Cr note: Yeah, and this sort of behaviour, nationalizing comapnies and stealing personal property, began with healthcare~BLS Associated PressCARACAS, Venezuela -- A new law regulating gold mining in Venezuela took effect Monday and will require min… more »

  UK Guardian By Ewan MacAsKill Pedro Mascheroni and his wife Marjorie, who both once worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory, were arrested after an FBI sting operation over allegedly selling nuclear secrets to Venezuela. Photograph: Clyde Mueller… more »

Associated Press Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday went through with his threat to reject the diplomat nominated by President Barack Obama to be the U.S. ambassador to Caracas. Chavez said he won't accept Larry Palmer as envoy because he rec… more »

By Steven Mather - Venezuelanalysis.com Caracas, Venezuela, June 24, 2010 (venezuelanalysis.com)-- The head of the Venezuelan state oil company PdVSA declared yesterday that the government is to nationalise 11 oilrigs previously operated by a US petrol… more »

By: Reuters Mountains of rotting food found at a government warehouse, soaring prices and soldiers raiding wholesalers accused of hoarding: Food supply is the latest battle in President Hugo Chavez's socialist revolution. Howar… more »