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Saving the leatherback turtle

October 10, 2009 09:04Updated May 30, 2010 13:09

Venezuela is looking for uranium ... but with help from whom?

September 27, 2009 11:26
A rumor that had been circulating in Venezuela for some time was confirmed on Friday — and then quickly retracted.   On Friday, Venezuela's Minister for Mines, Rodolfo Sanz, confirmed that Iran has been helping Venezuela look for uranium deposits.  

Stamping its identity on the chocolate market

September 28, 2009 06:57Updated May 30, 2010 13:08
RIO CARIBE, Venezuela — Luis Carvajal cracks open a cacao pod and offers one of its sticky white seeds to suck on. “Can you taste how sweet it is?” he asked. “This is Venezuelan cacao. It’s the best in the world.”

And the winner is...

September 25, 2009 09:47
It was high drama at the Miss Venezuela beauty pageant here last night. Miss Miranda, Marelisa Gibson, the 21-year-old brunette featured in our video, walked away with the top prize.

Inside Venezuela's beauty factory

September 25, 2009 09:01Updated May 30, 2010 13:08

Stewie Griffin promotes drug use for the US government, says Venezuela

September 22, 2009 13:56
It's a cause for controversy at home and has picked up a gamut of awards in the process, but now the popular cartoon show "Family Guy" has found itself caught in the middle of a spat between Venezuela and the United States about drug trafficking.

"Loin steaks" on the pageant stage

September 24, 2009 06:37Updated May 30, 2010 13:08
CARACAS, Venezuela — He calls them "loin steaks," you might know them as beauty queens. With that attitude, it's no surprise that Venezuela is fast becoming known for an export other than oil and socialism: female beauty.

Ousted Honduran president slips into Tegucigalpa, Chavez says

September 21, 2009 13:45
 Manuel Zelaya, the Honduran president who was ousted in a coup in June this year, is in Tegucigalpa, according to the Venezuelan government. Venezuela's president, Hugo Chavez, announced the news on live state TV while visiting an educational program launched by his government. Zelaya, an ally of Chavez's left-wing movement, has received strong support from Venezuela during his exile.

Hugo Chavez — public relations master

September 10, 2009 11:27
If recent events are anything to go by, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is a master in PR.  

Anti-Chavez and anti-Uribe protesters face off

September 5, 2009 13:40Updated May 30, 2010 13:07
BOGOTA — Alejandro Gutierrez decided he'd had enough of what he describes as Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's meddling in his country. So 11 days ago the 28-year-old started a Facebook group calling for an international march against the controversial leader. The following day, the group had 22,000 members, a number that has mushroomed to more than 377,000.
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