiS-ZI/AAAAAAAAO18/NRWo9wC0rQU/s1600/antiterrorismo.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 168px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ycw4XBrH1Xg/Tyqe5aiS-ZI/AAAAAAAAO18/NRWo9wC0rQU/s200/antiterrorismo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704546587231058322" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;Rights activists on Wednesday urged lawmakers to modify the legislation before it takes effect. They say it allows accusations from anonymous informants that could lead to violations of due process (&lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/americas/venezuela-passes-anti-terrorism-law-critics-warn-it-could-be-used-for-crackdown-on-dissent/2012/02/01/gIQAUiUGiQ_story.html"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Esta legislación “ &lt;b&gt;viola cerca de 20 artículos de la Constitución&lt;/b&gt; ”, entre ellos los que contemplan el derecho “a la participación, la asociación, la protesta y el debido proceso”, sostuvo el diputado opositor José España. “Aquí se presume que todos somos sospechosos (...) Esta es la ley del delator”, argumentó España, en referencia a un artículo que obliga a un amplio abanico de sujetos a informar a las autoridades cuando se tengan sospechas de actos relacionados con la delincuencia organizada y el terrorismo (&lt;a href="http://www.clarin.com/mundo/Venezuela-aprueba-polemica-ley-antiterrorista_0_638936175.html"&gt; más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-5574953456542202292?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/5574953456542202292/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=5574953456542202292' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/5574953456542202292'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/5574953456542202292'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/02/venezuela-passes-anti-terrorism-law.html' title='Venezuela passes anti-terrorism law; critics warn it could be used for crackdown on dissent/ Venezuela aprueba una polémica ley antiterrorista'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ycw4XBrH1Xg/Tyqe5aiS-ZI/AAAAAAAAO18/NRWo9wC0rQU/s72-c/antiterrorismo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-8024701041455661300</id><published>2012-02-02T09:51:00.004-04:30</published><updated>2012-02-02T09:56:42.470-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Children Posing with Assault Rifles to Support Chavez Sparks Outrage / Fotos de la polémica en Venezuela</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kPudVLm4oNg/TyqdHeXhP5I/AAAAAAAAO1w/4a1SeUk6GWo/s1600/Venezuela_children_480x300.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 125px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kPudVLm4oNg/TyqdHeXhP5I/AAAAAAAAO1w/4a1SeUk6GWo/s200/Venezuela_children_480x300.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704544629754511250" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;It was a group of children, ages 3 to 7, celebrating Democracy Day in a Venezuelan school. They sang song of the revolution, pledged support for President &lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/topics/politics/president-hugo-chavez.htm#r_src=ramp"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Hugo Chavez&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and posed for photos. But what has sparked outrage in this South American country is how they were photographed: the baby-faced children were brandishing assault rifles, their faced covered in revolutionary scarves. Behind them was a mural of Jesus Christ armed with an AK-47 ( &lt;a href="http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2012/02/01/children-holding-assault-rifles-stirs-controversy-in-venezuela/#ixzz1lEaWmxr9"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Las fotos de niños sosteniendo armas de fuego en un barrio de Caracas han causado revuelo dentro y fuera de Venezuela. Según medios venezolanos, el 23 de enero se conmemoró en la zona que lleva el mismo nombre, la caída del gobierno militar del difunto general Marcos Pérez Jiménez de una manera particular. Las imágenes de la celebración muestran cerca de siete niños con rifles de asalto y acompañados por sus padres en el denominado colectivo urbano de La Piedrita ( &lt;a href="http://www.voanews.com/spanish/news/latin-america/fotos-ninos-armados-crean-polemica-138501199.html"&gt;más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-8024701041455661300?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/8024701041455661300/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=8024701041455661300' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/8024701041455661300'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/8024701041455661300'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/02/children-posing-with-assault-rifles-to.html' title='Children Posing with Assault Rifles to Support Chavez Sparks Outrage / Fotos de la polémica en Venezuela'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kPudVLm4oNg/TyqdHeXhP5I/AAAAAAAAO1w/4a1SeUk6GWo/s72-c/Venezuela_children_480x300.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-1290143907099117751</id><published>2012-02-02T09:37:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-02-02T09:48:17.072-04:30</updated><title type='text'>US-Venezuela Tensions Increasing/ Tensiones Venezuela-EE.UU aumentan</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FpgYxYW2Q1Q/TyqbIyUZSjI/AAAAAAAAO1k/2-Xh-Qgz7Wo/s1600/Obama-y-Ch%25C3%25A1vez-se-dan-la-mano.preview.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FpgYxYW2Q1Q/TyqbIyUZSjI/AAAAAAAAO1k/2-Xh-Qgz7Wo/s200/Obama-y-Ch%25C3%25A1vez-se-dan-la-mano.preview.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704542453266729522" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;Four key events in the first month of 2012 signal increased tensions between the United States and Venezuela. These are: 1. The expulsion of the Venezuelan Consul in Miami, Livia Acosta, for suspicion of cyber terrorism; 2. Iranian strongman Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit to Caracas and closer ties with Hugo Chavez’s Latin American allies; 3. The promotion of a U.S. Treasury Department-designated drug kingpin — Henry Rangel Silva — to Defense Minister; 4. A Paris-based international arbitration board’s (International Chamber of Commerce) decision favoring Exxon Mobil’s lawsuit against the government of Venezuela, and the subsequent withdrawal of the Venezuelan government from the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), a World Bank entity. ( &lt;a href="http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Ahmadinejad-Chavez-Venezuela-Iran/2012/02/01/id/426338"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Cuatro eventos importantes en el primer mes de 2012 dan señal de las crecientes tensiones entre Estados Unidos y Venezuela. Estos son: 1. La expulsión de la Cónsul de Venezuela en Miami, Livia Acosta, por sospecha de terrorismo cibernético, 2. Visita del iraní, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, al hombre fuerte de Caracas y a estrechar los lazos con sus aliados en América Latina Hugo Chávez, 3. La promoción de un señalado capo de la droga por el Departamento del Tesoro de EE.UU.-  Henry Rangel Silva - a ministro de Defensa, 4. La decisión a favorable a Exxon Mobil y contra el gobierno de Venezuela de una demanda en un consejo internacional de arbitraje  con sede en París  (Cámara de Comercio Internacional), y la posterior retirada del gobierno de Venezuela del Centro Internacional de Arreglo de Diferencias Relativas a Inversiones (CIADI), entidad del Banco Mundial.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;o:officedocumentsettings&gt;   &lt;o:allowpng/&gt;  &lt;/o:OfficeDocumentSettings&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:trackmoves&gt;false&lt;/w:TrackMoves&gt;   &lt;w:trackformatting/&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;21&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridverticalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery&gt; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-w2jF2u5yNoA/Tyk0uJb6hMI/AAAAAAAAO1Y/JhI4EOQupnQ/s200/1078718378_0a7bd2b570.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704148370453071042" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;The city of Doral has a nickname: Doralezuela. Located next to Miami, the city of 45,000 is the heart of Venezuela’s expat community. Most Venezuelans arrived here over the past 10 years. Ernesto Ackerman is sort of a dean of the community. He moved here from Caracas in 1989. He says Venezuelans here are politically engaged, just not with American politics (&lt;a href="http://www.theworld.org/2012/01/venezuela-political-florida-gop/"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ La ciudad de Doral tiene un apodo: Doralezuela. Situada al lado de Miami, la ciudad de 45.000 es el corazón de la comunidad de expatriados en Venezuela. La mayoría de los venezolanos llegaron en los últimos 10 años. Ernesto Ackerman es una especie de decano de la comunidad. Se mudó aquí desde Caracas en 1989. Él dice que los venezolanos aquí están políticamente comprometidos, pero no solo con la política estadounidense&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;o:officedocumentsettings&gt;   &lt;o:allowpng/&gt;  &lt;/o:OfficeDocumentSettings&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:trackmoves&gt;false&lt;/w:TrackMoves&gt;   &lt;w:trackformatting/&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;21&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridverticalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:validateagainstschemas/&gt;   &lt;w:saveifxmlinvalid&gt;false&lt;/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid&gt; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 180px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wKYBKx3C2gI/Tykymhn8I3I/AAAAAAAAO1M/hZnWM7ZmKlw/s200/Carlos%2BPujalte%2B-%2BMexican%2BAmbassador%2Bto%2BVenezuela%2B-%2B1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704146040483750770" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;Barely a few hours after Hugo Chávez had given assurances that crime in Venezuela had been reduced since the Caracazo (Caracas uprising) than there was an unexpected turn of events when Mexico’s ambassador in Venezuela, Carlos Pujalte Piñeiro, and his wife were kidnapped ( &lt;a href="http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=466946&amp;amp;CategoryId=13303"&gt;more...)&lt;/a&gt;/ La semana se inició con mal pie para la imagen del presidente-candidato, Hugo Chávez. Apenas pasaban unas pocas horas de haber asegurado a su cautiva teleaudiencia que la criminalidad en Venezuela había bajado desde el Caracazo, cuando le saltó la liebre del secuestro del embajador de México, Carlos Pujalte Piñeiro, y su esposa (&lt;a href="http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=466944&amp;amp;CategoryId=13303"&gt;más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-465153711424717754?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/465153711424717754/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=465153711424717754' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/465153711424717754'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/465153711424717754'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/02/just-small-sample-of-venezuelan-tragedy.html' title='Just a Small sample of a Venezuelan Tragedy/ Muestra de una Tragedia Nacional'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wKYBKx3C2gI/Tykymhn8I3I/AAAAAAAAO1M/hZnWM7ZmKlw/s72-c/Carlos%2BPujalte%2B-%2BMexican%2BAmbassador%2Bto%2BVenezuela%2B-%2B1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-5434393514146514254</id><published>2012-02-01T07:50:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-02-01T08:06:03.022-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Why 2012 is a critical year for the US and Venezuela, the narco-state on our doorstep / Un narco-estado a nuestras puertas</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oHeZpZIAN0k/TykxrQXB7QI/AAAAAAAAO1A/MaGPf95nPkg/s1600/1bda934a648979a3350b8166bf8e7540_L.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oHeZpZIAN0k/TykxrQXB7QI/AAAAAAAAO1A/MaGPf95nPkg/s200/1bda934a648979a3350b8166bf8e7540_L.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704145022237142274" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;Rangel Silva’s appointment to that key security post – coming on the heels of the return of Chávez henchman Diosdado Cabello to senior political posts – indicates that narco-generals are positioning themselves to hold on to power in spite of elections scheduled for October. Any hope for a democratic transition this year will depend on extraordinary courage of the opposition and increased solidarity from the international community (&lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/01/31/why-2012-is-critical-year-for-us-and-venezuela-narco-state-on-our-doorstep/#ixzz1l8H7gz1P"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ El nombramiento de Rangel Silva en ese puesto clave de seguridad - que viene inmediatamente después del regreso del esbirro  de Chávez  Diosdado Cabello a los altos cargos políticos - indica que los narco-generales se están posicionando para mantenerse en el poder a pesar de las elecciones previstas para octubre. Las esperanzas de una transición democrática en este año dependerá del  valor extraordinario de la oposición y el aumento de la solidaridad de la comunidad internacional&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;o:officedocumentsettings&gt;   &lt;o:allowpng/&gt;  &lt;/o:OfficeDocumentSettings&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:trackmoves&gt;false&lt;/w:TrackMoves&gt;   &lt;w:trackformatting/&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;21&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridverticalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:validateagainstschemas/&gt;   &lt;w:saveifxmlinvalid&gt;false&lt;/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid&gt;   &lt;w:ignoremixedcontent&gt;false&lt;/w:IgnoreMixedContent&gt;   &lt;w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext&gt;false&lt;/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText&gt;   &lt;w:compatibility&gt;    &lt;w:breakwrappedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:dontgrowautofit/&gt;    &lt;w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:dontvertalignintxbx/&gt;   &lt;/w:Compatibility&gt;  &lt;/w:WordDocument&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"&gt;  &lt;/w:LatentStyles&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;  &lt;!--[if gte mso 10]&gt; &lt;style&gt;  /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable  {mso-style-name:"Tabla normal";  mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;  mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;  mso-style-noshow:yes;  mso-style-parent:"";  mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;  mso-para-margin-top:0in;  mso-para-margin-right:0in;  mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;  mso-para-margin-left:0in;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:12.0pt;  font-family:"Times New Roman";  mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;  mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;  mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";  mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;  mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;  mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} &lt;/style&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt;    &lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:ES-TRAD"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-5434393514146514254?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/5434393514146514254/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=5434393514146514254' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/5434393514146514254'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/5434393514146514254'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/02/why-2012-is-critical-year-for-us-and.html' title='Why 2012 is a critical year for the US and Venezuela, the narco-state on our doorstep / Un narco-estado a nuestras puertas'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oHeZpZIAN0k/TykxrQXB7QI/AAAAAAAAO1A/MaGPf95nPkg/s72-c/1bda934a648979a3350b8166bf8e7540_L.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-2242926937594726905</id><published>2012-02-01T07:43:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-02-01T07:50:22.254-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Chavismo and the populist left/ Chavismo y la izquierda populista</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UXFWNvbi8r0/Tykt_3HmmuI/AAAAAAAAO00/E_kdJRrzAFc/s1600/6308776.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 93px; height: 92px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UXFWNvbi8r0/Tykt_3HmmuI/AAAAAAAAO00/E_kdJRrzAFc/s200/6308776.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704140978192292578" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;How to be popular without being populist? Just one of the questions facing social democratic politicians around the world. In Latin America leaders like Lula in Brazil, Bachelet in Chile, or Tabaré Vázquez in Uruguay appear to have shown that it is possible to achieve popular support while sacrificing neither essential democratic principles nor good policy. Hugo Chavez, however, has another answer. As pleased as he may be with Lula’s, Bachelet’s, or Vazquez’s popularity, he would disagree with their unwillingness to alter the basic capitalist structure in their respective countries. “Chavismo” is about radically modifying a country’s institutional foundations, so that the Washington Consensus becomes the Bolivarian Consensus (in honour of the Nineteenth century revolutionary, Simon Bolivar). Chavez would argue that other leaders, in failing to support such change, were not genuine revolutionaries ( &lt;a href="http://www.policy-network.net/articles/4130/Venezuela-Chavismo-and-the-populist-left"&gt;more..&lt;/a&gt;)/ ¿Cómo ser popular sin ser populista? Es sólo una de las preguntas que se hacen sociales políticos democráticos en todo el mundo. En América Latina los líderes como Lula en Brasil, Bachelet en Chile, o Tabaré Vázquez en Uruguay parecen haber demostrado que es posible lograr el apoyo popular, sin sacrificar ninguno de los principios fundamentales democráticos, ni una buena política. Hugo Chávez, sin embargo, tiene otra respuesta. Tan contento como puede estar con Lula, Bachelet, o la popularidad de Vázquez, está en desacuerdo con la falta de voluntad de ellos para alterar la estructura básica del capitalismo en sus respectivos países."Chavismo" se trata de modificar radicalmente las bases institucionales de un país, para convertir el Consenso de Washington  en el Consenso bolivariano (en honor del revolucionario del siglo XIX, Simón Bolívar). Chávez diría que estos líderes, al no apoyar estos cambio no serían verdaderos revolucionarios&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;o:officedocumentsettings&gt;   &lt;o:allowpng/&gt;  &lt;/o:OfficeDocumentSettings&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:trackmoves&gt;false&lt;/w:TrackMoves&gt;   &lt;w:trackformatting/&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;21&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridverticalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:validateagainstschemas/&gt;   &lt;w:saveifxmlinvalid&gt;false&lt;/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid&gt;   &lt;w:ignoremixedcontent&gt;false&lt;/w:IgnoreMixedContent&gt;   &lt;w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext&gt;false&lt;/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText&gt;   &lt;w:compatibility&gt;    &lt;w:breakwrappedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:dontgrowautofit/&gt;    &lt;w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:dontvertalignintxbx/&gt;   &lt;/w:Compatibility&gt;  &lt;/w:WordDocument&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"&gt;  &lt;/w:LatentStyles&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;  &lt;!--[if gte mso 10]&gt; &lt;style&gt;  /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable  {mso-style-name:"Tabla normal";  mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;  mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;  mso-style-noshow:yes;  mso-style-parent:"";  mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;  mso-para-margin-top:0in;  mso-para-margin-right:0in;  mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;  mso-para-margin-left:0in;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:12.0pt;  font-family:"Times New Roman";  mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;  mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;  mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";  mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;  mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;  mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} &lt;/style&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt;    &lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family: Times;mso-fareast-language:ES-TRAD"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-2242926937594726905?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/2242926937594726905/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=2242926937594726905' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/2242926937594726905'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/2242926937594726905'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/02/chavismo-and-populist-left-chavismo-y.html' title='Chavismo and the populist left/ Chavismo y la izquierda populista'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UXFWNvbi8r0/Tykt_3HmmuI/AAAAAAAAO00/E_kdJRrzAFc/s72-c/6308776.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-343076552467597042</id><published>2012-01-31T08:49:00.003-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-31T08:56:12.488-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Venezuela Receives Last Shipment of Repatriated Gold Bars/ Chávez culmina la repatriación de todo el oro depositado en bancos  del exterior</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gE309sx-HaM/Tyfr63y5mRI/AAAAAAAAO0o/04cfWe0v8NE/s1600/Unknown.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gE309sx-HaM/Tyfr63y5mRI/AAAAAAAAO0o/04cfWe0v8NE/s200/Unknown.