CARACAS, Venezuela, Julu 12, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is recovering rapidly after undergoing surgery last month that removed a cancerous tumor, the government said Monday, The Associated Press reported. Chavez remarked on his health during a telephone conversation with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday as Chavez was exercising outdoors, the Foreign Ministry said in […]
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Hugo Chavez back in charge at Venezuela Cabinet meeting
July 8, 2011 
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CARACAS, Venezuela, July 8, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez went back to work Thursday, addressing soldiers at a promotion ceremony and then talking for more than an hour while presiding over a televised Cabinet meeting, The Associated Press reported. Vowing to beat cancer, Chavez showed no apparent signs of weakness as he […]
Read moreVenezuela postpones summit due to Chavez’s health
June 30, 2011 Comments Off
CARACAS, Venezuela, June 30, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / AP) — Venezuela’s government postponed next week’s summit of Latin American leaders on Wednesday, citing President Hugo Chavez’s health as he recovers from surgery in Cuba, The Associated Press reported. The decision to put off the July 5-6 meeting until later this year was announced shortly after new […]
Read moreFidel, Raul Castro visit Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
June 19, 2011 Comments Off
HAVANA, June 19, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / Xinhua) — Cuban President Raul Castro and his brother Fidel Castro visited Friday Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who was recovering from a surgery in Havana, and they discussed bilateral and international issues, according to Cuba’s official media on Saturday. As reported by XINHUA, Cuba’s official daily Granma and […]
Read moreChavez and Gaddafi — best friends forever?
March 31, 2011 Comments Off
By William J. Dobson, Washington Post ( Dobson is guest-blogging for The Post ) March 31, 2011 ( WASHINGTON POST ) — I recently wrote an article on the likely exile destinations Col. Moammar Gaddafi would have to choose from if he decides to flee Libya. Venezuela made the list, if for no other reason than […]
Read moreHugo Chavez, journalism award-winner in Argentina
March 30, 2011 Comments Off
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, march 30, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / AP) — Hugo Chavez, winner of a journalism award? The Venezuelan leader regularly clashes with critical media, but Argentina’s University of La Plata was giving him its Rodolfo Walsh Prize on Tuesday “for his unquestionable and authentic commitment” to giving people without a voice access to the […]
Read morePhotostream : Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez meets Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez
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Chavez: Libya airstrikes claiming civilian victims
March 21, 2011 Comments Off
CARACAS, Venezuela, March 21, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / AP ) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez condemned what he called “indiscriminate bombing” by the U.S. and its allies in Libya, saying Sunday that the assault is causing civilian casualties, AP reported on Sunday. Chavez said the U.S. is after Libya’s oil, and warned President Barack Obama not […]
Read moreChavez, allies lead push for Libya mediation
March 15, 2011 Comments Off
CARACAS, Venezuela, March 15, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / AP) – As Moammar Gadhafi finds himself increasingly isolated internationally, he still has at least a few friends far away. As reported by AP on Tuesday, Latin America’s most prominent leftists rallied early to his defense and have stayed there even as former friends, neighbors and countrymen have […]
Read moreVenezuela’s Hugo Chavez celebrates 12 years in power
February 3, 2011 Comments Off
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has marked his 12th anniversary of coming to power by urging supporters topress ahead with his socialist revolution. Feb 2 (KATAKAMI.COM / BBC) — Mr Chavez asked Venezuelans to forgive any “mistakes” he had made in office. But he said his government had lived up to the hope his first […]
Read morePhotostream : Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez meets U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
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Chavez to Reject US Ambassador Nominee
December 19, 2010 Comments Off
Please also visit : INDONESIAKATAKAMI.BLOGSPOT.COM December 19, 2010 (KATAKAMI / VOA) — Venezuela’s president has vowed to reject the U.S. nominee for ambassador to the South American country. Hugo Chavez said Saturday in a televised speech Larry Palmer will not be allowed to take up his post because the diplomat has been critical of […]
Read moreRussia lends Venezuela $4 bln to buy weaponry — Chavez
November 28, 2010 Comments Off
Please also visit : INDONESIAKATAKAMI.BLOGSPOT.COM November 28, 2010. (KATAKAMI / RIA NOVOSTI) — Moscow has recently loaned Venezuela $4 billion to buy Russian military hardware, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said. Speaking at a ceremony to celebrate 90 years of Venezuela’s Air Force on Saturday, Chavez said the sides reached the loan agreement during […]
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