Electoral Council named (Aug. 27th) PDVSA to invest $43 billion over next five years (Aug. 26th) Teikoku Oil to build 2nd Venezuela gas pipe, raise output (Aug. 22nd) Venezuela's oil deals untouched by new PDVSA unit (Aug. 20th) Payment scale will end this year with a US$7 to US$8 billion surplus (Aug. 17th) Venezuela to receive CVP to control oil fields, revenues (Aug. 15th) Cadivi expedites importers' procedures (Aug. 14th) Trinidad and Venezuela in exploitation deal (Aug. 12th) Venezuela to present gas projects to Puerto Rico (Aug. 11th) Venezuela to invest $1.5b in thermo power from 2004 to 2010 (Aug. 7th) The government has plans to invest 1,500 million dollars in the electrical sector (Aug. 6th) Venezuela wants Russia to boost energy cooperation (Aug. 4th) Venezuela refinances its foreign debt (Aug. 3rd) Argentina and Venezuela: commitment to strengthening mutual relations (Aug. 2nd)

> Latin-American Film Festival at the Bolívar Hall ------------------------

> Guitar Legend John Williams and the Venezuelan folk music ------------------------ > The new ways of cultural diplomacy ------------------------ > Simon Rattle praises the Venezuelan Youth Symphony Orchestra ------------------------

> Expoecoturismo 2003 ------------------------ > Los Roques: paradise archipelago ------------------------

>Giant rodent fossil found in Venezuela ------------------------