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703786849730402578" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;Fourteen tons of gold arrived at the Caracas airport today on a flight from &lt;a href="http://topics.bloomberg.com/europe/"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Europe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, Merentes said. The gold bars were transported in a caravan, broadcast on state television, to vaults at the central bank where street banners proclaimed “Mission Complete.” “In two months, we’ve brought 160 tons of gold valued at around $9 billion back to Venezuela,” Merentes said on state television from the Caracas airport. “Today marks the last day of the mission.” ( &lt;a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-31/venezuela-receives-last-shipment-of-repatriated-gold-bars-1-.html"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ El Gobierno de Venezuela recibió el lunes las últimas 14 toneladas de oro del total de 160 que estaban depositadas en bancos del exterior y que &lt;b&gt;llegaron al aeropuerto de Maiquetía &lt;/b&gt;en medio de un gran despliegue militar, que incluyó tanques y soldados en otros vehículos de combate. Las 160 toneladas, valoradas en 6.800 millones de euros, forman parte de las reservas de oro monetario del país, que en total «sobrepasan las 360 toneladas, lo que representa alrededor de 13.685 millones de euros», según precisó &lt;a href="http://www.bcv.org.ve/blanksite/c3/directorio.asp"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;el presidente del Banco Central de Venezuela, Nelson Merentes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. La Reserva Monetaria Internacional de Venezuela bordea los 22.800 millones de euros ( &lt;a href="http://www.abc.es/20120131/internacional/abci--201201310050.html"&gt;más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-343076552467597042?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/343076552467597042/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=343076552467597042' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/343076552467597042'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/343076552467597042'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/venezuela-receives-last-shipment-of.html' title='Venezuela Receives Last Shipment of Repatriated Gold Bars/ Chávez culmina la repatriación de todo el oro depositado en bancos  del exterior'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gE309sx-HaM/Tyfr63y5mRI/AAAAAAAAO0o/04cfWe0v8NE/s72-c/Unknown.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-6811783973272151928</id><published>2012-01-31T08:44:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-31T08:48:19.837-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Mexico Envoy to Venezuela Free After Kidnapping / El embajador de México en Venezuela sufrió un secuestro express</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RKPdB5M4me0/TyfqFsSYzTI/AAAAAAAAO0c/GbFBT1g70V8/s1600/151843.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 141px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RKPdB5M4me0/TyfqFsSYzTI/AAAAAAAAO0c/GbFBT1g70V8/s200/151843.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703784836596550962" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;Mexico's envoy, Carlos Pujalte Pineiro, and his wife were snatched leaving a reception by four armed men late Sunday and held for four hours before being released in a poor Caracas neighborhood, according to a statement from Venezuela's attorney general. The couple was set free early Monday morning in good health and gave a statement to authorities, a Mexican embassy spokesman said ( &lt;a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204740904577193142881406940.html?mod=googlenews_wsj"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Pujalte fue secuestrado junto a su esposa, Paloma Ojeda, "por cuatro hombres fuertemente armados" cerca de la medianoche del domingo cuando la pareja salía de una "recepción" en una urbanización del norte de Caracas, según una nota de prensa de la Fiscalía venezolana, que ya inició la investigación del caso. Pujalte y Ojeda fueron liberados en un sector popular del oeste de la capital venezolana unas cuatro horas después de ser secuestrados y el lunes por la mañana ofrecieron sus declaraciones a las autoridades locales, según la Fiscalía ( &lt;a href="http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1444772-el-embajador-de-mexico-en-venezuela-sufrio-un-secuestro-express"&gt;más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-6811783973272151928?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/6811783973272151928/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=6811783973272151928' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/6811783973272151928'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/6811783973272151928'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/mexico-envoy-to-venezuela-free-after.html' title='Mexico Envoy to Venezuela Free After Kidnapping / El embajador de México en Venezuela sufrió un secuestro express'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RKPdB5M4me0/TyfqFsSYzTI/AAAAAAAAO0c/GbFBT1g70V8/s72-c/151843.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-2585218110103222263</id><published>2012-01-31T08:32:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-31T08:37:23.913-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Is Venezuelan Military Stepping Up Role in Drug Trafficking? / ¿ aumenta el papel de los militares en el tráfico de drogas?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cOJZd0h67Go/TyfnhEfZvqI/AAAAAAAAO0Q/Rc_cCSV6iV8/s1600/1bda934a648979a3350b8166bf8e7540_L.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cOJZd0h67Go/TyfnhEfZvqI/AAAAAAAAO0Q/Rc_cCSV6iV8/s200/1bda934a648979a3350b8166bf8e7540_L.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703782008415174306" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;Allegations that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez knew of &lt;a href="http://insightcrime.org/criminal-activities/drug-trafficking/item/504-drug-trafficking"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;drug trafficking&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; charges against his new defense minister not only suggest institutional corruption in the security forces, but that the president is unwilling, or unable, to take action ( &lt;a href="http://insightcrime.org/insight-latest-news/item/2139-is-venezuelan-military-stepping-up-role-in-drug-trafficking"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Las acusaciones de que el presidente venezolano, Hugo Chávez, sabía de los cargos de narcotráfico en contra de su nuevo ministro de Defensa no sólo sugieren corrupción institucional en las fuerzas de seguridad, sino que el presidente no desea o está dispuesto,  a tomar medidas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;o:officedocumentsettings&gt;   &lt;o:allowpng/&gt;  &lt;/o:OfficeDocumentSettings&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:trackmoves&gt;false&lt;/w:TrackMoves&gt;   &lt;w:trackformatting/&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;21&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridverticalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:validateagainstschemas/&gt;   &lt;w:saveifxmlinvalid&gt;false&lt;/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid&gt;   &lt;w:ignoremixedcontent&gt;false&lt;/w:IgnoreMixedContent&gt;   &lt;w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext&gt;false&lt;/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText&gt;   &lt;w:compatibility&gt;    &lt;w:breakwrappedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:dontgrowautofit/&gt;    &lt;w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:dontvertalignintxbx/&gt;   &lt;/w:Compatibility&gt;  &lt;/w:WordDocument&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"&gt;  &lt;/w:LatentStyles&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;  &lt;!--[if gte mso 10]&gt; &lt;style&gt;  /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable  {mso-style-name:"Tabla normal";  mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;  mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;  mso-style-noshow:yes;  mso-style-parent:"";  mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;  mso-para-margin-top:0in;  mso-para-margin-right:0in;  mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;  mso-para-margin-left:0in;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:12.0pt;  font-family:"Times New Roman";  mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;  mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;  mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";  mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;  mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;  mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} &lt;/style&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt;    &lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-fareast-language:ES-TRAD"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-2585218110103222263?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/2585218110103222263/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=2585218110103222263' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/2585218110103222263'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/2585218110103222263'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/is-venezuelan-military-stepping-up-role.html' title='Is Venezuelan Military Stepping Up Role in Drug Trafficking? / ¿ aumenta el papel de los militares en el tráfico de drogas?'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cOJZd0h67Go/TyfnhEfZvqI/AAAAAAAAO0Q/Rc_cCSV6iV8/s72-c/1bda934a648979a3350b8166bf8e7540_L.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-6306547359490241491</id><published>2012-01-31T08:27:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-31T08:31:04.108-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Venezuela's accumulated inflation hits 528% in nine years / En nueve años de controles la inflación acumula salto de 528%</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-shxlpcVWuYE/TyfmCgtiySI/AAAAAAAAO0E/1aQmJRo3_mE/s1600/20051116151137-inflacion.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 181px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-shxlpcVWuYE/TyfmCgtiySI/AAAAAAAAO0E/1aQmJRo3_mE/s200/20051116151137-inflacion.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703780383903107362" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;The Venezuelan government has unsuccessfully tried to put an end to "profiteering" by setting the prices of hundreds of food items, medicines, diapers, toothpaste and other basic products. Between February 2003 (when price controls were first implemented) and December 2011, Venezuela's accumulated inflation has skyrocketed 528%. This has hit the worker's purchasing power, as they can buy 15% less than in 1998. ( &lt;a href="http://www.eluniversal.com/economia/120130/venezuelas-accumulated-inflation-hits-528-in-nine-years"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Pero la política de que tres ministerios fijen el precio de cientos de alimentos, medicinas, pañales, pasta dental y demás productos básicos con la idea de acabar con la "especulación de los empresarios" no ha tenido éxito. Entre febrero de 2003 (mes en que comenzó a aplicarse el control) y diciembre de 2011, la inflación acumula un alza de 528% que ha mermado el salario y los trabajadores compran hoy 15% menos que en 1998. (&lt;a href="http://www.eluniversal.com/economia/120130/en-nueve-anos-de-controles-la-inflacion-acumula-salto-de-528"&gt; más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-6306547359490241491?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/6306547359490241491/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=6306547359490241491' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/6306547359490241491'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/6306547359490241491'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/venezuelas-accumulated-inflation-hits.html' title='Venezuela&apos;s accumulated inflation hits 528% in nine years / En nueve años de controles la inflación acumula salto de 528%'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-shxlpcVWuYE/TyfmCgtiySI/AAAAAAAAO0E/1aQmJRo3_mE/s72-c/20051116151137-inflacion.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-8072535573563937109</id><published>2012-01-30T08:46:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-30T08:50:21.783-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Venezuela's Hugo Chavez warns banks of nationalisation / Chávez amenaza con nacionalizar bancos en Venezuela</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JDIQUVUoHw0/TyaZD6HCqCI/AAAAAAAAOz4/eyWoKuV6I94/s1600/6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 80px; height: 80px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JDIQUVUoHw0/TyaZD6HCqCI/AAAAAAAAOz4/eyWoKuV6I94/s200/6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703414270528759842" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;Mr Chavez said some leading banks were failing to comply with a legal requirement that at least 10% of their lending should support development. "If you can't do it, give me the banks," he said. The government has taken over several private banks in recent years over alleged irregularities ( &lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-16783993"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ "Los bancos privados si no quieren cumplir con la Constitución y la ley, bueno yo no tengo problema, lo repito, de nacionalizarlos pues, ven a mí que tengo flor, pero nosotros tenemos que hacer cumplir la Constitución y las leyes de esta República, estamos obligados a hacerlo", dijo Chávez en su programa dominical "¡&lt;b&gt;Aló, Presidente&lt;/b&gt;!" (&lt;a href="http://www.lavanguardia.com/internacional/20120130/54246620695/chavez-amenaza-con-nacionalizar-bancos-en-venezuela.html"&gt;más...)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-8072535573563937109?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/8072535573563937109/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=8072535573563937109' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/8072535573563937109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/8072535573563937109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/venezuelas-hugo-chavez-warns-banks-of.html' title='Venezuela&apos;s Hugo Chavez warns banks of nationalisation / Chávez amenaza con nacionalizar bancos en Venezuela'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JDIQUVUoHw0/TyaZD6HCqCI/AAAAAAAAOz4/eyWoKuV6I94/s72-c/6.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-5721370584285107035</id><published>2012-01-30T08:30:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-30T08:41:24.599-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Venezuela’s new chance/ Nuevo chance para Venezuela</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zaDkSZyPk18/TyaW75Lo9dI/AAAAAAAAOzs/CwCqKrRzuV8/s1600/precandiatos.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 113px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zaDkSZyPk18/TyaW75Lo9dI/AAAAAAAAOzs/CwCqKrRzuV8/s200/precandiatos.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703411933817402834" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;Mr. Chavez’s Venezuela is a wretched mess of inflation, food shortages, rampant drug trafficking and one of the world’s highest murder rates. Yet in the opposition, a promising new political generation has emerged whose leaders look a lot like their counterparts in Brazil, Chile or Mexico. They are populist but pragmatic; internationally schooled yet focused on the problems of the poor; and committed to peaceful change. With another presidential election less than nine months away, they are offering Venezuela a path toward rejoining the democratic world (&lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/venezuelas-new-chance/2012/01/25/gIQA2kOxaQ_story.html"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ La Venezuela de Chávez es un desastre con una miserable de la inflación, la escasez de alimentos, el narcotráfico galopante y una de las tasas más altas del mundo el asesinato. Sin embargo, en la oposición, una prometedora nueva generación política ha surgido, cuyos líderes se parecen mucho a sus homólogos de Brasil, Chile o México. Son populistas, pero pragmáticos; internacionalmente educados pero centrados en los problemas de los pobres, y comprometidos con el cambio pacífico. Con otra elección presidencial a menos de nueve meses, se le está ofreciendo a Venezuela un camino hacia la reincorporación al mundo democrático&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;o:officedocumentsettings&gt;   &lt;o:allowpng/&gt;  &lt;/o:OfficeDocumentSettings&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:trackmoves&gt;false&lt;/w:TrackMoves&gt;   &lt;w:trackformatting/&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;21&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridverticalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:validateagainstschemas/&gt;   &lt;w:saveifxmlinvalid&gt;false&lt;/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid&gt;   &lt;w:ignoremixedcontent&gt;false&lt;/w:IgnoreMixedContent&gt;   &lt;w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext&gt;false&lt;/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText&gt;   &lt;w:compatibility&gt;    &lt;w:breakwrappedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:dontgrowautofit/&gt;    &lt;w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:dontvertalignintxbx/&gt;   &lt;/w:Compatibility&gt;  &lt;/w:WordDocument&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"&gt;  &lt;/w:LatentStyles&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;  &lt;!--[if gte mso 10]&gt; &lt;style&gt;  /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable  {mso-style-name:"Tabla normal";  mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;  mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;  mso-style-noshow:yes;  mso-style-parent:"";  mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;  mso-para-margin-top:0in;  mso-para-margin-right:0in;  mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;  mso-para-margin-left:0in;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:12.0pt;  font-family:"Times New Roman";  mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;  mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;  mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";  mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;  mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;  mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} &lt;/style&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt;    &lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: ES-TRAD"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-5721370584285107035?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/5721370584285107035/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=5721370584285107035' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/5721370584285107035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/5721370584285107035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/venezuelas-new-chance-nuevo-chance-para.html' title='Venezuela’s new chance/ Nuevo chance para Venezuela'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zaDkSZyPk18/TyaW75Lo9dI/AAAAAAAAOzs/CwCqKrRzuV8/s72-c/precandiatos.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-7420971316235566724</id><published>2012-01-30T08:19:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-30T08:27:01.416-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Venezuela’s United Opposition Advances/ La oposición venezolana avanza unida</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6tnIK-mA8kM/TyaTkNhMULI/AAAAAAAAOzk/b-NwPEtqHik/s1600/UnidadVenezuela.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 112px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6tnIK-mA8kM/TyaTkNhMULI/AAAAAAAAOzk/b-NwPEtqHik/s200/UnidadVenezuela.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703408228424765618" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;For the past several years, &lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/topics/venezuela.htm#r_src=ramp"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Venezuela&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;’s political landscape has been shifting.  The political opposition, too long crushed by the overwhelming forces of the government, has started to win.  After several years of patiently building upon victories and quietly creating unity; Venezuela’s United Opposition has established itself going into the October 2012 elections as the country’s primary political force (&lt;a href="http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2012/01/28/laura-rojas-venezuelas-united-opposition-advances/#ixzz1kwfzMo6c"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ En los últimos años, el panorama político de Venezuela ha ido cambiando. La oposición política, demasiado tiempo aplastados por las fuerzas abrumadoras del gobierno, ha empezado a ganar. Después de varios años construyendo pacientemente sobre las victorias y  creando la unidad sigilosamente, la oposición de Venezuela unida se ha establecido  como principal fuerza política del país para las elecciones de octubre 2012 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;o:officedocumentsettings&gt;   &lt;o:allowpng/&gt;  &lt;/o:OfficeDocumentSettings&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:trackmoves&gt;false&lt;/w:TrackMoves&gt;   &lt;w:trackformatting/&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;21&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridverticalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery&gt; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 164px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C0gDSqE3_io/TyKYlgrE1ZI/AAAAAAAAOzM/xTY4EmkTbhI/s200/violencia_transexual_asesinada_crimen_venezuela.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702287848397657490" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;It is no secret that Venezuela is hardly the most business friendly country in the world, with a president who habitually &lt;a href="http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2010/10/26/chavez-in-the-mood-for-nationalisation/#axzz1VKdS8fZT"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;takes pleasure in grabbing private property&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, while a maze of government regulations act as an added deterrent. But a new report shows that Venezuela’s acute insecurity problem – it has one of the highest homicide rates in the world – also makes it the Latin American country where crime affects businesses the most ( &lt;a href="http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2012/01/25/venezuela-counting-the-cost-of-crime/#axzz1kf1ZpJ75"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ No es ningún secreto que Venezuela no es el país más favorable a las empresas en el mundo, con un presidente que habitualmente tiene el placer de expropiar la propiedad privada, mientras que un laberinto de regulaciones del gobierno actuar como un disuasivo adicional. Pero un nuevo informe muestra que en Venezuela el problema de la inseguridad aguda - quetiene una de las tasas de homicidios más alta del mundo- también lo hace el país latinoamericano donde la delincuencia afecta supremamente a los negocios.