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Chinese V.P. views Beijing's money at work in Venezuela

Agencia EFEMay 14, 2013 18:16
Caracas, May 14 (EFE).- Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao on Tuesday asked the Venezuelan government for efficiency in managing an agro-industrial plant it has begun building near Caracas with a $52 million investment from Beijing. "We have to take care that these projects are effective and efficient, in the sense that they can play a positive role in employment and economic and social effects," Li told Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elias Jaua while touring the site. "I hope the efficiency factor will be taken into consideration."

Venezuela's Maduro says Colombia's Uribe plotting to kill him

May 7, 2013 11:33
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Friday said Colombian ex-president Alvaro Uribe was plotting to kill him, adding to a deluge of accusations by the former bus driver in recent months. "Uribe is behind a plot to kill me," Maduro said in a televised speech. "Uribe is a killer. I have enough evidence of who is conspiring, and there are sectors of the Venezuelan right that are involved." He did not provide details.

Profile: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro

May 7, 2013 11:24
Position: President of Venezuela Incumbent: Nicolas Maduro Date of Birth: November 23, 1962 Term: He became acting president on March 8, 2013, three days after the death of President Hugo Chavez from cancer. Maduro, the ruling Socialist Party's candidate, won the resulting April 14 presidential election and was sworn in five days later. Key Facts:

Venezuela rebuffs Obama, repeats case against U.S. 'spy'

May 7, 2013 10:38
By Andrew Cawthorne CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela brushed off criticism from U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday and maintained its accusation that an American detainee in Caracas is a spy pretending to be a filmmaker. During his visit to Latin America, Obama said on Saturday the allegations against Tim Tracy, 35, were "ridiculous."

Idea that American held by Venezuela is a spy 'ridiculous': Obama

May 7, 2013 10:37
By Steve Holland SAN JOSE (Reuters) - The Venezuelan government's suggestion that an American citizen it has detained is a spy is "ridiculous," U.S. President Barack Obama said in a television interview recorded on Saturday during a visit to Costa Rica. Venezuela said late last month it had detained an American called Timothy Hallet Tracy, accusing him of financing opposition student demonstrations after April's disputed presidential election and saying he had clearly been trained as an intelligence agent.

Venezuela's Maduro blasts 'devil' Obama

Agence France-PresseMay 4, 2013 22:15
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro took a swipe at Barack Obama on Saturday, calling him the "grand chief of devils" after the US president declined to recognize his contested re-election. "Coming out of Central America, Obama let loose with a bunch of impertinent remarks, insolent stuff... He is giving an order, and his blessing, for the fascist right wing to attack Venezuela's democracy," Maduro alleged in an address.

Spy charges against US filmmaker 'ridiculous'

Agence France-PresseMay 4, 2013 20:30
President Barack Obama on Saturday dismissed as "ridiculous" Venezuela's allegations that an American filmmaker in the country during last month's elections was a US spy sent by Washington to stir up trouble. "The notion that this individual is some spy is ridiculous," Obama said in a television interview here before heading home Saturday following summit with leaders from Mexico and Central America. "This US citizen... we will handle like every situation where we get a US citizen who gets into some sort of legal tangle in a foreign country," Obama said.

Venezuela's Maduro blasts 'devil' Obama

Agence France-PresseMay 4, 2013 19:30
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro took a swipe at Barack Obama on Saturday, calling him the "grand chief of devils" after the US president declined to recognize his contested re-election. "Coming out of Central America, Obama let loose with a bunch of impertinent remarks, insolent stuff... He is giving an order, and his blessing, for the fascist rightwing to attack Venezuela's democracy," Maduro alleged in an address.

Obama avoids recognizing Maduro as Venezuelan president

Agence France-PresseMay 4, 2013 01:00
US President Barack Obama would not say Friday whether the United States recognizes Nicolas Maduro as the winner of last month's Venezuelan presidential election. Obama, in an interview with US Spanish-language network Univision, said the entire region "has been watching the violence, the protests, the crackdowns on the opposition" following the controversial April 14 election. Maduro defeated opposition leader Henrique Capriles, at least officially, by a razor-thin margin in the election to replace the late leftist leader Hugo Chavez.

Venezuela's Maduro warns Europe of 'political explosion'

Agence France-PresseMay 2, 2013 10:45
Venezuela's newly elected President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday warned Europe of the risks of "political explosions" as a result of growing economic tensions. In an interview with France's Le Monde, described by the newspaper as his first with Western media since last month's election, Maduro said he saw echoes of 1990s Latin America in Europe's ongoing economic crisis. "What is happening in Europe at the moment reminds me of what our region went through in the 1990s, all the social indicators were in decline and this led to political explosions, revolutions," he said.
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