National Electoral Council President gives assurances for referendum

Tibisay Lucena, the top executive officer of the National Electoral Council, said that Venezuelans can rest assured of voting transparency.

Venezuelans debate constitutional reform

President Hugo Chávez's proposal to reform the Venezuelan Constitution has created a great scenario in the country where political and social organizations are debating the future of the project.

Parliament hopes to reach at least 5.4 million homes throughout Venezuela

The Venezuelan National Assembly has expanded stages for the debate of the constitutional reform project, including mobile units at places with no telecommunication services.

National Assembly president, Cilia Flores, has confirmed that proposals collected from street parliament sessions will be taken into account, once the House mixed committee starts debating the constitutional reform bill article by article.

Ambassador Toro Hardy sets ball rolling for constitutional reform debate in the United Kingdom

Venezuela's Ambassador to the United Kingdom (UK), Alfredo Toro Hardy, has launched the first shot across the bows in the government's offensive to spread news and information about the constitutional reform.

Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs Miguel Ángel Moratinos endorsed the way Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez proposed his constitutional reform, branding the move as legitimate.

President Hugo Chávez assured that he will not abandon the mediation towards the humanitarian agreement for the liberation of the hostages in hands of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez will visit France in November to discuss the fate of hostages, including prominent Franco-Colombian Ingrid Betancourt, the French President said.

French President Nicolás Sarkozy ratified his support to the role as mediator of his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chávez for a humanitarian swap in Colombia.

Democracy and hope in Latin America have been revived by Venezuela's leader. But the forces allied against him are formidable.

Sean Penn, appearing with David Letterman on CBS, defended his recent visit with Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez, and said there is indeed freedom of expression for the media in that country.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, whose 'Bolivarian government' has piqued the interest of some of Hollywood's biggest stars, was visited by Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey in Caracas.

Russia and Venezuela plan to boost bilateral trade, with an emphasis on energy and information technology. The two countries already share several high-profile projects.

Brazilian Foreign Affairs Minister: Venezuela's joining to Mercosur is essential

Brazilian Foreign Affairs Minister, Celso Amorín, said that Venezuela's joining to the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) is important for the Latin American integration.

Brazilian businessmen support Venezuela to join MERCOSUR

Brazilian businessmen widely support Venezuela to fully join to the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR), as it was showed in a study published in Reuters

The process for the creation of the Bank of the South is a priority in the Venezuelan financial agenda, supported in the decision that the multinational institution will be headquartered in this capital.

Poverty diminished in Venezuela from 55.4 percent in 1998 to 30 percent now, according to the National Statistics Institute (INE), as a result of a policy of better distribution of wealth.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez inaugurated the construction of six new hospitals across the country.

As a part of a new government program called Mission Alma Mater, the government opened five new universities and began construction of several others across the country.

Argentine Exxon assets may attract Venezuela-PDVSA

enezuela may be interested in buying Exxon Mobil assets in Argentina, a senior official at Venezuela's state oil company, PDVSA, said

Five joint ventures in Venezuela have the most potential to develop natural gas projects, state oil company PDVSA said at the Fourth International Gas Conference in Venezuela.