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;o:officedocumentsettings&gt;   &lt;o:allowpng/&gt;  &lt;/o:OfficeDocumentSettings&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:trackmoves&gt;false&lt;/w:TrackMoves&gt;   &lt;w:trackformatting/&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;21&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridverticalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery&gt; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 177px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YCdw76srhOo/TyKWgGdWIDI/AAAAAAAAOzA/q0XgGcW9tHk/s200/images-2.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702285556438147122" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;The Venezuelan government may reduce the minimum working day to seven hours, &lt;a href="http://www.elmundo.com.ve/"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;El Mundo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; reported, citing Antonio Espinoza, a member of President &lt;a href="http://topics.bloomberg.com/hugo-chavez/"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Hugo Chavez&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;’s commission charged with proposing labor law reforms ( &lt;a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-26/venezuela-studying-seven-hour-working-day-el-mundo-reports.html"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Ya están sobre la mesa propuestas concretas para la reforma de la Ley Orgánica del Trabajo (LOT). Las mismas versan sobre la reducción de la jornada laboral, la conformación de los consejos laborales y la creación del Fondo Nacional de Prestaciones, entre otras (&lt;a href="http://www.elmundo.com.ve/Noticias/Economia/Politicas-Publicas/La-jornada-laboral-pasara-a-siete-horas-y-el-perio.aspx"&gt; más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-3934308571973377239?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/3934308571973377239/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=3934308571973377239' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/3934308571973377239'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/3934308571973377239'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/venezuela-studying-seven-hour-working.html' title='Venezuela Studying Seven-Hour Working Day, El Mundo Reports/ La jornada laboral pasará a siete horas y el período de prueba a 30 días'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YCdw76srhOo/TyKWgGdWIDI/AAAAAAAAOzA/q0XgGcW9tHk/s72-c/images-2.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-5900759258755496554</id><published>2012-01-27T07:25:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-27T07:31:03.986-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Venezuela: A Model of Role of Revolutionary Military, Fidel Castro Says/ Venezuela: modelo del papel del militar revolucionario,dice  Fidel Castro</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B6XXGM9LOIY/TyKR-onV53I/AAAAAAAAOy0/dZy6F2T5J5k/s1600/images-1.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 120px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B6XXGM9LOIY/TyKR-onV53I/AAAAAAAAOy0/dZy6F2T5J5k/s200/images-1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702280583444817778" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;Venezuela is an outstanding example of the theoretical and practical role that revolutionary military people can play in fighting for the independence of our peoples, underlined the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro (&lt;a href="http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=471893&amp;amp;Itemid=1"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Venezuela es un ejemplo sobresaliente de la función teórica y práctica revolucionaria que los militares pueden desempeñar en la lucha por la independencia de nuestros pueblos, subrayó el líder de la Revolución Cubana, Fidel Castro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt; 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&lt;![endif]--&gt;    &lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: ES-TRAD"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-5900759258755496554?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/5900759258755496554/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=5900759258755496554' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/5900759258755496554'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/5900759258755496554'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/venezuela-model-of-role-of.html' title='Venezuela: A Model of Role of Revolutionary Military, Fidel Castro Says/ Venezuela: modelo del papel del militar revolucionario,dice  Fidel Castro'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B6XXGM9LOIY/TyKR-onV53I/AAAAAAAAOy0/dZy6F2T5J5k/s72-c/images-1.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-1157764062760296278</id><published>2012-01-26T18:11:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-26T18:25:09.284-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Newt Gingrich Takes Obama to Task over /Newt Gingrich crtica a Obama</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ONywFvYMUZM/TyHZxtNVa-I/AAAAAAAAOyo/IT430144Ve4/s1600/RAW-FLGINGRICHLATINAMERICAEVENTRAW-0IOH41HA_FNC_012512_14-27.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 112px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ONywFvYMUZM/TyHZxtNVa-I/AAAAAAAAOyo/IT430144Ve4/s200/RAW-FLGINGRICHLATINAMERICAEVENTRAW-0IOH41HA_FNC_012512_14-27.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702078051200101346" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;Gingrich said the U.S. needs to confront Chávez head on. “I think we need to say calmly and pleasantly to Chávez. We know who you are. We believe what you say. And therefore we regard you as a mortal enemy of the United States,” Gingrich said ( &lt;a href="http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2012/01/25/newt-gingrich-criticizes-obama-chavez-and-castro-in-florida-talk/#ixzz1kbgkALHh"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Gingrich dijo que los EE.UU. tiene que en adelante enfrentarse a Chávez. "Creo que tenemos que decir con calma y agradablemente a Chávez. Sabemos quién es usted. Creemos que lo que usted dice. Y por lo tanto, le consideramos como un enemigo mortal de los Estados Unidos ", dijo Gingrich&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;o:officedocumentsettings&gt;   &lt;o:allowpng/&gt;  &lt;/o:OfficeDocumentSettings&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:trackmoves&gt;false&lt;/w:TrackMoves&gt;   &lt;w:trackformatting/&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;21&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridverticalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:validateagainstschemas/&gt;   &lt;w:saveifxmlinvalid&gt;false&lt;/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid&gt;   &lt;w:ignoremixedcontent&gt;false&lt;/w:IgnoreMixedContent&gt; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 158px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TFdep6Z__cg/TyHUPgi7ziI/AAAAAAAAOyc/daAR97m07HY/s200/edf9e6e84bda8cc4d6d7206341312cb13d2c8380.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702071966127345186" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;After more than a decade of chaos, the Venezuelan people are desperately searching for someone who can offer them peace and security, while not threatening the perceived benefits they have from Chavez’s socialist-style populism. Above all, they are looking for the opportunity to live in freedom, in a country where they are again guaranteed their fundamental political and civil liberties such as free and fair elections, property rights, respect for life, due process, and freedom of expression.  The MUD’s Unitary Candidate, who will be selected in a primary vote on February 12, is hoping to present himself or herself as that someone ( &lt;a href="http://www.thecommentator.com/article/839/venezuela_s_democratic_opposition_salutes_the_past_and_the_future"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;Después de más de una década de caos, el pueblo venezolano está buscando desesperadamente a alguien que les puede ofrecer la paz y la seguridad, mientras que no ponen en peligro los beneficios percibidos que tienen de corte socialista de Chávez: el populismo. Por encima de todo,  están buscando la oportunidad de vivir en libertad, en un país donde se garantice una vez más sus libertades civiles y políticas fundamentales, tales como elecciones libres y justas, los derechos de propiedad, respeto a la vida, al debido proceso ya la libertad de expresión. Candidato unitario de la MUD, que serán elegidos en una votación primaria el 12 de febrero, tiene la esperanza de que se presentara a sí mismo como es alguien&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;o:officedocumentsettings&gt;   &lt;o:allowpng/&gt;  &lt;/o:OfficeDocumentSettings&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:trackmoves&gt;false&lt;/w:TrackMoves&gt;   &lt;w:trackformatting/&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;21&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridverticalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:validateagainstschemas/&gt;   &lt;w:saveifxmlinvalid&gt;false&lt;/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid&gt; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 124px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QDQyySlf5mg/TyFOJah9d7I/AAAAAAAAOxg/kY9uTSpDKmg/s200/Venez-411.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701924526875310002" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;The stakes are higher than at any point in the last decade, for both the government and the opposition. A Chávez defeat would signal the end of a leftist revolution that has radically transformed Venezuela and, some argue, Latin America in the twenty-first century. A Chávez victory, however, would inflict a fatal blow to a renewed opposition that has struggled, and now seems to be succeeding, to gain some traction in a socially polarized country (&lt;a href="http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/137055/michael-penfold/capriles-radonski-and-the-new-venezuelan-opposition"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Los riesgos son mayores que en cualquier momento de la última década, tanto para el gobierno como para la oposición. Una derrota de Chávez significaría el fin de una revolución de izquierdas que ha transformado radicalmente y Venezuela, según algunos, a América Latina en el siglo XXI. Una victoria de Chávez, sin embargo, podría infligir un golpe mortal a una oposición renovada, que ha luchado, y ahora parece estar teniendo éxito, para ganar algo de tracción en un país socialmente polarizado&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;o:officedocumentsettings&gt;   &lt;o:allowpng/&gt;  &lt;/o:OfficeDocumentSettings&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:trackmoves&gt;false&lt;/w:TrackMoves&gt;   &lt;w:trackformatting/&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;21&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridverticalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:validateagainstschemas/&gt;   &lt;w:saveifxmlinvalid&gt;false&lt;/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid&gt;   &lt;w:ignoremixedcontent&gt;false&lt;/w:IgnoreMixedContent&gt;   &lt;w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext&gt;false&lt;/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText&gt;   &lt;w:compatibility&gt;    &lt;w:breakwrappedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:dontgrowautofit/&gt;    &lt;w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:dontvertalignintxbx/&gt;   &lt;/w:Compatibility&gt;  &lt;/w:WordDocument&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"&gt;  &lt;/w:LatentStyles&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;  &lt;!--[if gte mso 10]&gt; &lt;style&gt;  /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable  {mso-style-name:"Tabla normal";  mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;  mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;  mso-style-noshow:yes;  mso-style-parent:"";  mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;  mso-para-margin-top:0in;  mso-para-margin-right:0in;  mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;  mso-para-margin-left:0in;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:12.0pt;  font-family:"Times New Roman";  mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;  mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;  mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";  mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;  mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;  mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} &lt;/style&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt;    &lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-fareast-language:ES-TRAD"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-1067013755393743485?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/1067013755393743485/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=1067013755393743485' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/1067013755393743485'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/1067013755393743485'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/capriles-radonski-and-new-venezuelan.html' title='Capriles Radonski and the New Venezuelan Opposition /Capriles Radonski y la nueva oposición venezolana'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QDQyySlf5mg/TyFOJah9d7I/AAAAAAAAOxg/kY9uTSpDKmg/s72-c/Venez-411.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-1783290396665892945</id><published>2012-01-25T08:56:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-26T09:02:31.954-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Venezuela's Attorney General Carlos Escarra dies / Falleció el procurador general de la República, Carlos Escarrá</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DZn6yJx_k00/TyFV588dlUI/AAAAAAAAOyQ/428h6fuaOR8/s1600/carlos-escarra.jpg.520.360.thumb.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DZn6yJx_k00/TyFV588dlUI/AAAAAAAAOyQ/428h6fuaOR8/s200/carlos-escarra.jpg.520.360.thumb.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701933057328387394" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;Venezuela's justice minister says that the attorney general has died of a heart attack. Tareck El Aissami says the death of Carlos Escarra occurred on Wednesday. Lawmakers allied with President Hugo Chavez chose Escarra as attorney general in August 2011. While Escarra was a Chavez loyalist, his brother, Herman, is closely sided with Venezuela's opposition ( &lt;a href="http://www.boston.com/news/world/latinamerica/articles/2012/01/25/venezuelas_attorney_general_carlos_escarra_dies/"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ El procurador general de la República, Carlos Escarrá, falleció esta mañana de un infarto fulminante en su casa. La información la suministró el ministro del Interior y Justicia, Tareck El Aissami, quien en declaraciones a Venezolana de Televisión (VTV) anunció que los restos del desaparecido funcionario serán velados en el hemiciclo de la Asamblea Nacional, pues él hasta el año pasado se desempeñó como diputado por el Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV) por el estado Aragua &lt;a href="http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/120125/fallecio-el-procurador-general-de-la-republica-carlos-escarra"&gt;( más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-1783290396665892945?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/1783290396665892945/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=1783290396665892945' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/1783290396665892945'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/1783290396665892945'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/venezuelas-attorney-general-carlos.html' title='Venezuela&apos;s Attorney General Carlos Escarra dies / Falleció el procurador general de la República, Carlos Escarrá'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DZn6yJx_k00/TyFV588dlUI/AAAAAAAAOyQ/428h6fuaOR8/s72-c/carlos-escarra.jpg.520.360.thumb.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-5563912396518526818</id><published>2012-01-25T08:45:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-26T08:54:43.346-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Chavez’s Daughter With Fistful of Dollars Angers Venezuelans / Los dólares de la hija de Chávez</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o1CqNvA9b9c/TyFUFfVmjyI/AAAAAAAAOyE/8COLTyO-YAY/s1600/Unknown.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; 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  &lt;w:validateagainstschemas/&gt;   &lt;w:saveifxmlinvalid&gt;false&lt;/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid&gt;   &lt;w:ignoremixedcontent&gt;false&lt;/w:IgnoreMixedContent&gt;   &lt;w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext&gt;false&lt;/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText&gt;   &lt;w:compatibility&gt;    &lt;w:breakwrappedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:dontgrowautofit/&gt;    &lt;w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:dontvertalignintxbx/&gt;   &lt;/w:Compatibility&gt;  &lt;/w:WordDocument&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"&gt;  &lt;/w:LatentStyles&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;  &lt;!--[if gte mso 10]&gt; &lt;style&gt;  /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable  {mso-style-name:"Tabla normal";  mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;  mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;  mso-style-noshow:yes;  mso-style-parent:"";  mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;  mso-para-margin-top:0in;  mso-para-margin-right:0in;  mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;  mso-para-margin-left:0in; 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Para completar, la imagen llegó a la web a través de una aplicación llamada Instagram, que sólo está disponible para iPhone en ese país suramericano, por lo que muchos venezolanos criticaron sus acciones ya que son "demasiado capitalistas", cosa que contrasta con las políticas socialistas de Chávez (&lt;a href="http://www.voanews.com/spanish/news/latin-america/Hugo-chavez-dolares-hija-rosines-venezuela-138013808.html"&gt; más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-5563912396518526818?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/5563912396518526818/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=5563912396518526818' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/5563912396518526818'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/5563912396518526818'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/chavezs-daughter-with-fistful-of.html' title='Chavez’s Daughter With Fistful of Dollars Angers Venezuelans / Los dólares de la hija de Chávez'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o1CqNvA9b9c/TyFUFfVmjyI/AAAAAAAAOyE/8COLTyO-YAY/s72-c/Unknown.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-6182888583291263650</id><published>2012-01-25T08:39:00.000-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-26T08:45:06.136-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Venezuela &amp; Cuba criticize UNSC attempts to Interfere in Syria/ Venezuela y Cuba critican CSUN por querer interferir en Siria</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4apkqeCWwuo/TyFRo1qHVbI/AAAAAAAAOx4/4GFQ_K8VJ30/s1600/Venezuela-%2526-Cuba-%2528SANA%2529-11.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 143px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4apkqeCWwuo/TyFRo1qHVbI/AAAAAAAAOx4/4GFQ_K8VJ30/s200/Venezuela-%2526-Cuba-%2528SANA%2529-11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701928365268096434" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;In a speech delivered at the UN Security Council Tuesday, Venezuela reiterated its support to reach a political solution to the Syrian crisis without any foreign interference or threats, affirming the importance of the reform program led by President Bashar al-Assad (&lt;a href="http://www.dp-news.com/en/detail.aspx?articleid=109632"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ En un discurso pronunciado en el Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU martes, Venezuela reiteró su apoyo para llegar a una solución política a la crisis sirio sin ninguna interferencia extranjera o amenazas, afirmando la importancia del programa de reforma encabezado por el presidente Bashar al-Assad&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;o:officedocumentsettings&gt;   &lt;o:allowpng/&gt;  &lt;/o:OfficeDocumentSettings&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:trackmoves&gt;false&lt;/w:TrackMoves&gt;   &lt;w:trackformatting/&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;21&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridverticalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery&gt; 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Cuba criticize UNSC attempts to Interfere in Syria/ Venezuela y Cuba critican CSUN por querer interferir en Siria'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4apkqeCWwuo/TyFRo1qHVbI/AAAAAAAAOx4/4GFQ_K8VJ30/s72-c/Venezuela-%2526-Cuba-%2528SANA%2529-11.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-4701372597716281935</id><published>2012-01-25T08:29:00.001-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-26T08:39:10.145-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Venezuela deports suspected drug smugglers to Colombia, Canada and United States / Venezuela deportas traficantes de drogas de Colombia, Canada y EEUU</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VOFB6W0xcUA/TyFQbI6in4I/AAAAAAAAOxs/MgWIZTr3AIc/s1600/images.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 162px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VOFB6W0xcUA/TyFQbI6in4I/AAAAAAAAOxs/MgWIZTr3AIc/s200/images.