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1. -08-28-05 Jackson Calls for U.S. Diplomacy with Venezuela (CNN News)
   "The Rev. Jesse Jackson offered support for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday, saying a recent call for his assassination was a criminal act and the United States and Venezuela should work out their differences through diplomacy." 8-05

2. -09-19-05 Venezuela vs USA (WorldPress.org)
   "As President Hugo Chavez adeptly leverages Venezuela’s oil wealth to forge an array of regional alliances that leave the United States out in the cold, U.S. — Venezuela tensions are heating up. Boosted by the rising prices of oil and the deepening regional anger over U.S. imperial arrogance, Chavez has proved able not only to construct a counter-hegemonic constituency in Venezuela among the country’s poor majority but also to piece together a regional network that is challenging U.S. political and economic dominance. Uncle Sam is becoming the odd man out in the hemisphere claimed as U.S. domain since the early 19 th century." 9-05

3. -09-23-06 Foreign Minister of Venezuela Claims Illegal Conduct by U.S. Security Officials (BBC News)
   "At a news conference in New York, the foreign minister [of Venezuela] said his ticket and passport were confiscated illegally by US officials at the security check. He said he was then verbally abused and strip-searched during a 90-minute interrogation." 09-06

4. -10-28-06 U.S. Investigating Venezuela Influence on Electronic Voting Machines (New York Times)
   "The federal government is investigating the takeover last year of a leading American manufacturer of electronic voting systems by a small software company that has been linked to the leftist Venezuelan government of President Hugo Chávez." 10-06

5. -05-01-07 Venezuela Takes Over Private Oil Fields (PBS News)
   "In a move meant to advance and fund his nationalism agenda, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday nationalized the remaining privately operated oil fields valued at $30 billion."
   
   "Chavez, meanwhile, described the turnover as the end of the era of U.S.-oriented policies that opened up oil reserves to foreign investment."
   
   "Chavez still will need outside investment to develop the Orinoco region, which could help Venezuela surpass Saudi Arabia as the country with the most reserves, the AP reported." 05-07

6. -12-03-07 Venezuela Votes "No" on Extending Term for President Chavez (MSNBC News)
   "President Hugo Chavez suffered a stunning defeat Monday in a referendum that would have let him run for re-election indefinitely and impose a socialist system in this major U.S. oil provider." 12-07

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8. 12-17-02 Venezuela's Supreme Court Rules Against President Chavez (BBC News)
   "Venezuela's Supreme Court has ordered embattled President Hugo Chavez to hand back control of Caracas police force to the capital's mayor." 
   
   "The unrest in the world's fifth largest oil exporter has forced up the price of a barrel of oil by more than 4%, amid growing supply fears."

9. 12-17-02 Venezuela's Media the Focus of Protests (BBC News)
   "The decision by the Venezuelan president's supporters and opponents to attack each other's media outlets highlights the key role played by the media in the ongoing crisis."

10. Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (BBC News)
    "Hugo Chavez has seen his fortunes swing dramatically from success to failure and back again since his landslide victory in Venezuela's 1998 presidential election." 12-02

11. Venezuela Timeline (BBC News)
    Provides a short history of Venezuela from 1498 to the present. 12-02

12. Venezuela Profile (BBC News)
    Provides a profile of Venezuela, as well as a map.
    
    "Historically one of South America's more stable democracies, Venezuela has one of the largest known oil deposits in the world as well as huge quantities of coal, iron ore, bauxite and gold. Yet up to 85% of Venezuelans live in poverty in shanty towns, the most infamous of which sprawl over the hillsides around the capital, Caracas." 12-02

13. Venezuela's Oil Industry (BBC News - Hale)
    "Venezuela's oil is exceptionally important to both Venezuela itself and to the rest of the world."
    
    "Venezuela is the fifth largest oil exporter in the world, and supplies about 13% of daily oil imports into the US." 12-02

14. Rulers by Country - V-Z (Schulz)
    Provides a list of leaders by country and date. Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Samoa, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. leaders, rulers, Presidents, and Prime Ministers 9-00

15. -09-10-05 Questions About Robertson's Katrina Charity (ABC News)
    "Charity and religious leaders are questioning why the Federal Emergency Management Agency designated Operation Blessing as the No. 2 charity for donations in the wake of Hurricane Katrina."
    
