Que descanses en paz
“Rest in peace” is all I can think of when I think of Monica Spear. I consider this blog to be of personal importance simply because I myself was shocked and heartbroken when I heard of her death. Monica Spear is a well-known beauty queen in Venezuela who also was an actress in Spanish soap operas i ...
Happy Birthday CATHERINE
Hoy le deseamos un FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS a CATHERINE a quien apreciamos y queremos mucho a pesar del poco tiempo que hemos compartido esperando que en el futuro tengamos mas oportunidades para hacerlo; lamentamos que las circunstancias no hayan permitido tenerla con nosotros este año en Venezuela pero co ...
Ótimos Filmes Sobre Futebol Que Você Provavelmente Nunca Viu | Great Soccer Movies That You Probably Never Watched
No dia 26 de agosto o meu time do coração, Palmeiras, fez 100 anos de história. Para comemorar, fiz uma maratona particular de filmes sobre futebol e selecionei os cinco melhores para este post. E se você, quando o assunto é filmes de futebol, pensa imediatamente em O Casamento de Romeu e Julieta ou ...
Venezuela's opposition names new head to end divisions
CARACAS, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela's troubled coalition of opposition parties Wednesday named a journalist and former Communist Party member to reunite the group, following months of internal divisions and a lack of leadership. "It was a unanimous ...
Crisis in Venezuela worsening
The lull in the street battles that raged across many of Venezuela’s cities this spring belies the violent civil conflict still threatening the country. From February to June, dozens of people died, hundreds were wounded and several thousand more were ...
Venezuela's opposition tasks crusading journalist with uniting perennially fractious coalition
CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela's opposition parties have named a crusading journalist and political newcomer to head the perennially fractious coalition confronting President Nicolas Maduro's socialist government. In accepting the position Wednesday ...
Venezuela opposition names new head to fight Maduro
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's opposition parties on Wednesday named a 56-year-old journalist and teacher to head their coalition ahead of 2015 parliamentary elections where they hope to weaken President Nicolas Maduro's socialist government. "It was a ...
Gold Reserve awarded in arbitration versus Venezuela
Canadian firm Gold Reserve Inc. has informed it has been awarded by the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (Icsid) in the dispute brought against Venezuela. The mining company said in a press release published on its website that ...
Three jailed over murder of former Miss Venezuela and British ex-husband
Three men who confessed to the murder of a former Miss Venezuela and her British ex-husband have each been sentenced to at least 24 years in jail. Monica Spear, 29, a soap opera actor, and Thomas Berry, 39, known as Henry, died after being attacked when ...
Venezuela's Maduro says Citgo to boost U.S. welfare project
CARACAS, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said state oil company PDVSA's U.S. unit, Citgo Petroleum Corp, will continue a welfare project in the United States begun by his predecessor, Hugo Chavez. "Our plans with Citgo are to keep ...
Venezuela's Gold Appears To Be Still In Venezuela But For How Long?
Bank of America economist on visit to Venezuelan central bank last week was allowed to view the bank's gold vault and the gold repatriated by President Hugo Chavez Is any of the country's gold encumbered, loaned or leased to Goldman Sachs or other ...
Venezuela court gives long sentences to beauty queen's killers
CARACAS (Reuters) - Three men convicted of murdering a former Miss Venezuela and her ex-husband this year were sentenced to at least 24 years in jail in a case that shook the crime-ridden South American nation, authorities said. Monica Spear, 29, a soap ...
Colombia: Venezuela must be 'constructive' at UN
NEW YORK -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said he expects Venezuela to win a seat on the U.N. Security Council and hopes the country will play a "constructive" role on the organization's most powerful body. Venezuela's candidacy won the unanimous ...