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701927030407470978" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;Venezuela is a major hub for gangs that smuggle Colombian cocaine to the United States and Europe, and U.S. officials have accused Chavez’s government of being lax in anti-drug efforts. Last year, President Barack Obama’s administration classified Venezuela as a country that has “failed demonstrably” to effectively fight drug trafficking. El Aissami dismissed that accusation, accusing U.S. officials of “defaming” Venezuela’s counter-drug efforts ( &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/americas/venezuela-deports-suspected-drug-smugglers-to-colombia-canada-and-united-states/2012/01/24/gIQAUb9EOQ_story.html"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Venezuela es un importante centro para las bandas que trafican con cocaína colombiana a los Estados Unidos y Europa, y funcionarios de EE.UU. han acusado al Gobierno de Chávez de ser negligente en la lucha antidrogas. El año pasado, la administración del presidente Barack Obama clasificó a Venezuela como un país que ha "fracasado demostrablemente" en combatir eficazmente el tráfico de drogas. El Aissami rechazó esa acusación, señalando a funcionarios de EE.UU. de "difamación" a Venezuela contra el narcotráfico&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;o:officedocumentsettings&gt;   &lt;o:allowpng/&gt;  &lt;/o:OfficeDocumentSettings&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:trackmoves&gt;false&lt;/w:TrackMoves&gt;   &lt;w:trackformatting/&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;21&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridverticalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:validateagainstschemas/&gt;   &lt;w:saveifxmlinvalid&gt;false&lt;/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid&gt;   &lt;w:ignoremixedcontent&gt;false&lt;/w:IgnoreMixedContent&gt;   &lt;w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext&gt;false&lt;/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText&gt;   &lt;w:compatibility&gt;    &lt;w:breakwrappedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:dontgrowautofit/&gt;    &lt;w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:dontvertalignintxbx/&gt;   &lt;/w:Compatibility&gt;  &lt;/w:WordDocument&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"&gt;  &lt;/w:LatentStyles&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;  &lt;!--[if gte mso 10]&gt; &lt;style&gt;  /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable  {mso-style-name:"Tabla normal";  mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;  mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;  mso-style-noshow:yes;  mso-style-parent:"";  mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;  mso-para-margin-top:0in;  mso-para-margin-right:0in;  mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;  mso-para-margin-left:0in;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:12.0pt;  font-family:"Times New Roman"; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-76oZYS1Lu64/Tx6zBlf1K2I/AAAAAAAAOxU/MMu8uyxVp8g/s200/article-2084428-0F651FB300000578-407_634x5001.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701191018124487522" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Iran initiated a close relationship with Venezuela when Venezuela’s president, Hugo Chavez, hosted the 2000 OPEC meeting in Caracas. (Shireen T. Hunter, &lt;i&gt;Iran’s Foreign Policy in the Post-Soviet Era: Resisting the New International Order&lt;/i&gt; [Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2010], p. 233, not available on line, &lt;a href="http://www.nti.org/country-profiles/venezuela/"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;quoted here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.)  Since then, Iran and Venezuela have consorted with Cuba and Colombia to create terrorist havens and missile bases with missiles capable of carrying nuclear payloads in South America that have the southern half of the USA in their range.  Thousands of Arab and Iranian terrorists have infiltrated our southern border for a decade and reside among us, undetected, as sleeper agents (&lt;a href="http://frontpagemag.com/2012/01/24/the-venezuelan-missile-crisis/"&gt; more...)&lt;/a&gt;/ Irán inició una estrecha relación con Venezuela cuando el presidente de Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, fue anfitrión de la reunión de la OPEP, de 2000, en Caracas. (Shireen T. Hunter,la política exterior de Irán en la era post-soviética: Resistir el Nuevo Orden Internacional [Santa Bárbara, CA: Praeger,2010]., P. 233, no disponible en línea, citado aquí) Desde entonces, Irán y Venezuela tiene tratos con Cuba y Colombia para crear refugios de terroristas y misiles, con misiles capaces de transportar cargas nucleares en América del Sur que tienen la mitad del sur de los EE.UU. a su alcance . 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"It's true. He'll explain his decision later today, but basically the government made things impossible for him," a Lopez aide told Reuters on Tuesday, referring to a ban on the politician from holding office (&lt;a href="http://www.trust.org/trustlaw/news/venezuelas-lopez-pulls-out-of-election-race"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ La bomba que dejó caer Leopoldo López durante su última intervención y en los minutos finales del debate, provocó un estallido que deja sin efecto la impresión que ya se formaban los televidentes: "El año 2012 será de cambios, juntos vamos a construir esa unidad grande y buscando esa victoria del 7 de octubre mañana, de la mano con Henrique, vamos a hacer un anuncio importante. Buenas noticias se vienen para la unidad grande, para la victoria del 7 de octubre y para la mejor Venezuela". Pocos minutos después un vocero del comando de campaña de Primero Justicia confirmaba lo que ya se intuía: Leopoldo López ha decidido renunciar a sus aspiraciones y darle su apoyo a Henrique Capriles en las primarias del 12 de febrero ( &lt;a href="http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/120124/leopoldo-lopez-declina-hoy-en-favor-de-henrique-capriles"&gt;más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-5921975894819043553?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/5921975894819043553/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=5921975894819043553' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/5921975894819043553'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/5921975894819043553'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/venezuelas-lopez-pulls-out-of-election.html' title='Venezuela&apos;s Lopez pulls out of election race  / Leopoldo López declina hoy en favor de Henrique Capriles'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Sgqi0Avios4/Tx6tkfA8vMI/AAAAAAAAOxI/L_sQsO5ZiTY/s72-c/images-3.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-2634961927700435889</id><published>2012-01-24T08:31:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-24T08:33:53.441-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Neo-paramilitary groups extend influence along Venezuelan border/ Las Bacrim se extienden a territorio venezolano</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LkoDwZrIO_8/Tx6sNLvb25I/AAAAAAAAOw8/sHwXxXQ87Fg/s1600/b7d0244f69a7d24069ce76f76cbce802.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LkoDwZrIO_8/Tx6sNLvb25I/AAAAAAAAOw8/sHwXxXQ87Fg/s200/b7d0244f69a7d24069ce76f76cbce802.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701183520787651474" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;Colombian neo-paramilitary groups have extended their influence along the Venezuelan border, engaging in drug trafficking and forging links with local criminal gangs, &lt;a href="http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/judicial/articulo-322475-bacrim-se-extienden-territorio-venezolano"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;reported El Espectador&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Monday. Groups such as Los &lt;a href="http://insightcrime.org/criminal-groups/colombia/urabenos"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Urabeños&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href="http://insightcrime.org/criminal-groups/colombia/aguilas-negras"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Aguilas Negras&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, all previously part of the AUC paramilitary organization, have encroached into Venezuela, creating a "bi-national conflict," according to an official in the northwest Venezuelan state of Tachira (&lt;a href="http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/21706-paramilitary-groups-extend-influence-along-venezuelan-border.html"&gt; more...)&lt;/a&gt;/ &lt;b&gt;Grupos paramilitares colombianos&lt;/b&gt;, que formaron parte de las &lt;b&gt;Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC&lt;/b&gt;), extendieron sus acciones en poblaciones fronterizas del oeste venezolano, donde, según informó la prensa local el lunes, se dedican al narcotráfico en alianza con delincuentes comunes. "Usted escucha &lt;b&gt;Los Urabeños, Los Rastrojos, Los Paisas, Los Gaitanistas, Los Águilas Negras&lt;/b&gt;, ellos están generando un conflicto binacional porque toman el eje fronterizo como zona de aliviadero que permite la impunidad", dijo el director de la Policía del Estado Táchira, Jesús Berro, al diario El Nacional (&lt;a href="http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/judicial/articulo-322475-bacrim-se-extienden-territorio-venezolano"&gt; más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-2634961927700435889?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/2634961927700435889/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=2634961927700435889' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/2634961927700435889'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/2634961927700435889'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/neo-paramilitary-groups-extend.html' title='Neo-paramilitary groups extend influence along Venezuelan border/ Las Bacrim se extienden a territorio venezolano'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LkoDwZrIO_8/Tx6sNLvb25I/AAAAAAAAOw8/sHwXxXQ87Fg/s72-c/b7d0244f69a7d24069ce76f76cbce802.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-8488496459006159057</id><published>2012-01-24T08:22:00.003-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-24T08:30:11.182-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Venezuela's opposition alliance discloses government platform / MUD presentó su programa de Unidad Nacional</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZiFHciQL6BQ/Tx6rVSekZbI/AAAAAAAAOww/1NzW75_XPYI/s1600/Unknown.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZiFHciQL6BQ/Tx6rVSekZbI/AAAAAAAAOww/1NzW75_XPYI/s200/Unknown.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701182560523281842" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;Venezuelan opposition umbrella group Unified Democratic Panel (MUD) is presenting the guidelines of a future national unity government. The platform was endorsed by the opposition presidential pre-candidates that will run in primaries on February 12, 2012 ( &lt;a href="http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/120123/venezuelas-opposition-alliance-discloses-government-platform"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Coincidiendo en los puntos básicos los precandidatos de la Mesa de la Unidad Democrática recibieron con alegría los “Lineamientos para un programa de Gobierno de Unidad Nacional”, el cual suscribieron ayer en un interesante acto realizado en un hotel de la ciudad capital de la República. Ramón Guillermo Aveledo mostró ante los medios su total seguridad que con el tiempo la unidad opositora se ha hecho más compacta. Por eso no duda que quien resulte ganador o ganadora el venidero 12 de febrero, podrá contar con la más grande maquinaría política para trabajar en conjunto por un solo fin: ganar las presidenciales del 7 de octubre de este mismo año. Sostuvo Aveledo que quienes integran la MUD están “unidos para ganar, unidos para gobernar bien, unidos para gobernar para todos” ( &lt;a href="http://www.diarioelprogreso.com/edi-240112/html/pag02-a.html"&gt;más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-8488496459006159057?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/8488496459006159057/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=8488496459006159057' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/8488496459006159057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/8488496459006159057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/venezuelas-opposition-alliance.html' title='Venezuela&apos;s opposition alliance discloses government platform / MUD presentó su programa de Unidad Nacional'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZiFHciQL6BQ/Tx6rVSekZbI/AAAAAAAAOww/1NzW75_XPYI/s72-c/Unknown.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-8972376580561143173</id><published>2012-01-23T10:18:00.003-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-23T10:28:30.049-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Doctors say Chavez Has just One Year to Live/ A Chávez le queda menos de un año de vida a menos que acepte un tratamiento intensivo</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ThuV_eSSCRY/Tx11hk39WlI/AAAAAAAAOwk/Z1qu4lVOOEw/s1600/CHAVEZ-CANCER-5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 106px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ThuV_eSSCRY/Tx11hk39WlI/AAAAAAAAOwk/Z1qu4lVOOEw/s200/CHAVEZ-CANCER-5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700841923015432786" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;Cancer-stricken Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has between nine and 12 months to live, the ABC Spanish daily quoted his doctors as saying on Monday. Doctors have prescribed him a high dose of painkillers, which accounts for his recent flurry of political activity (&lt;a href="http://en.ria.ru/world/20120123/170908445.html"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Entre nueve y doce meses le quedan de vida al presidente de Venezuela, &lt;b&gt;Hugo Chávez&lt;/b&gt;, si insiste en rehusar el tratamiento adecuado que le obligaría a dejar temporalmente sus funciones presidenciales, según el último examen médico de los especialistas que le atienden. A partir de las nuevas pruebas realizadas el pasado 30 de diciembre, los médicos concluyeron que «su salud parece estar deteriorándose a paso más rápido; claramente ha habido metástasis en los huesos y la espina dorsal» (&lt;a href="http://www.abc.es/20120123/internacional/abcp-chavez-queda-vida-menos-20120123.html"&gt;más..&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-8972376580561143173?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/8972376580561143173/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=8972376580561143173' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/8972376580561143173'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/8972376580561143173'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/doctors-say-chavez-has-just-one-year-to.html' title='Doctors say Chavez Has just One Year to Live/ A Chávez le queda menos de un año de vida a menos que acepte un tratamiento intensivo'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ThuV_eSSCRY/Tx11hk39WlI/AAAAAAAAOwk/Z1qu4lVOOEw/s72-c/CHAVEZ-CANCER-5.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-2984603319684659200</id><published>2012-01-23T09:42:00.005-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-23T09:55:24.527-04:30</updated><title type='text'>A Chávez le queda un año de vida a menos que acepte un tratamiento intensivo/ Chavez will live only a year unless accepts intensive treatment</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hV6zi5Hmy84/Tx1srl8rBGI/AAAAAAAAOwY/XXJm7XG8f10/s1600/url10.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 136px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hV6zi5Hmy84/Tx1srl8rBGI/AAAAAAAAOwY/XXJm7XG8f10/s200/url10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700832199497679970" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 25px; "&gt;El cancer de próstata del líder venezolano se complica con metástasis en los huesos, la espina dorsal y tumor en el colon, según informes médicos a los que accedió ABC (&lt;a href="http://www.abc.es/20120123/internacional/abcp-chavez-queda-vida-menos-20120123.html"&gt;más...&lt;/a&gt;)/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Chávez’s prostate cancer gets complicated with bone and spinal cord metastases as well as tumor in the colon, according to a doctors report got by ABC &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(23, 23, 0); font-size: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cNF5yVneYic/Tx1a69JhWpI/AAAAAAAAOwM/iegc_fQa190/s200/protesta_en_miami_por_cierre_consulado_21ene2012.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700812672214325906" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;At a park in downtown Miami, alongside a statue of their country’s liberator, Venezuelans gathered Saturday to protest the closing of their consulate, an action they say will cause major problems for the thousands of Venezuelans living in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. Children, students, worried parents and elderly persons held up signs denouncing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s decision to close the Miami office following the expulsion of Consul General Livia Acosta Noguera ( &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/venezuelans-in-us-protest-closure-of-miami-consulate-following-diplomats-expulsion/2012/01/21/gIQAXLFrGQ_story.html"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Los manifestantes aseguran que la acción afectará a unos 200.000 de venezolanos que viven en Florida, Georgia, Carolina del Norte y Carolina del Sur. Además expresaron su preocupación para registrarse para votar y participar en las próximas elecciones presidenciales. Sin embargo, la autoridad electoral venezolana anunció que abrirá un nuevo centro de votación en Miami para las presidenciales del 7 de octubre ( &lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/ultimas_noticias/2012/01/120122_eeuu_miami_venezuela_protesta_cierre_consulado_jrg.shtml"&gt;más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-2719521858806111224?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/2719521858806111224/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=2719521858806111224' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/2719521858806111224'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/2719521858806111224'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/venezuelans-in-us-protest-closure-of.html' title='Venezuelans in US protest closure of Miami consulate following diplomat’s expulsion/ Venezolanos protestan por cierre de consulado en Miami'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cNF5yVneYic/Tx1a69JhWpI/AAAAAAAAOwM/iegc_fQa190/s72-c/protesta_en_miami_por_cierre_consulado_21ene2012.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-1590218603733124174</id><published>2012-01-23T08:16:00.003-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-23T08:24:23.310-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Natural-Gas Deal Designed to Boost Generation of Power in Venezuela / Acuerdo sobre Gas Natural para impulsar la generación de energía en Venezuela</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0kxYt32pRmE/Tx1YeKnfTII/AAAAAAAAOwA/YYg901WpnxQ/s1600/desarrollo_gas_venezuela.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 152px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0kxYt32pRmE/Tx1YeKnfTII/AAAAAAAAOwA/YYg901WpnxQ/s200/desarrollo_gas_venezuela.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700809978590219394" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;As natural-gas prices plunge to their lowest level in a decade, Venezuela plans to tap one of Latin America's biggest gas fields as it seeks to boost power generation and even help revive stagnant oil production (&lt;a href="http://community.nasdaq.com/News/2012-01/naturalgas-deal-designed-to-boost-generation-of-power-in-venezuela.aspx?storyid=115750#ixzz1kHk4SR97"&gt; more...)&lt;/a&gt;/ En la medida en que los precios del gas natural caen a su nivel más bajo en una década, Venezuela tiene planes para aprovechar uno de los campos de América Latina más grande de gas, ya que busca impulsar la generación de energía e incluso ayudar a reactivar la producción de petróleo estancada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 111px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eJ1tu1e411o/Tx1WdLDlHLI/AAAAAAAAOv0/U-UP33573vk/s200/ABN-25-03-2011-25311540249IMG_9293.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700807762504916146" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that his government plans to buy new Embraer jets from Brazil as well as used Airbus jets to expand his country’s state airline Conviasa. Chavez said Venezuela will negotiate credit with the Brazilian Development Bank to buy up to 20 Embraer jets from Brazil (&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/Chavez%20says%20Venezuela%20to%20buy%20Embraer,%20Airbus%20jets%20to%20expand%20state%20airline%20Conviasa"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ El presidente de Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, dijo hoy que su gobierno negocia la compra de 20 aviones con la brasileña Embraer y otros cuatro Airbus con una aerolínea de Emiratos Árabes. En su programa Aló Presidente, el mandatario señaló que un crédito de 814 millones de dólares es negociado el estatal Banco Nacional de Desarrollo Económico y Social de Brasil (BNDES) para financiar la flotilla de aeronaves de Embraer. El mandatario manifestó que las aeronaves formarán parte de la flota de la aerolínea estatal venezolana Conviasa (&lt;a href="http://www.cronica.com.mx/nota.php?id_nota=630477"&gt;más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-779187911863499652?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/779187911863499652/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=779187911863499652' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/779187911863499652'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/779187911863499652'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/chavez-says-venezuela-to-buy-embraer.html' title='Chavez says Venezuela to buy Embraer, Airbus jets to expand state airline Conviasa/ Comprará Venezuela aviones a Embraer y Airbus'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eJ1tu1e411o/Tx1WdLDlHLI/AAAAAAAAOv0/U-UP33573vk/s72-c/ABN-25-03-2011-25311540249IMG_9293.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-6154402964002479929</id><published>2012-01-23T07:51:00.005-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-23T08:05:57.214-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Chávez Gets Bluster Back and Reclaims the Spotlight/Chávez ruge y recupera punto de atención</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8Hd6IJGsEvM/Tx1UGf1ecmI/AAAAAAAAOvo/AHKDoy2CQNA/s1600/jp-chavez-articleLarge.