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Aerosmith Back on the Road in South America with ‘COCKED, LOCKED, READY TO ROCK TOUR!’
Aerosmith returns to South America for the first time since 2007 beginning in Caracas, Venezuela on May 18th with the COCKED, LOCKED, READY TO ROCK TOUR! spawning what could be the ultimate music event of the new decade. America’s greatest rock...
2010- A Decisive Year – Opinion
Deeply rooted in human nature is the desire to see what the future bring us. In ancient times Sybille’s priestess in a cave near Rome interpreted the sacred Sibylline Book to see what the New Year will bring for Rome. Today the desire to know the future...Can We Make Entertainment Out of Irrationality?
If, as I have suggested, irrationality knows no bounds, can we at least start mining it for its entertainment value? I have to confess that this was my immediate reaction to the following report that just appeared on the BBC News Web site: Venezuelan...
Military Operations Begin on Venezuela’s Western Border to Fight Drug Trafficking
Venezuela has announced the expansion of military operations along its western border in order to fight drug trafficking and protect a recently discovered reserve of coltan from illegal mining. In what is titled Operation Blue Gold, 15,000 Air Force,...
Venezuela’s OAS Representative Says Human Rights Claims a Smear Campaign
Venezuelan opposition groups are seeking to use human rights issues to discredit the government of President Hugo Chávez before the international community, according to Germán Saltrón, Venezuela’s human rights representative to the Organisation...
Venezuela Begins Investigation of Assassination Plot
The Venezuelan Attorney General’s Office has formally started an investigation into an alleged assassination plot against President Hugo Chavez, following recently publicized declarations by a former paramilitary hitman and a former Colombian intelligence...
Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez Invites Obama to “Peace Dialogue”
During a meeting with U.S. labor union leaders in New York on Wednesday, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez invited the unionists to participate in the fair trade integration bloc known as the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA), and he invited...
6.4-magnitude Earthquake in Venezuela Injures At Least 14 People
Local media has reported that a 6.4-magnitude earthquake shook Venezuela’s Caribbean coast, injuring at least 14 people and causing minor structural damage to several buildings. According to the U.S. Geological Survey the epicenter of the quake,...
