EDITORIAL ANALYSIS

Is Venezuela a democracy?

This 4th of December, Venezuela prepares for its eleventh electoral process since President Chávez won in 1998. This includes a referendum to determine if the Venezuelan people wanted to call

December 5, 2005
Venezuela's ruling coalition, has won all 167 seats in the National Assembly elections

Venezuela's ruling coalition, led by President Hugo Chávez, said it has won all 167 seats in the National Assembly in legislative elections largely boycotted by the opposition.
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December 3, 2005
Observers confirm legitimacy of Venezuelan Elections

International observers, who are going to be present during the elections on 4 th December, reconfirmed the legitimacy and transparency of the process. They stated this during a press conference at the Lagua room in the Tamanaco Hotel in Caracas.
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November 30, 2005
Venezuela and Italy subscribe deals

During the first Meeting of the Venezuelan/Italian Council, which studies the possibility of bilateral investments, Venezuela and Italy signed co-operation agreements for infrastructure, energy, economy, tourism and education sectors.
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November 22, 2005
President Chávez pledges South American gas pipeline in talks with Argentina's Kirchner

President Hugo Chávez pledged to help build a natural gas pipeline stretching from Venezuela to Argentina during talks with Argentine leader Néstor Kirchner that also focused on plans for Venezuela to join South America's Mercosur trade bloc. (read more)

December 1, 2005
Open letter to the Journalists covering the Venezuelan elections

The decision of four opposition parties in Venezuela to withdraw from elections raises important questions for the media (read more)

December 2, 2005
Still in diapers: How Venezuela's Primero Justicia has blown its greatest opportunity

Of all the key opposition figures, Julio Borges, leader of the Primero Justicia party, had perhaps the best chance of offering a credible alternative to Hugo Chavez in the 2006 presidential election (read more)

November 24, 2005
Venezuela shows new economic face

For the first time since Hugo Chávez was elected as Venezuela's president, a multilateral institution, the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), has approved a major loan deal for the country. (read more)

November 11, 2005
Venezuela and Russia agreed to strengthen bilateral relations

Vice President of Venezuela, José Vicente Rangel, informed about the topics discussed during the II High Level Russian Venezuelan Intergovernmental Meeting, which were economical co-operation, energy and fuel, technology and science, education, culture, sports and tourism, as well as technical/military co-operation. (read more)

November 8, 2005
Venezuela begins to measure its high-density oil reserves

Venezuela, the world's fifth largest oil exporter, has begun to quantify and certify its high-density oil reserves, estimated at 235 billion barrels, state-owned oil producer Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) said. (read more)

November 7, 2005
Latin American Press on Americas summit

(...) Several editorials argue that the summit's failure to back Washington's free-trade proposals was a personal triumph for Mr Chávez (...)".
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