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 116px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8Hd6IJGsEvM/Tx1UGf1ecmI/AAAAAAAAOvo/AHKDoy2CQNA/s200/jp-chavez-articleLarge.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700805173922656866" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;After a year &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/01/world/americas/01venez.html"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;shadowed by his cancer treatment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, in which he appeared weakened and his strident voice was muted, &lt;a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/hugo_chavez/index.html?inline=nyt-per"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Hugo Chávez&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, the colorful and obstreperous Venezuelan president who has made a habit of defying and taunting the United States, has found his swagger again (&lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/world/americas/after-cancer-treatment-chavez-reclaims-spotlight.html"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Luego de un año a la sombra porsu tratamiento contra el cáncer, en la que apareció debilitado, con su voz estridente silenciada, Hugo Chávez, el presidente venezolano, colorido y escandaloso quien ha hecho un hábito de desafiar y burlarse de los Estados Unidos, ha encontrado su arrogancia de nuevo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 132px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-y1nsG1Fy5Js/TxljtXrvyfI/AAAAAAAAOvc/kDApqKrHqWs/s200/images-2.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699696434516838898" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;The number of inmates killed in Venezuela's notoriously violent prisons soared to 560 last year, a watchdog group said Thursday. The nonprofit Venezuelan Prisons Observatory said that was a 17.6 percent increase over 2010. Venezuela's severely crowded prisons see repeated violent outbursts as rival gangs fight for control of cellblocks and sell weapons and drugs with the help of corrupt prison guards. (&lt;a href="http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/prison-deaths-hit-560-venezuelas-violent-jails-15398462#.Txle7pjCsnA"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ El número de reclusos muertos en las notorias prisiones de maxima violencia de Venezuela se elevó a 560 el año pasado, según un grupo de vigilancia, dijo el jueves. El Observatorio Venezolano de Prisiones organización sin fines de lucro, dijo que esto era un aumento de 17,6 % con respecto a 2010. En las prisiones severamente sobrepobladas de Venezuela se repiten estallidos de violencia pues bandas rivales luchan por el control de celdas y venta de armas y drogas con la ayuda de los guardias de la prisión corruptos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;o:officedocumentsettings&gt;   &lt;o:allowpng/&gt;  &lt;/o:OfficeDocumentSettings&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:trackmoves&gt;false&lt;/w:TrackMoves&gt;   &lt;w:trackformatting/&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;21&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridverticalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery&gt; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OGXgek3BW1c/Txlebq77kjI/AAAAAAAAOvQ/6KVF_PChOXw/s200/images-1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699690632889209394" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;Venezuela's electricity-saving measures have eased the burden on the country's overworked power grid, President Hugo Chavez said while naming a new government minister to the sector, state media reported Thursday. Power generation now exceeds demand by 2,500 megawatts following a package of conservation restrictions implemented in June that required some factories and commercial centers to cut consumption by 10% or face fines, among other moves (&lt;a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120119-713043.html"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Las medidas de ahorro de energía eléctrica de Venezuela  han aliviado la carga de la red de energía del país con exceso de trabajo, dijo el presidente Hugo Chávez  mientras nombró un nuevo ministro del  gobierno para el sector, informó la prensa estatal el jueves. La generación de energía supera la demanda de 2.500 megavatios después de un paquete de restricciones de conservación en junio, que ha requido a algunas fábricas y centros comerciales de reducir el consumo en un 10% o enfrentar multas, entre otras acciones&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;o:officedocumentsettings&gt;   &lt;o:allowpng/&gt;  &lt;/o:OfficeDocumentSettings&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:trackmoves&gt;false&lt;/w:TrackMoves&gt;   &lt;w:trackformatting/&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;21&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridverticalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery&gt; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OUxFPrSHGho/Txlb26oGanI/AAAAAAAAOvE/GQSgOlwIwYw/s200/Hovensa-Refinery_peq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699687802422585970" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;The announced shutdown of an oil refinery in the Virgin Islands will hit hard the state-run &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), a company that loses a major customer for its hard-to-place heavy crude and a major supplier of components for the gasoline consumed in the country, analysts said. The experts added that the closing of the refinery — one of the world’s 10 largest — could also impact the cash flow of the state-owned company, as the complex, where PDVSA has a 50 percent share, is one of the clients that best pays for Venezuelan crude ( &lt;a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/19/2598119/virgin-islands-refinery-shutdown.html"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ El anunció del cierre de una refinería de petróleo en las Islas Vírgenes afectará duramente a la estatal Petróleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA), una compañía que pierde un cliente importante para sus crudos pesados  difíciles de refinar y un importante proveedor de componentes para la gasolina consumida en el país, dijeronlos analistas. Los expertos añadieron que el cierre de la refinería - una de los 10 mayores del mundo - también podría afectar el flujo de caja de la empresa de propiedad estatal, debido a que el complejo, donde PDVSA tiene una participación del %, es uno de los clientes que mejor paga  el crudo venezolano&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;o:officedocumentsettings&gt;   &lt;o:allowpng/&gt;  &lt;/o:OfficeDocumentSettings&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:trackmoves&gt;false&lt;/w:TrackMoves&gt;   &lt;w:trackformatting/&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;21&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridverticalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery&gt; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z3JAYHSfD4k/TxglH5ThssI/AAAAAAAAOu4/UYO1FyVBM3U/s200/Obama-y-Ch%25C3%25A1vez-se-dan-la-mano.preview.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699346146009395906" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "&gt;But Chavez's most outrageous insult was his claim that Obama has destroyed the United States and "turned it into a disaster." Certainly, the United States has many serious problems, some of which predate &lt;a href="http://www.sfgate.com/barack-obama/"&gt;Obama's&lt;/a&gt; election three years ago. But no American president could possibly achieve the amount of destruction Chavez has wrought on Venezuela. And it's hard to say that much if any of it predates his time in office. He's been president for almost 13 years (&lt;a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/01/06/INM71MK8HJ.DTL#ixzz1juflBHL7"&gt; more..&lt;/a&gt;.)/ &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "&gt;Pero el más escandaloso insulto de Chávez fue su afirmación de que Obama ha destruido los Estados Unidos y "lo convirtió enun desastre". Ciertamente, los Estados Unidos tiene muchos problemas graves, algunos de los cuales son anteriores a la elección de Obama hace tres años. Pero ningún presidente estadounidense podría alcanzar la cantidad de destrucción que Chávez ha forjado en Venezuela. Y es difícil decir que cualquiera de los anteriores a su mandato. Él ha sido presidentedurante casi 13 año&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "&gt;s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-4501129990053224043?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/4501129990053224043/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=4501129990053224043' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/4501129990053224043'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/4501129990053224043'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/hugo-chavez-venezuelas-12-year.html' title='Hugo Chavez - Venezuela&apos;s 12-year nightmare // Chávez: 12 años de pesadilla'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z3JAYHSfD4k/TxglH5ThssI/AAAAAAAAOu4/UYO1FyVBM3U/s72-c/Obama-y-Ch%25C3%25A1vez-se-dan-la-mano.preview.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-4627063073885809740</id><published>2012-01-19T08:08:00.003-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-19T08:13:35.701-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Colombia,Venezuela address appointment of defense minister / Colombia dialoga con Venezuela por nuevo ministro de Defensa</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EsUhoxHaj98/TxgP8mS64CI/AAAAAAAAOus/hkFWVwJFRTw/s1600/maria-angela-holguin.jpg.520.360.thumb.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EsUhoxHaj98/TxgP8mS64CI/AAAAAAAAOus/hkFWVwJFRTw/s200/maria-angela-holguin.jpg.520.360.thumb.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699322862183833634" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;Colombian Foreign Minister María Ángela Holguín said Wednesday that she talked with her Venezuelan counterpart Nicolás Maduro about several issues such as the appointment of the new Venezuelan defense minister. However, she warned that her government will not make public comments on that issue ( &lt;a href="http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/120118/colombiavenezuela-address-appointment-of-defense-minister"&gt;more...)&lt;/a&gt;/ La canciller colombiana María Ángela Holguín afirmó el miércoles que conversó con su colega de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, sobre temas como la designación del nuevo ministro de Defensa de ese país, pero advirtió que Bogotá no hará comentarios públicos sobre el asunto ( &lt;a href="http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/120118/colombia-dialoga-con-venezuela-por-nuevo-ministro-de-defensa"&gt;más...&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-4627063073885809740?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/4627063073885809740/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=4627063073885809740' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/4627063073885809740'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/4627063073885809740'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/colombiavenezuela-address-appointment.html' title='Colombia,Venezuela address appointment of defense minister / Colombia dialoga con Venezuela por nuevo ministro de Defensa'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EsUhoxHaj98/TxgP8mS64CI/AAAAAAAAOus/hkFWVwJFRTw/s72-c/maria-angela-holguin.jpg.520.360.thumb.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-2665714015095987482</id><published>2012-01-19T07:58:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-19T08:06:13.503-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Chavez shuffles allies ahead of Venezuela election / Chávez baraja aliados antes de las elecciones Venezuela</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fGyh0l2NQ5w/TxgOOLcpRBI/AAAAAAAAOug/WaZDud0iw9k/s1600/Cha%2Bmilit3.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 116px; height: 101px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fGyh0l2NQ5w/TxgOOLcpRBI/AAAAAAAAOug/WaZDud0iw9k/s200/Cha%2Bmilit3.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699320965191255058" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;Since leading a failed coup attempt in 1992 and coming from behind to win the presidency in 1998, then polarizing the nation during 13 years of socialist rule, the former soldier has always applied a favored army tactic to his politics: surprise (&lt;a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/18/us-venezuela-chavez-idUSTRE80H26K20120118"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Desde que lideró el fallido golpe de Estado en 1992 y que vieno de atrás para ganar la presidencia en 1998, luego desde que ha venido polarizando  la nación durante 13 años de gobierno socialista, el ex militar siempre ha aplicado una táctica military que ha favorecido su política: la sorpresa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 148px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-owug7lxh4MI/TxgMPYt-REI/AAAAAAAAOuU/d4dLP7UqxwQ/s200/end%2B6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699318786910209090" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;Cancer has not dimmed the relish Hugo Chávez takes in blowing raspberries at the United States. It is election year, after all, and there is a real chance Venezuela’s president could lose October’s vote. His latest nationalist outburst came this week when he ordered &lt;a href="http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2012/01/17/venezuela-icsid-leaving-is-easier-said-than-done/#axzz1jrspBk19"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Venezuela’s withdrawal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; from the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). This seemed to annul the $40bn claimed at ICSID by companies for the &lt;a href="http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2011/08/26/suing-venezuela-extracting-blood-from-stone/#axzz1jrspBk19"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;nationalisations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; of which Mr Chávez is so fond. But it also threw into doubt Venezuela’s ability to attract the billions of dollars its needs to develop its oil reserves. Did Mr Chávez blow a raspberry too far?( &lt;a href="http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/701bf686-41dc-11e1-a586-00144feab49a.html#axzz1jocbxZnr"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ El cáncer no ha atenuado el entusiasmo de Hugo Chávez en insultar a los Estados Unidos. Es año de elecciones, después de todo, y  hay una verdadera oportunidad de que el presidente de Venezuela pueda perder las votaciones en octubre. Su último arrebato nacionalista llegó esta semana cuando ordenó el retiro de Venezuela del Centro Internacional del Banco Mundial para el Arreglo de Diferencias Relativas a Inversiones (CIADI). Esto parecía anular los reclamados $ 40 mil millones en el CIADI por las empresas por las nacionalizaciones, a las que Chávez es tan aficionado. Pero también pone en peligro la capacidad de Venezuela para atraer los miles de millones de dólares para sus necesidades para desarrollar sus reservas de petróleo. ¿ Será que los insultos de Chávez  han ido demasiado lejos?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;o:officedocumentsettings&gt;   &lt;o:allowpng/&gt;  &lt;/o:OfficeDocumentSettings&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:trackmoves&gt;false&lt;/w:TrackMoves&gt;   &lt;w:trackformatting/&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;21&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridverticalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery&gt; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 199px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JhTedZJj1qQ/TxgHLDaPh-I/AAAAAAAAOuI/7rhjyvGoFvE/s200/hackers_cartoons.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699313214912694242" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;"Last year, a group of cyber criminals &lt;a href="https://knightcenter.utexas.edu/blog/pro-chavez-hackers-steal-twitter-passwords-venezuelan-journalists"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;hacked e-mail, Twitter and Facebook accounts of various politicians, journalists&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, and activists from human rights NGOs critical of President Chávez. The hackers released a statement that was aired on Venezuelan state television announcing that their motives were political. As a technology journalist with a column in the Sunday newspaper, I protested against these acts and gave interviews accusing the person or group behind the attacks of violating the Information Crimes Law and offered recommendations and tools to protect against these attacks".&lt;a href="http://knightcenter.utexas.edu/blog/online-attacks-against-reporters-venezuela-become-latest-form-censorship-interview"&gt;(more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ "El año pasado, un grupo de delincuentes cibernéticos ha hackeado el correo electrónico, las cuentas de Twitter y Facebook de varios políticos, periodistas y activistas de las ONG de derechos humanos que critican al presidente Chávez. Los hackers publicaron una declaración que fue transmitida por la televisión estatal venezolana donde anunciaron que su los motivos eran políticos. Como periodista especializado en tecnología con una columna en el periódico del domingo, protesté contra estos actos y concedí entrevistas acusando a la persona o grupo responsable por los ataques de violar la Ley de Delitos  Informáticos y ofrecí recomendaciones y herramientas para protegerse de estos ataques "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;o:officedocumentsettings&gt;   &lt;o:allowpng/&gt;  &lt;/o:OfficeDocumentSettings&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:trackmoves&gt;false&lt;/w:TrackMoves&gt;   &lt;w:trackformatting/&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;21&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridverticalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery&gt; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--UDWeKd2EzI/TxbU5G4tlQI/AAAAAAAAOt8/5Hlk5XuBhL8/s200/images-2.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698976456050054402" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;Venezuela will need as many as 15 years to renegotiate bilateral investment treaties before it can leave the World Bank arbitration court, said Prosecutor General Carlos Escarra (&lt;a href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-17/venezuela-needs-as-many-as-15-years-to-leave-arbitration-court.html"&gt; more...)&lt;/a&gt;/ Venezuela tendrá hasta 15 años para renegociar los tratados bilaterales de inversión antes de que pueda salir del Banco Mundial tribunal de arbitraje, dijo el Fiscal General CarlosEscarrá&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;o:officedocumentsettings&gt;   &lt;o:allowpng/&gt;  &lt;/o:OfficeDocumentSettings&gt; 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 &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: ES-TRAD"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-6954635518175539717?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/6954635518175539717/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=6954635518175539717' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/6954635518175539717'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/6954635518175539717'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/venezuela-needs-as-many-as-15-years-to.html' title='Venezuela Needs as Many as 15 Years to Leave Arbitration Court/ Venezuela necesita por lo menos 15 años para salir Corte de Arbitraje'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--UDWeKd2EzI/TxbU5G4tlQI/AAAAAAAAOt8/5Hlk5XuBhL8/s72-c/images-2.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-1392410022654284735</id><published>2012-01-18T08:46:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-18T09:00:28.931-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Venezuela tightens control of oil industry / Venezuela aprieta control sobre la industria petrolera</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-E-BqxGxy2rw/TxbJbzP8HKI/AAAAAAAAOtw/0u1aS1_D2lc/s1600/faja_rusia_china450.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 164px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-E-BqxGxy2rw/TxbJbzP8HKI/AAAAAAAAOtw/0u1aS1_D2lc/s200/faja_rusia_china450.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698963857934654626" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;The decision would affect more than 20 foreign companies that have unsettled disputes after private sector assets were expropriated by Venezuela’s socialist government as part of a drive to increase its control over so-called “strategic” industries that began in 2006. Analysts have estimated the outstanding compensation claims, largely by industrial groups including oil, could add up to as much as $40bn. The decision could also undermine investor confidence in the country whose natural assets have attracted some of the world’s leading oil and gas groups, including Europe’s &lt;a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=es:REP"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Repsol&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=it:ENI"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;ENI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=no:STL"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Statoil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, as well as &lt;a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us:CVX"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Chevron&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; of the US. Despite tax increases and contract changes many companies have remained eager to invest in the country’s Orinoco extra heavy oil belt ( &lt;a href="http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/6d371a1a-4063-11e1-8fcd-00144feab49a.html#axzz1jocbxZnr"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ La decisión afectaría a más de 20 empresas extranjeras que tienen conflictos no solucionados luego de que los  activos del sector privado fueron expropiadas por el gobierno socialista de Venezuela, como parte de una campaña para aumentar su control sobre las llamadas industrias "estratégicas" que comenzó en 2006. Los analistas han estimado que las reclamaciones de indemnización pendientes, en gran parte por grupos industriales como el petróleo, podrían ascender hasta US $ 40 mil millones. La decisión también podría socavar la confianza de los inversores en el país, cuyos activos naturales han atraído a algunos grupos petroleros más importantes del mundo y &lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;de gas, incluidos los de Europa Repsol, ENI y Statoil y Chevron, de los EE.UU.. A pesar de los aumentos de impuestos y cambios en el contrato que muchas empresas se han mantenido dispuestos a invertir en el país, en la Faja del Orinoco de petróleo pesado.