Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is back in Cuba for more cancer treatment, including chemotherapy. He's transferred some powers to his ministers during his absence, but didn't agree to opposition calls for a temporary handover of all Presidential authority. For more on the current situation in Venezuela - RT talks to an expert on Latin American politics, Adrian Salbuchi, broadband from Buenos Aires.
Representatives of Venezuela’s Jewish community met with President Hugo Chavez and expressed their wish for the renewal of ties between Venezuela and Israel, suspended since January 2009.
Chavez received the Jewish representatives at Miraflores presidential palace where they had a “sincere” meeting, the president of the Confederation of Jewish Associations of Venezuela, Salomon Cohen, told reporters.
At today’s meeting of the PSUV (United Socialist Party of Venezuela) President Chávez did not waste any time reminding the beleaguered Venezuelan stock brokers that he would have no problem closing them all if they did not step into line.
The Empire will stop at nothing to find mechanisms and techniques to achieve its final objective, and we cannot disregard the possibility of a military conflict in the near future. If the US places Venezuela on the “terrorist list” this year, we could be on the verge of a regional war.
Raw Story, 23 January 2010