    "Operation Blessing is the charity founded and still chaired by Pat Robertson, the politically well-connected television evangelist, who recently called for the assassination of Hugo Chavez, the president of Venezuela."
    
    "According to its most recent filing with the Internal Revenue Service, Operation Blessing gave more than half of its yearly allocation of cash donations — $885,000 — to the Christian Broadcasting Network, or CBN, of which Robertson is also the chairman." 9-05

16. -11-05-05 Bush Leaves Rocky Summit (USA Today)
    "President Bush left the Summit of the Americas Saturday with no more than he expected: a cold shoulder from some Latin American leaders, no consensus on a free trading bloc for the hemisphere and biting criticism from anti-U.S. protesters and Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez." 11-05

17. -03-15-06 Mexico Makes "Huge" Oil Find (BBC News)
    "Mexican President Vicente Fox has announced the discovery of a new deep-water oil field, which is believed to contain 10bn barrels of crude."
    
    "With at least 3.4m barrels per day, Mexico is Latin America's largest crude producer ahead of Venezuela and Brazil, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA)."
    
    "The oil industry provides one third of the Mexican state income. More than half the crude extracted is exported, mainly to the United States." 03-06

18. -04-29-06 Latin American Leaders Reject U.S. Trade Plan (CNN News)
    "The Cuba-Venezuela deal -- known by its Spanish acronym ALBA, also the word for dawn -- provided a framework for the leaders to blast Washington's efforts to expand its free trade with Latin American countries."
    
    "The U.S.-backed Free Trade Area of the Americas hemispheric trade pact stalled last year, but Washington since has signed nine free-trade agreements with Latin American countries."
    
    "The three presidents called the FTAA a U.S. effort to 'annex' Latin America." 04-06

19. -01-09-07 Chavez to Nationalize Electric and Telecom Firms (USA Today)
    "President Hugo Chavez announced plans Monday to nationalize Venezuela's electrical and telecommunications companies, pledging to create a socialist state in a bold move with echoes of Fidel Castro's revolution in Cuba." 01-07

20. -09-12-07 The World's Energy Hotspots (WorldPress.org)
    "The volatile Middle East is still the center of the globe when it comes to energy policy, which has consequences for the rest of the world. For example, according to the Institute for International Economics, the United States faces a probable economic recession, estimated at 30 percent due to a sudden increase in the hydrocarbon price index. Moreover, the Center for Global Energy Studies in London estimates that the geopolitical turmoil in Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, and Venezuela, coupled with the emergence of "energy nationalism," has reduced the daily supply of oil—from 2000 onward—by 7.8 million barrels. This is a substantial decrease, comparable with the daily consumption of Germany and France combined. For the time being, there are five hotspots where the 21st century's energy game is unfolding, which will affect the economy worldwide for the coming years." 09-07

21. -07-01-09 Coup in Honduras (CNN News)
    " 'Foreign governments misunderstand our situation,' Congressman Juan Orlando tells TIME. 'Once they learn that this was really a legal change of power, they will change their position.' Yet it could be tough to persuade the international community of the legality of exiling a President at the barrel of a gun."
    
    "On July 1, the Organization of American States gave Honduras 72 hours to reinstate Zelaya or face suspension of its membership, and Zelaya has said he plans to return to Tegucigalpa anyway if his foes don't comply. In response, Micheletti has sworn that he will arrest Zelaya if he sets foot in the country and that he is ready for anything Venezuela — or anyone else — can throw at him. With neither side showing signs of compromise, the risk of a violent clash rises — a prospect that worries many in Tegucigalpa." 07-09

22. South America - Travel Information by Location (Excite.Travel.com)
    Provides information on dining, where to stay, and interesting things to see. Search by city, state, or country. Includes Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile and Easter Island, Colombia, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela. 3-02

23. Spanish Newspapers (World-Newspapers.com)
    Provides news. 02-06