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;o:officedocumentsettings&gt;   &lt;o:allowpng/&gt;  &lt;/o:OfficeDocumentSettings&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:trackmoves&gt;false&lt;/w:TrackMoves&gt;   &lt;w:trackformatting/&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;21&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridverticalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:validateagainstschemas/&gt; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 126px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P7cwYcjOZYs/TxbGLpYsrfI/AAAAAAAAOtk/TT5LTBJczEA/s200/9656526_copia.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698960281874247154" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;The country risk, a benchmark measuring the spread between the yield an investor demands in order not to buy US Treasury bonds and purchase instead Venezuelan sovereign bonds started the week at 12%, a percentage that exceeds by far Colombia's (2,36%); Brazil's and the average (3.92%) of all emerging economies ( &lt;a href="http://www.eluniversal.com/economia/120117/despite-high-oil-reserves-venezuela-is-a-high-risk-country"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ El riesgo país, un termómetro que mide la diferencia entre el rendimiento que exige un inversionista para no comprar bonos del Tesoro de Estados Unidos y adquirir papeles venezolanos, inicia la semana en 11% una magnitud que supera con creces a 1,16% de Chile, 1,48% de Perú, 1,49% de Colombia, 1,64% de México 1,75% de Brasil, 4,95% de Argentina y 8,41% de Ecuador (&lt;a href="http://www.eluniversal.com/2011/01/31/eco_art_mercados-ven-al-pais_2176364.shtml"&gt; más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-4465815666377617575?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/4465815666377617575/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=4465815666377617575' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/4465815666377617575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/4465815666377617575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/despite-high-oil-reserves-venezuela-is.html' title='Despite high oil reserves, Venezuela is a high-risk country / Mercados ven al país con altoriesgo pese al alza del petróleo'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P7cwYcjOZYs/TxbGLpYsrfI/AAAAAAAAOtk/TT5LTBJczEA/s72-c/9656526_copia.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-4969342522579942928</id><published>2012-01-18T08:14:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-18T08:29:37.348-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Chavez defends Venezuela's new military chief /Chávez defiende a su nuevo jefe militar</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i7cML2qdHqo/TxbCNYcQ_2I/AAAAAAAAOtY/rI2DTI4VdX0/s1600/539w.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 144px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i7cML2qdHqo/TxbCNYcQ_2I/AAAAAAAAOtY/rI2DTI4VdX0/s200/539w.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698955913639034722" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;Speaking before thousands of soldiers standing in formation at a Caracas military base, Chavez urged the military to defend his defense minister, Gen. Henry Rangel Silva. "They hate the armed forces," Chavez said during Rangel's swearing-in ceremony, referring to his political opponents ( &lt;a href="http://www.boston.com/news/world/latinamerica/articles/2012/01/17/chavez_defends_venezuelas_new_military_chief/"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Hablando ante miles de soldados parados en formación en la base militar de Caracas, Chávez pidió a sus militares defender a su ministro, Gen. Henry Rangel Silva. " Ellos ( la oposición) odian las fuerzas armadas", les dijo durante la ceremonia de nombramiento del Ministro.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-4969342522579942928?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/4969342522579942928/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=4969342522579942928' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/4969342522579942928'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/4969342522579942928'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/chavez-defends-venezuelas-new-military.html' title='Chavez defends Venezuela&apos;s new military chief /Chávez defiende a su nuevo jefe militar'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i7cML2qdHqo/TxbCNYcQ_2I/AAAAAAAAOtY/rI2DTI4VdX0/s72-c/539w.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-6106047779976962451</id><published>2012-01-17T08:18:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-17T08:47:34.540-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Venezuela Sends Miami Consulate Personnel Home / Venezuela manda al personal del Consulado de Miami a casa</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Bu-9O59QihM/TxV05smqvcI/AAAAAAAAOtM/C9_mxFmgM5g/s1600/venezuelan-consulate.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 136px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Bu-9O59QihM/TxV05smqvcI/AAAAAAAAOtM/C9_mxFmgM5g/s200/venezuelan-consulate.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698589438081940930" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;Venezuela is withdrawing personnel from the country's consulate in Miami more quickly than planned because the personnel have been threatened by exiles with links to terrorism, the foreign ministry announced on Monday (&lt;a href="http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/venezuela-consulate-officials-us-threatened-15370502#.TxVzj5jCsnA"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Venezuela retira el personal del consulado del país en Miami con mayor rapidez de lo previsto debido a que el personal habría sido amenazado por los exiliados, con vínculos con el terrorismo, según informó el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Venezuela&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt; 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In this regard, President Hugo Chávez replied that his government is not ready to pay for the value of the land, but for the improvements, as "these lands always belonged to the nation."(&lt;a href="http://www.eluniversal.com/economia/120116/venezuela-adamantly-refuses-to-acknowledge-value-of-lands"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ El viernes pasado durante la presentación de la Memoria y Cuenta del 2011 de la Presidencia de la República, la diputada María Corina Machado dijo que "expropiar es robar", en vista de que hay procesos que no se han cancelado. Al respecto, en los casos en que el Gobienro ha tomado tierras, el Presidente Hugo Chávez dijo que no pagará por el valor de la tierra, sino por las bienhechurías reconocidas, porque "esas tierras siempre fueron de la nación" ( &lt;a href="http://www.eluniversal.com/economia/120116/gobierno-insiste-en-que-no-reconocera-valor-de-tierras"&gt;más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-609448102598985743?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/609448102598985743/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=609448102598985743' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/609448102598985743'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/609448102598985743'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/venezuela-adamantly-refuses-to.html' title='Venezuela adamantly refuses to acknowledge value of lands / Gobierno insiste en que no reconocerá valor de tierras'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/fSnHG1PfM8E/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-8143243866464271137</id><published>2012-01-17T08:01:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-17T08:06:22.452-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Iran's Leader Finds Solace in Venezuelan Visit/ Líder de Irán, encuentra consuelo en visita Venezuela</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zT1ToUXRB9s/TxVrQc-pp_I/AAAAAAAAOtA/Jg10Qs3afmw/s1600/OB-RH682_0109ve_D_20120109174655.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zT1ToUXRB9s/TxVrQc-pp_I/AAAAAAAAOtA/Jg10Qs3afmw/s200/OB-RH682_0109ve_D_20120109174655.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698578833908279282" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, under growing pressure from the international community for his country's nuclear program, found some fleeting solace Monday in the arms of another controversial statesman: Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez ( &lt;a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203436904577151223583310542.html?mod=googlenews_wsj"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ El presidente iraní, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, bajo creciente presión de la comunidad internacional por el programa nuclear de su país, encontró un lunes  de consuelo fugaz  en los brazos de otro polémico hombre de Estado : el presidente venezolano, Hugo Chávez&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 92px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0dT_wJII1TM/TxQgKWb7ijI/AAAAAAAAOsw/V_IpYltmvDU/s200/timo_vene.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698214790724028978" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;Venezuela's new defense minister was the main connection between President Hugo Chavez and "&lt;a href="http://insightcrime.org/personalities/colombia/timochenko-farc-colombia"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Timochenko&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;," the current leader of &lt;a href="http://colombiareports.com/"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Colombia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;'s largest rebel group &lt;a href="http://www.insightcrime.org/criminal-groups/colombia/farc"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;FARC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, Colombian media claimed Sunday. &lt;span class="s1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eltiempo.com/justicia/las-sombras-del-general-henry-rangel-ministro-de-defensa-de-venezuela_10946388-4"&gt;Leading daily El Tiempo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.semana.com/nacion/amigo-timochenko/170361-3.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;leading weekly Semana both featured articles&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; based on newly leaked emails that were allegedly seized from computers belonging to "Raul Reyes," a high FARC commander who was killed in March 2008 when the Colombian army bombed his camp over the border with Ecuador ( &lt;a href="http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/21526-venezuelas-defense-minister-friend-of-farc-leader-semana.html"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ El nuevo ministro de defensa de Venezuela fue la principal conexión entre el presidente Hugo Chávez y "Timochenko", el actual líder del grupo rebelde más grande de Colombia FARC, según informaron varios medios de comunicación colombianos este domingo. 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of FARC leader: Reports/ Informe:ministro de defensa de Venezuela, sería &quot;Buen amigo&quot; de líder de las FARC'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0dT_wJII1TM/TxQgKWb7ijI/AAAAAAAAOsw/V_IpYltmvDU/s72-c/timo_vene.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-9064756779605030105</id><published>2012-01-16T08:19:00.003-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-16T09:18:31.860-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Venezuelan bishops call for year of national reconciliation / Obispos de Venezuela llaman por un año de reconciliación nacional</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1h3wrJifbUM/TxQeIoctKbI/AAAAAAAAOsk/7h2bExmGZtk/s1600/images-1.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1h3wrJifbUM/TxQeIoctKbI/AAAAAAAAOsk/7h2bExmGZtk/s200/images-1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698212562176125362" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;The bishops also lamented the state of the nation’s prisons, called for respect for human life “from conception to natural death,” and urged all to respect human rights. “Such rights are violated by widespread violence, disrespect, impunity or manipulation of justice, the utilization of discriminatory lists, by the systematic use of lies and the attitude of indifference and passivity in the face common problems.”( &lt;a href="http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=12977"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Los obispos también lamentaron el estado de las cárceles de la nación, pidieron respeto por la vida humana "desde la concepción hasta la muerte natural", e instó a todos a respetar los derechos humanos. "Estos derechos son violados por la violencia generalizada, la falta de respeto, la impunidad o la manipulación de la justicia, la utilización de listas discriminatorias, por el uso sistemático de la mentira y la actitud de indiferencia y la pasividad de los problemas comunes."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;o:officedocumentsettings&gt;   &lt;o:allowpng/&gt;  &lt;/o:OfficeDocumentSettings&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:trackmoves&gt;false&lt;/w:TrackMoves&gt;   &lt;w:trackformatting/&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;21&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridverticalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery&gt; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 132px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AzXYGnuWL_Y/TxQcs51bWvI/AAAAAAAAOsY/2nuUFK9NMsw/s200/1rAAon.Em.84.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698210986295253746" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Maduro told the state-run AVN news agency that “a group of organizations bringing together Venezuelans who fled justice” in their homeland “have threatened not only the consul but the personnel at out consulate.” (&lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/americas/venezuelas-top-diplomat-says-exiles-have-threatened-officials-at-consulate-in-miami/2012/01/15/gIQAVBV00P_story.html"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Maduro dijo a la agencia estatal de noticias AVN que "un grupo de organizaciones que reúne a los venezolanos que huyeron de la justicia" en su país de origen "han amenazado no sólo el cónsul, sino al personal del consulado”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 80px; height: 80px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8ro2LJSsjA0/TxGM6qCNdMI/AAAAAAAAOsM/kPOphmAN3Fg/s200/6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697489942944249026" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni was released from jail last year and has been under house arrest due to health problems. She infuriated Chavez when she freed a banker from prison while he was awaiting trial on charges of flouting the country’s currency exchange controls. A day after her arrest in 2009, Chavez said on television that she should face a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison (&lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/americas/venezuelas-chavez-suggests-judicial-authorities-review-case-of-judge-under-house-arrest/2012/01/14/gIQAjZZexP_story.html"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Chávez dijo, durante una alocución en la Asamblea Nacional, que no estaba dentro de sus atribuciones mediar en el caso de la jueza María Lourdes Afiuni, detenida desde hace dos años, pero indicó que "yo si puedo pedir como jefe de Estado, bueno, que se estudie el caso en los tribunales donde ella está sometida a un proceso" (&lt;a href="http://noticias.terra.com.co/internacional/latinoamerica/chavez-dispuesto-a-pedir-que-se-estudie-el-caso-de-una-jueza,ce15f90561ad4310VgnVCM4000009bf154d0RCRD.html"&gt; más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-7147333757926794339?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/7147333757926794339/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=7147333757926794339' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/7147333757926794339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/7147333757926794339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/venezuelas-chavez-suggests-judicial.html' title='Venezuela’s Chavez suggests judicial authorities review case of judge under house arrest/ Chávez dispuesto a pedir que se estudie el caso de una jueza'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8ro2LJSsjA0/TxGM6qCNdMI/AAAAAAAAOsM/kPOphmAN3Fg/s72-c/6.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-380024739218556721</id><published>2012-01-14T09:29:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-14T09:34:21.170-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Chavez: Venezuela to close consulate in Miami / Venezolanos se quedan sin servicio consular en Miami</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RdQFxa8U9k8/TxGLXnJpJoI/AAAAAAAAOsA/K2WWAJN6sYg/s1600/Hugo-Ch%25C3%25A1vez-300x225.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RdQFxa8U9k8/TxGLXnJpJoI/AAAAAAAAOsA/K2WWAJN6sYg/s200/Hugo-Ch%25C3%25A1vez-300x225.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697488241363068546" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;Chavez said he decided the consulate will shut its doors in response to what he called an unfair action by the U.S. State Department. "We're going to close it. It's OK. There won't be a consulate in Miami," Chavez said during his annual speech to the National Assembly (&lt;a href="http://www.sacbee.com/2012/01/13/4185836/venezuelas-chavez-predicts-year.html"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/"...el cierre no permitirá realizar ningún otro trámite, como emisión de pasaportes, registro civil, registro electoral, trámites ante Cadivi para remesas de pensionados, jubilados, estudiantes y emisión de visas. Ayer en su portal WEB el Consulado anunció que no atenderá al publico el lunes." (&lt;a href="http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/120114/venezolanos-se-quedan-sin-servicio-consular-en-miami"&gt; más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-380024739218556721?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/380024739218556721/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=380024739218556721' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/380024739218556721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/380024739218556721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/chavez-venezuela-to-close-consulate-in.html' title='Chavez: Venezuela to close consulate in Miami / Venezolanos se quedan sin servicio consular en Miami'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RdQFxa8U9k8/TxGLXnJpJoI/AAAAAAAAOsA/K2WWAJN6sYg/s72-c/Hugo-Ch%25C3%25A1vez-300x225.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-7846058189425088201</id><published>2012-01-14T09:20:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-14T09:27:12.382-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Venezuelan industry stagnated despite economic growth / Industria nacional estancada pese al crecimiento económico</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QmRxG5bMfag/TxGJs65UJTI/AAAAAAAAOr0/Iq_uxmQ6Asg/s1600/11099488_copia.jpg.520.360.thumb.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QmRxG5bMfag/TxGJs65UJTI/AAAAAAAAOr0/Iq_uxmQ6Asg/s200/11099488_copia.jpg.520.360.thumb.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697486408417289522" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;"Manufacturing is moving slower than the rest of the economy. Other sectors are moving faster," explained Efraín Velázquez, the chair of the Venezuelan National Economy Council.&lt;br /&gt;The economist added that a look at the expansion of manufacturing over the past five years displays a tiny annual average of 1.3%. Compare trade, for instance, which averages 4.7% ( &lt;a href="http://www.eluniversal.com/economia/120114/venezuelan-industry-stagnated-despite-economic-growth"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ "La manufactura está creciendo a un ritmo menor al del resto de la economía. Otros sectores crecen más rápido", expresó Efraín Velázquez, presidente del Consejo de Economía Nacional. Agrega el economista que si se observa el ritmo de expansión que ha tenido la manufactura en los últimos cinco años apenas alcanza un promedio anual de 1,3%, mientras que sectores como el comercio promedian 4,7% en ese lapso (&lt;a href="http://www.eluniversal.com/economia/120108/industria-nacional-estancada-pese-al-crecimiento-economico"&gt;más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-7846058189425088201?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/7846058189425088201/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=7846058189425088201' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/7846058189425088201'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/7846058189425088201'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/venezuelan-industry-stagnated-despite.html' title='Venezuelan industry stagnated despite economic growth / Industria nacional estancada pese al crecimiento económico'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QmRxG5bMfag/TxGJs65UJTI/AAAAAAAAOr0/Iq_uxmQ6Asg/s72-c/11099488_copia.jpg.520.360.thumb.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-6462703315929612406</id><published>2012-01-14T09:04:00.003-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-14T09:18:27.286-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Venezuela's Chavez predicts 'year of tests'  / Chávez de Venezuela pronostica "año de pruebas"</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QVmknQ4dYQs/TxGHVZq5lfI/AAAAAAAAOro/VdXAMCQ118s/s1600/_57884450_013699973-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 112px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QVmknQ4dYQs/TxGHVZq5lfI/AAAAAAAAOro/VdXAMCQ118s/s200/_57884450_013699973-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697483805338211826" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;In his annual message to the National Assembly, Chavez told opposition lawmakers that if he loses, he "would be the first in recognizing it." Recent polls show that Chavez's popularity has been above 50 percent. Opponents criticize Chavez's handling of problems such as rampant violent crime and 27.6 percent inflation. The country's opposition coalition said in a statement that Chavez has been "neglecting people's problems due to being busy trying to remain in power."( &lt;a href="http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9S88TR80.htm"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ En su mensaje anual a la Asamblea Nacional, Chávez dijo alos legisladores de oposición que si él pierde, él "sería el primero en reconocerlo." Encuestas recientes muestran que la popularidad de Chávez ha estado por encima del 50 por ciento. Los opositores critican el manejo de Chávez de los problemas como la delincuencia rampante, la violencia y el 27,6 por ciento de inflación. La coalición de oposición del país, dijo en un comunicado que Chávez ha "dejado de lado los problemas de la gente por estar ocupado tratando de mantenerse en el poder."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;o:officedocumentsettings&gt;   &lt;o:allowpng/&gt;  &lt;/o:OfficeDocumentSettings&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:trackmoves&gt;false&lt;/w:TrackMoves&gt;   &lt;w:trackformatting/&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;21&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:drawinggridverticalspacing&gt;18 pt&lt;/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing&gt;   &lt;w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery&gt;0&lt;/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery&gt;   &lt;w:validateagainstschemas/&gt;   &lt;w:saveifxmlinvalid&gt;false&lt;/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid&gt;   &lt;w:ignoremixedcontent&gt;false&lt;/w:IgnoreMixedContent&gt;   &lt;w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext&gt;false&lt;/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText&gt;   &lt;w:compatibility&gt;    &lt;w:breakwrappedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:dontgrowautofit/&gt;    &lt;w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:dontvertalignintxbx/&gt;   &lt;/w:Compatibility&gt;  &lt;/w:WordDocument&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"&gt;  &lt;/w:LatentStyles&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;  &lt;!--[if gte mso 10]&gt; &lt;style&gt;  /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable  {mso-style-name:"Tabla normal";  mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;  mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;  mso-style-noshow:yes;  mso-style-parent:"";  mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;  mso-para-margin-top:0in;  mso-para-margin-right:0in;  mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;  mso-para-margin-left:0in;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:12.0pt;  font-family:"Times New Roman";  mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;  mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;  mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";  mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;  mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;  mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} &lt;/style&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt;    &lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: ES-TRAD"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-6462703315929612406?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/6462703315929612406/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=6462703315929612406' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/6462703315929612406'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/6462703315929612406'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/venezuelas-chavez-predicts-year-of.html' title='Venezuela&apos;s Chavez predicts &apos;year of tests&apos;  / Chávez de Venezuela pronostica &quot;año de pruebas&quot;'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QVmknQ4dYQs/TxGHVZq5lfI/AAAAAAAAOro/VdXAMCQ118s/s72-c/_57884450_013699973-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-5867090378229283472</id><published>2012-01-13T08:06:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-13T08:11:19.676-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Venezuela's Chavez Sowed Winds…/ Sembró Vientos...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3_09hFToCyQ/TxAmaodCpZI/AAAAAAAAOrc/4gYzLsDR-Ps/s1600/Tareck%2BEl%2BAissami%2B-%2B6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 147px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3_09hFToCyQ/TxAmaodCpZI/AAAAAAAAOrc/4gYzLsDR-Ps/s200/Tareck%2BEl%2BAissami%2B-%2B6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697095767601358226" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;…and today is reaping whirlwinds. That is the cause of the rampant rise in crime in Venezuela, which, today, has made addressing the lack of security a priority issue. But, from the look of things, solutions to the problem will not come under the “revolution” advocated by Hugo Chávez. This observation is based on a number of crucial factors ( &lt;a href="http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=461987&amp;amp;CategoryId=13303"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ …hoy recoge tempestades. De allí el desborde de la delincuencia en el país, las altas tasas de homicidios y secuestros que azota a los venezolanos, y que ha hecho que la inseguridad sea en la actualidad un problema prioritario a resolver. Sin embargo, todo indica que las soluciones no llegarán con la “revolución” que preconiza Hugo Chávez. Esta percepción parte de varios detonantes (&lt;a href="http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=461833&amp;amp;CategoryId=13303"&gt; más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-5867090378229283472?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/5867090378229283472/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=5867090378229283472' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/5867090378229283472'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/5867090378229283472'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/venezuelas-chavez-sowed-winds-sembro.html' title='Venezuela&apos;s Chavez Sowed Winds…/ Sembró Vientos...'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3_09hFToCyQ/TxAmaodCpZI/AAAAAAAAOrc/4gYzLsDR-Ps/s72-c/Tareck%2BEl%2BAissami%2B-%2B6.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-578469482205767324</id><published>2012-01-13T08:00:00.003-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-13T08:04:53.707-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Venezuelan Bishops' Conference calls for reconciliation and tolerance/ La Conferencia Episcopal llama al país a la reconciliación y la tolerancia</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3GiiAu1zTrA/TxAkeOtOJVI/AAAAAAAAOrQ/XWlzj3VMI8c/s1600/monseo1.jpg.520.360.thumb.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3GiiAu1zTrA/TxAkeOtOJVI/AAAAAAAAOrQ/XWlzj3VMI8c/s200/monseo1.jpg.520.360.thumb.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697093630386120018" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;Monsignor Diego Padrón, the Archbishop of the city of Cumaná (northeastern Venezuela) and newly appointed president of the Venezuelan Bishops Conference (CEV), read a document with the findings of the CEV s Regular Plenary Meeting. He said that the new board is willing to meet with all political actors (&lt;a href="http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/120112/venezuelan-bishops-conference-calls-for-reconciliation-and-tolerance"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Monseñor Diego Padrón, presidente de la CEV, fue el encargado de leer el documento con las conclusiones de la Asamblea Plenaria Ordinaria. Dijo que la junta directiva está dispuesta a reunirse con todos los actores políticos, de cara a las elecciones primarias del 12F y las presidenciales del 7 de octubre (&lt;a href="http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/120112/la-conferencia-episcopal-llama-al-pais-a-la-reconciliacion-y-la-tolera"&gt;más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-578469482205767324?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/578469482205767324/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=578469482205767324' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/578469482205767324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/578469482205767324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/venezuelan-bishops-conference-calls-for.html' title='Venezuelan Bishops&apos; Conference calls for reconciliation and tolerance/ La Conferencia Episcopal llama al país a la reconciliación y la tolerancia'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3GiiAu1zTrA/TxAkeOtOJVI/AAAAAAAAOrQ/XWlzj3VMI8c/s72-c/monseo1.jpg.520.360.thumb.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-2703132103554522912</id><published>2012-01-13T07:50:00.003-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-13T10:07:29.986-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Venezuela Reiterates Support to Syria against Conspiracy  / Venezuela reafirma su apoyo a Siria contra la conspiración</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9TZP_RFDnBM/TxAjRRgbYSI/AAAAAAAAOrE/jqp1lpjn5rY/s1600/Unknown-1.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9TZP_RFDnBM/TxAjRRgbYSI/AAAAAAAAOrE/jqp1lpjn5rY/s200/Unknown-1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697092308287840546" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;p class="p1"&gt;Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez reiterated support to Syria against the conspiracy it faces due to its national stances in support of the resistance. The Venezuelan President stressed his country's support to the reform process under the leadership of President Bashar al-Assad ( &lt;a href="http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2012/01/13/393959.htm"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ El presidente venezolano Hugo Chávez aseguró el jueves que el mandatario sirio Bashar Al Asad realiza un "ingente esfuerzo" para buscar una solución a la crisis que atraviesa este país y lo respaldó contra el "voraz asedio imperialista" que, a su juicio, promueve el caos ( &lt;a href="http://feeds.univision.com/feeds/article/2012-01-12/chavez-reafirma-su-apoyo-al"&gt;más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-2703132103554522912?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/2703132103554522912/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=2703132103554522912' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/2703132103554522912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/2703132103554522912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/venezuela-reiterates-support-to-syria.html' title='Venezuela Reiterates Support to Syria against Conspiracy  / Venezuela reafirma su apoyo a Siria contra la conspiración'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9TZP_RFDnBM/TxAjRRgbYSI/AAAAAAAAOrE/jqp1lpjn5rY/s72-c/Unknown-1.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-8346158749233929917</id><published>2012-01-12T08:35:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-12T08:41:01.513-04:30</updated><title type='text'>A person was killed every 30 minutes in Venezuela in 2011 / Cada treinta minutos mataron a un venezolano durante el 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XGh1NhEGRqg/Tw7b3ltDEUI/AAAAAAAAOq4/k3dI2QxDXBQ/s1600/Unknown.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 140px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XGh1NhEGRqg/Tw7b3ltDEUI/AAAAAAAAOq4/k3dI2QxDXBQ/s200/Unknown.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696732326730600770" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;There were 18,850 homicides in Venezuela in 2011, according to sources of the Scientific, Criminal and Forensic Investigation Agency (Cicpc). This means that a person was killed every thirty minutes &lt;a href="http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/120111/a-person-was-killed-every-30-minutes-in-venezuela-in-2011"&gt;( more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Homicidios: 18.850, en toda Venezuela, durante 2011, según fuentes del Cuerpo de Investigaciones Científicas Penales y Criminalísticas (Cicpc). Cada 30 minutos, en promedio, se cometió un asesinato ( &lt;a href="http://www.eluniversal.com/sucesos/120111/cada-treinta-minutos-mataron-a-un-venezolano-durante-el-2011"&gt;más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-8346158749233929917?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/8346158749233929917/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=8346158749233929917' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/8346158749233929917'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/8346158749233929917'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/person-was-killed-every-30-minutes-in.html' title='A person was killed every 30 minutes in Venezuela in 2011 / Cada treinta minutos mataron a un venezolano durante el 2011'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XGh1NhEGRqg/Tw7b3ltDEUI/AAAAAAAAOq4/k3dI2QxDXBQ/s72-c/Unknown.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-3673036424162321269</id><published>2012-01-12T08:22:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-12T08:30:48.606-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Ros-Lehtinen Calls Ahmadinejad's Latin America Trip 'A Tour Of Tyrants'/ Ros-Lehtinen llama gira de tiranos la visita de Ahmadineyad a países del Alba</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zUl5rhi7teE/Tw7ZegmL6NI/AAAAAAAAOqs/5iX-OkSrmlA/s1600/288x318_1325170522_ilyactionshot2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zUl5rhi7teE/Tw7ZegmL6NI/AAAAAAAAOqs/5iX-OkSrmlA/s200/288x318_1325170522_ilyactionshot2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696729696839657682" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;Ros-Lehtinen, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Republican Congresswoman from Florida, said the tour represented an opportunity for Ahmadinejad to "[spew] anti-American rhetoric" and "undermine U.S. national security interests," &lt;a href="http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/press_display.asp?id=2152"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;in a statement&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; released on Monday. Ros-Lehitnen adds that the "central agenda" of Ahmadinejad's trip is "rallying dictators against the United States."(&lt;a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/11/rep-lleana-ros-lehtinen-c_n_1198987.html"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ La presidenta del Comité de Relaciones Exteriores en el Congreso de Estados Unidos, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, dijo que la actividad iraní en el hemisferio occidental es una amenaza a la región, en alusión a la visita que hará en enero próximo el presidente de Irán, Mahmud Ahmadineyad, a Cuba, Venezuela, Ecuador y Nicaragua, en este último asistirá a la toma de posesión del ilegal presidente, Daniel Ortega, con quien también analizará asuntos bilaterales y de ámbito regional (&lt;a href="http://www.laprensa.com.ni/2011/12/29/ambito/85272"&gt; más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;p class="p1"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-3673036424162321269?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/3673036424162321269/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=3673036424162321269' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/3673036424162321269'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/3673036424162321269'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/ros-lehtinen-calls-ahmadinejads-latin.html' title='Ros-Lehtinen Calls Ahmadinejad&apos;s Latin America Trip &apos;A Tour Of Tyrants&apos;/ Ros-Lehtinen llama gira de tiranos la visita de Ahmadineyad a países del Alba'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zUl5rhi7teE/Tw7ZegmL6NI/AAAAAAAAOqs/5iX-OkSrmlA/s72-c/288x318_1325170522_ilyactionshot2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-3551127944648347323</id><published>2012-01-12T08:15:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-12T08:22:36.408-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Venezuela Heads Deeper Into Militant Narcoterrorism/Venezuela de cabeza en el narcoterrorismo militante</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pQ-JaUm8HH8/Tw7XjlRv2zI/AAAAAAAAOqg/kPoagRrgUIU/s1600/chavez5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 177px; height: 196px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pQ-JaUm8HH8/Tw7XjlRv2zI/AAAAAAAAOqg/kPoagRrgUIU/s200/chavez5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696727584972200754" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;As if the world needed further evidence, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’s new political appointments in the early days of January confirm his regime’s descent into militant narcoterrorism and increases the possibility of a coup d’état by a military junta should Chávez lose his grip on power either through his cancer (from which he dubiously claims to now be cured) or through an electoral defeat on October 7 ( &lt;a href="http://www.eurasiareview.com/12012012-venezuela-heads-deeper-into-militant-narcoterrorism-analysis/"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Como si el mundo necesitara nuevas pruebas, nuevos nombramientos políticos del presidente venezolano Hugo Chávez en los primeros días de enero confirman el descenso de su régimenen en el narcoterrorismo militante y aumenta la posibilidad de un golpe de Estado por una junta militar siChávez pierde su control del poder ya sea a través de su cáncer (de la que dudosamente pretende ahora ser curado) o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 126px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IY-bL71UHm8/Tw7V4vjcK8I/AAAAAAAAOqU/kQBy_yXxYig/s200/devaluaci_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696725749484760002" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;The Venezuelan supervision is expected to amalgamate a central sell rate of a bolivar after a Oct elections to enclose a lassitude of unfamiliar sell pot caused by a clever expansion in imports, David Rees, rising markets economist during Capital Economics, pronounced in a note on Tuesday (&lt;a href="http://cashotec.com/venezuela-may-devalue-exchange-rate-further-after-elections-capital-economics/"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Una devaluación del precio de venta delbolívar, que es visto como sobrevalorado, llevaría a una caída en las importaciones, en dirección a una desaceleración en la disminución poco conocida de las reservas, En el otro lado Rees, también ve el valor bancario interno de los ingresos petroleros denominados en dólares cada vez mayor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3cDAvB-nWL0/Tw1_X7CDUZI/AAAAAAAAOqI/p9oVXfCegvk/s200/diesel-bolivia.jpg.520.360.thumb.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696349152653562258" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;The balance of Bolivia's bilateral debt with Venezuela by November 31, 2011 was USD 350.6 million, which is 85.34% of Bolivia's total bilateral debt and 10.55% of Bolivia's total debt. The Andean Development Corporation (CAF) is the main creditor of Bolivia's multilateral debt, which amounts to USD 1.29 billion. ( &lt;a href="http://www.eluniversal.com/economia/120110/more-than-85-of-bolivias-bilateral-debt-is-held-by-venezuela"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ El saldo de la deuda bilateral de Bolivia al 31 de noviembre de 2011 con Venezuela  fue de cerca de 350,6 millones de dólares, 85,34% de la deuda bilateral de la nación del altiplano y 10,55% del total de los compromisos bolivianos. La Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) es el principal acreedor de la deuda multilateral con 1.295 millones de dólares (&lt;a href="http://www.eluniversal.com/economia/120110/venezuela-es-acreedora-del-8534-de-la-deuda-bilateral-de-bolivia"&gt; más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-1726648018391577799?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/1726648018391577799/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=1726648018391577799' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/1726648018391577799'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/1726648018391577799'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/more-than-85-of-bolivias-bilateral-debt.html' title='More than 85% of Bolivia&apos;s bilateral debt is held by Venezuela / Venezuela es acreedora del 85,34% de la deuda bilateral de Bolivia'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3cDAvB-nWL0/Tw1_X7CDUZI/AAAAAAAAOqI/p9oVXfCegvk/s72-c/diesel-bolivia.jpg.520.360.thumb.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-3931446238487213687</id><published>2012-01-11T07:38:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-11T07:48:47.913-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Jail violence in Venezuela leaves 6 inmates dead/ Cinco reos muertos y 8 policías secuestrados tras riña en cárcel venezolana</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JloVLf9c-8s/Tw1-H2k92XI/AAAAAAAAOp8/IiaEyQsZGUU/s1600/Unknown-2.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 139px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JloVLf9c-8s/Tw1-H2k92XI/AAAAAAAAOp8/IiaEyQsZGUU/s200/Unknown-2.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696347777068292466" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;               &lt;p class="p1"&gt;Authorities in Venezuela say six prisoners have been killed in fighting at a jail. Army Gen. Hector Coronado Bogarin tells state radio that the fighting broke out Monday at a police lockup in southwestern Tachira state..The authorities say other inmates initially took eight police officers hostage, but released four of them. Officials say the last four captives were freed Tuesday after talks with the inmates ( &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/americas/jail-violence-in-venezuela-leaves-6-dead-inmates-take-police-officers-hostage/2012/01/10/gIQA6Ba9oP_story.html"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ "Ocho policías secuestrados y cinco fallecidos es el resultado de un enfrentamiento en el área de prisiones de la Policía del Estado Táchira la mañana de este lunes", reseñó AVN citando al director de la policía en esa jurisdicción, Jesús Berro. Por su parte, el general de la División de Infantería del Ejército, Héctor Coronado, dijo a la agencia oficial que las autoridades están investigando lo ocurrido y ya instalaron una mesa de negociación para lograr la liberación de los ocho funcionarios policiales tomados como rehenes ( &lt;a href="http://feeds.univision.com/feeds/article/2012-01-09/cinco-reos-muertos-y-8"&gt;más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-3931446238487213687?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/3931446238487213687/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=3931446238487213687' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/3931446238487213687'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/3931446238487213687'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/jail-violence-in-venezuela-leaves-6.html' title='Jail violence in Venezuela leaves 6 inmates dead/ Cinco reos muertos y 8 policías secuestrados tras riña en cárcel venezolana'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JloVLf9c-8s/Tw1-H2k92XI/AAAAAAAAOp8/IiaEyQsZGUU/s72-c/Unknown-2.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-8354274197264982121</id><published>2012-01-11T07:30:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-11T07:38:26.533-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Nothing can separate Iran, Venezuela: Ahmdinejad/ Ahmdinejad: Nada puede separar a Irán y Venezuela</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mAGEeOhNhwY/Tw17sxncQPI/AAAAAAAAOpw/Lnx8YeRiDkI/s1600/c_330_235_16777215_0___images_stories_jan02_11_02_mh14.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 142px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mAGEeOhNhwY/Tw17sxncQPI/AAAAAAAAOpw/Lnx8YeRiDkI/s200/c_330_235_16777215_0___images_stories_jan02_11_02_mh14.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696345112856772850" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;"Nothing can damage Iran-Venezuela relations and separate the two nations, because the two countries are determined to stand by each other until achieving their major goals which are peace, prosperity, and progress" (&lt;a href="http://tehrantimes.com/politics/94436-nothing-can-separate-iran-venezuela-ahmdinejad"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Nada puede dañar las relaciones entre Irán y Venezuela ni separan las dos naciones, porque los dos países están decididos a apoyarse el uno al otro hasta la consecución de sus objetivos principales que son la paz, la prosperidad y el progreso”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt; 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&lt;![endif]--&gt;    &lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-8354274197264982121?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/8354274197264982121/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=8354274197264982121' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/8354274197264982121'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/8354274197264982121'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/nothing-can-separate-iran-venezuela.html' title='Nothing can separate Iran, Venezuela: Ahmdinejad/ Ahmdinejad: Nada puede separar a Irán y Venezuela'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mAGEeOhNhwY/Tw17sxncQPI/AAAAAAAAOpw/Lnx8YeRiDkI/s72-c/c_330_235_16777215_0___images_stories_jan02_11_02_mh14.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-1218410204629955842</id><published>2012-01-10T16:18:00.003-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-10T16:26:56.732-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Hugo Chavez, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad joke about 'big atomic bomb' /Ahmadinejad y Chávez se burlan de Estados Unidos y bromean sobre bombas</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/DLnJh41_guc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez lavished praise on each other on Monday, mocked U.S. disapproval and joked about having an atomic bomb at their disposal (&lt;a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45938366/ns/world_news-americas/#.TwykCZjCsnA"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ El presidente iraní, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, y su contraparte venezolana, Hugo Chávez, se elogiaron mutuamente ayer, se burlaron de Estados Unidos con desaprobación y bromearon sobre tener bombas nucleares a su alcance (&lt;a href="http://itongadol.com/noticias/val/60678/ahmadinejad-y-chavez-se-burlan-de-estados-unidos-y-bromean-sobre-bombas-.html"&gt; más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-1218410204629955842?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/1218410204629955842/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=1218410204629955842' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/1218410204629955842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/1218410204629955842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/hugo-chavez-mahmoud-ahmadinejad-joke.html' title='Hugo Chavez, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad joke about &apos;big atomic bomb&apos; /Ahmadinejad y Chávez se burlan de Estados Unidos y bromean sobre bombas'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/DLnJh41_guc/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-7220477594597615264</id><published>2012-01-10T16:12:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-10T16:17:42.293-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Venezuela's Chavez defends diplomat expelled by U.S / Presidente califica expulsión de cónsul como "prepotencia</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qJm4CpadaUU/Twyj5rnhaCI/AAAAAAAAOpk/AyxJVxb0XhI/s1600/LIVIA.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 146px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qJm4CpadaUU/Twyj5rnhaCI/AAAAAAAAOpk/AyxJVxb0XhI/s200/LIVIA.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696107840073197602" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;President Hugo Chavez blamed the expulsion of a Venezuelan diplomat from the United States on "counter-revolutionaries" in the latest flare-up between Washington and its most prominent foe in Latin America &lt;a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/01/10/venezuela-usa-idINDEE8090E920120110"&gt;( more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ No solo de "injustificada" y "arbitraria" calificó anoche el presidente Hugo Chávez la expulsión de la cónsul de Venezuela en Miami (Florida), Livia Acosta Noguera, de Estado Unidos, sino que además enfatizó que se trata de "una demostración más de la prepotencia del imperio ridículo" ( &lt;a href="http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/120110/presidente-califica-expulsion-de-consul-como-prepotencia"&gt;más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-7220477594597615264?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/7220477594597615264/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=7220477594597615264' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/7220477594597615264'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/7220477594597615264'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/venezuelas-chavez-defends-diplomat.html' title='Venezuela&apos;s Chavez defends diplomat expelled by U.S / Presidente califica expulsión de cónsul como &quot;prepotencia'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qJm4CpadaUU/Twyj5rnhaCI/AAAAAAAAOpk/AyxJVxb0XhI/s72-c/LIVIA.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-1870729747457578994</id><published>2012-01-10T16:02:00.004-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-10T16:12:28.477-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Iran Looks to Venezuela as it Scrambles for Allies /Irán mira a Venezuela, cuando se desgañita por los aliados</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3EdKP4m1lnM/TwyirM3iF6I/AAAAAAAAOpY/jeuE38x9n6k/s1600/mahmud-ahmadinejad-y-hugo-chavez-610x430.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 141px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3EdKP4m1lnM/TwyirM3iF6I/AAAAAAAAOpY/jeuE38x9n6k/s200/mahmud-ahmadinejad-y-hugo-chavez-610x430.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696106491789055906" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s five-day tour of Latin American countries comes at a time of rising tensions with the United States and growing international isolation (&lt;a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/45925378"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ El tour de cinco días del presidente iraní, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, por varios países de América Latina llega en un momento de crecientes tensiones con los Estados Unidos y un creciente aislamiento internacional&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;o:officedocumentsettings&gt;   &lt;o:allowpng/&gt;  &lt;/o:OfficeDocumentSettings&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 192px; height: 136px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5ysP3eV8pR4/Twrfx3d8QKI/AAAAAAAAOpA/4goQfHnNyXk/s200/r.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695610726559531170" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;Peruvian state oil company Petroperu will be one of the oil companies operating in Venezuela’s Orinoco Belt, President Hugo Chavez said. “As of today, we have a new partner in the belt: Petroperu,” Chavez said during a tour of the region Saturday with Peruvian President Ollanta Humala (&lt;a href="http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=460368&amp;amp;CategoryId=10717"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Venezuela y Perú iniciaron el sábado una alianza energética basada en la cercanía política de sus presidentes con la que planean dar inicio a convenios de largo alcance entre las estatales Petroperú y Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) ( &lt;a href="http://lta.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idLTASIE80603620120108"&gt;más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-4460116393985113390?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/4460116393985113390/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=4460116393985113390' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/4460116393985113390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/4460116393985113390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/petroperu-to-enter-venezuelas-orinoco.html' title='Petroperu to Enter Venezuela’s Orinoco Belt /Venezuela-Perú sellan pactos energéticos, estrechan lazos'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5ysP3eV8pR4/Twrfx3d8QKI/AAAAAAAAOpA/4goQfHnNyXk/s72-c/r.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-4552162857124822982</id><published>2012-01-09T07:52:00.003-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-09T07:59:53.283-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Ahmadinejad visits Venezuela on first stop of Latin America tour/ Presidente Irán llega a Caracas en medio de fuerte tensión</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mdAGvGyWaW8/TwrdhEBp2mI/AAAAAAAAOo0/9ZepMX5g1Q8/s1600/12588.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mdAGvGyWaW8/TwrdhEBp2mI/AAAAAAAAOo0/9ZepMX5g1Q8/s200/12588.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695608238849514082" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;It's no coincidence that Venezuela is Ahmadinejad's first stop. Despite their cultural differences, Venezuela and Iran have found significant common ground: both are among the world's top crude oil exporters and their leaders are strong allies united by a fierce opposition to what they view as U.S. imperialism (&lt;a href="http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/09/ahmadinejad-visits-venezuela-on-first-stop-of-latin-america-tour/"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ El presidente iraní Mahmoud Ahmadinejad llegó el domingo a Caracas, punto de inicio de una gira por países de América Latina antagónicos a Estados Unidos, en momentos en que Occidente aumenta su presión sobre Teherán en represalia por su programa nuclear. Antes del arribo de Ahmadinejad, el mandatario anfitrión, Hugo Chávez, pidió a Washington que no interfiera en las relaciones que teje la república islámica en la región, donde también visitará Ecuador, otro integrante de la OPEP al igual que Venezuela, además de Cuba y Nicaragua (&lt;a href="http://lta.reuters.com/article/topNews/idLTASIE80704Q20120109"&gt; más...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-4552162857124822982?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/4552162857124822982/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=4552162857124822982' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/4552162857124822982'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/4552162857124822982'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/ahmadinejad-visits-venezuela-on-first.html' title='Ahmadinejad visits Venezuela on first stop of Latin America tour/ Presidente Irán llega a Caracas en medio de fuerte tensión'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mdAGvGyWaW8/TwrdhEBp2mI/AAAAAAAAOo0/9ZepMX5g1Q8/s72-c/12588.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-6127831566124726422</id><published>2012-01-09T07:44:00.002-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-09T07:51:28.593-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Chavez: Venezuela won't honor arbitration body / Chávez anuncia retiró del Ciadi y desconocerá sus fallos</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WVCHffqRj8c/TwrbwtDwp4I/AAAAAAAAOoo/78SQhkso65E/s1600/Venezuela_Chavez.sff-2a327a64-a154-4c93-a092-d851f2611323.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 169px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WVCHffqRj8c/TwrbwtDwp4I/AAAAAAAAOoo/78SQhkso65E/s200/Venezuela_Chavez.sff-2a327a64-a154-4c93-a092-d851f2611323.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695606308538984322" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that his government should pull out of a World Bank-affiliated arbitration body and won't recognize its decisions. Exxon Mobil Corp. is one of more than a dozen companies with arbitration cases against Venezuela pending before the Washington-based International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, or ICSID. Chavez announced his decision while referring to a more than $900 million award that Exxon Mobil recently won in another arbitration case before the International Chamber of Commerce ( &lt;a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57354915/chavez-venezuela-wont-honor-arbitration-body/"&gt;more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ El presidente Hugo Chávez anunció que Venezuela se retirará del Centro Internacional de Arreglo de Inversiones (Ciadi) y que no reconocerá ningún fallo que le sea contrario en el marco de la disputa que mantiene con la empresa estadounidense Exxon Mobil. El mandatario aseguró que el Ciadi, organismo adscrito al Banco Mundial (BM), está controlado por Estados Unidos, por lo que su país no reconocerá su fallo. "Ahora nos amenazan (la Exxon Mobil) con el Ciadi; de ese Ciadi tenemos que salirnos nosotros. Nosotros no reconoceremos decisiones de Ciadi alguna", advirtió el líder socialista ( &lt;a href="http://www.el-carabobeno.com/portada/articulo/26649/chvez-anuncia-retir-del-ciadi-y-desconocer-sus-fallos"&gt;más...)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-6127831566124726422?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/6127831566124726422/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=6127831566124726422' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/6127831566124726422'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/6127831566124726422'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/chavez-venezuela-wont-honor-arbitration.html' title='Chavez: Venezuela won&apos;t honor arbitration body / Chávez anuncia retiró del Ciadi y desconocerá sus fallos'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WVCHffqRj8c/TwrbwtDwp4I/AAAAAAAAOoo/78SQhkso65E/s72-c/Venezuela_Chavez.sff-2a327a64-a154-4c93-a092-d851f2611323.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-6755360521617972435</id><published>2012-01-09T07:38:00.004-04:30</published><updated>2012-01-09T07:44:23.924-04:30</updated><title type='text'>U.S. expels Venezuelan diplomat in Miami / Expulsan a cónsul de Venezuela</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-v9nxJwtQs-0/TwraGzT6brI/AAAAAAAAOoc/EFYZBP0kRnY/s1600/Unknown-1.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-v9nxJwtQs-0/TwraGzT6brI/AAAAAAAAOoc/EFYZBP0kRnY/s200/Unknown-1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695604489151213234" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Venezuela's consul general in Miami has been declared to be persona non grata and must leave the United States, a State Department spokesman said Sunday (&lt;a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/08/us/venezuela-consul/?hpt=wo_c2"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Estados Unidos ordenó la expulsión de la cónsul general de Venezuela en Miami, Livia Acosta Noguera, involucrada según un documental de Univisión en un complot iraní hace años, con ramificaciones en México, al tiempo que el presidente persa, Mahmud Ahmadineyad, llegaba anoche a Caracas (&lt;a href="http://impreso.milenio.com/node/9091734"&gt; más...)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17049639-6755360521617972435?l=diplodemocracia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/feeds/6755360521617972435/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17049639&amp;postID=6755360521617972435' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/6755360521617972435'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17049639/posts/default/6755360521617972435'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diplodemocracia.blogspot.com/2012/01/us-expels-venezuelan-diplomat-in-miami.html' title='U.S. expels Venezuelan diplomat in Miami / Expulsan a cónsul de Venezuela'/><author><name>Diplodemocracia</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-v9nxJwtQs-0/TwraGzT6brI/AAAAAAAAOoc/EFYZBP0kRnY/s72-c/Unknown-1.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049639.post-7045947362956891159</id><published>2011-12-20T07:47:00.005-04:30</published><updated>2011-12-23T07:40:18.001-04:30</updated><title type='text'>Feliz navidad y venturoso 2012/ Merry christmas and happy 2012</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qsV87w1u8qI/TvB9dL5TjxI/AAAAAAAAOn4/qA_Tp6R5OYI/s1600/ARC_Navidad2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 123px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ylds0TIVoRM/Tuyb8LFEgBI/AAAAAAAAOns/YM535kLVEyo/s200/images.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687091887530606610" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;Chavez, a self-declared Marxist, is rolling back policies that have allowed him to expand control &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;over the economy. He is forging alliances with corporations he previously accused of price-gouging, such as Casino Guichard Perrachon SA, based in Saint-Etienne, and Gruma, Mexico’s largest corn flour maker. “The government has realized that 100 percent expropriations don’t work and that’s why they’re looking to work with the private sector,” said Luis Vicente Leon, president of Caracas-based pollster Datanalisis, in a phone interview. “For the government, it’s the best of both worlds.”(&lt;a href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-12-17/chavez-rolls-back-seizures-as-shortages-hurt-re-election-bid.html"&gt; more...&lt;/a&gt;)/ Chávez, autoproclamado marxista,  hace retroceder las políticas que le han permitido ampliar el control sobre la economía. Está forjando alianzas con las empresas que había acusado de manipulación de precios, como el Casino Guichard Perrachon SA, con sede en Saint-Etienne, y Gruma, el fabricante más grande de México de harina de maíz. "El gobierno se ha dado cuenta de que el 100 por ciento de las expropiaciones no funcionan y es por eso que están buscando  trabajar con el sector privado", dijo Luis Vicente León, director de Datanálisis con sede en Caracas, en una entrevista telefónica. 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 120px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3GEfx7_zJuQ/TuyZvp3PGXI/AAAAAAAAOng/uc9EUM8qAak/s200/Chdrogas.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687089473432525170" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  &gt;The &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/14/world/middleeast/beirut-bank-seen-as-a-hub-of-hezbollahs-financing.html"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;New York Times&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.propublica.org/article/government-says-hezbollah-profits-from-us-cocaine-market-via-link-to-mexica"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;ProPublica&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; have details on the indictment of Ayman Joumaa, a Lebanese citizen who has laundered millions of dollars for &lt;a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/Hezbollah"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Hezbollah&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; while assisting with cocaine-trafficking routes out of &lt;a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/Colombia"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Colombia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/Venezuela"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Venezuela&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. It appears his focus was routes through &lt;a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/Europe"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Europe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, but he has also moved drugs through &lt;a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/Mexico"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Mexico&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in coordination with the Zetas. The case is notable for having all the key words that people get excited about: Hezbollah! Terrorist-financing! Cocaine! Zetas! Venezuela! And all of that appears to be true ( &lt;a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/Latin-America-Monitor/2011/1215/Hezbollah-terrorist-financing-and-Venezuela-Don-t-panic"&gt;more...)&lt;/a&gt;/ The New York Times y ProPublica tiene detalles sobre la acusación de Ayman Joumaa, un ciudadano libanés que ha lavado millones de dólares para ayudar a Hezbolá, mientras que ayuda a las rutasde tráfico de cocaína fuera de Colombia y Venezuela. Al parecer, su objetivo eran las rutas de Europa, pero también se ha movido drogas a través de México en coordinación con los Zetas.El caso se destaca por tener todas las palabras clave que la gente se entusiasma: Hezbollah! El financiamiento del terrorismo! La cocaína! Zetas! Venezuela! 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