The New Dark Age

5 April, 2010

Oil Rises to 17-Month High on Speculation Demand Is Recovering
BusinessWeek
Prices have established a floor of $75 a barrel, according to Venezuela’s
Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez. There’s no need for the Organization of
Petroleum …
www.businessweek.com/news/2010-04-05/oil-rises-to-17-month-high-on-speculation-demand-is-recovering.html

Venezuela: Socialist financial system comes to life through lawmaking
VHeadline.com
The enactment of the Organic Law on the Domestic Financial System and the
proposed reform to the law governing the Central Bank of Venezuela are
efforts to …
www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=90138

Frankie returns, vows to be focused
MLB.com
Frankie Rodriguez, who rejoined the Mets on Sunday after tending to his
injured brother in Venezuela, soon will be tested in that area. …
mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100404&content_id=9072188&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

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Boston Herald (blog)
For several years, he returned to his native Venezuela to play winter ball
for Caracas, a team that he said has a rivalry with Magallanes. …
news.bostonherald.com/blogs/sports/red_sox/?p=3250&srvc=home&position=recent

Oil Climbs to 17-Month High on Speculation Demand Recovering
BusinessWeek
Venezuela, the group’s sixth-largest producer, is seeking a price band
between $80 and $100 a barrel, Ramirez told reporters in Caracas on April
2. …
www.businessweek.com/news/2010-04-04/oil-climbs-to-17-month-high-on-speculation-demand-recovering.html

K-Rod returns, discusses his brothers’ terrible accident
Newsday (subscription)
Rodriguez rejoined the Mets in time for yesterday’s Citi Field workout
after spending four days in his native Venezuela. Two of Rodriguez’s
brothers were …
www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/k-rod-returns-discusses-his-brothers-terrible-accident-1.1846235

The Argentimes | Russia and Venezuela Sign New Agreements
By journalist
The Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, who arrived in Venezuela for
his first official visit to the OPEC nation on Friday, signed with the
Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, thirty one agreements in the fields of
energy, …
www.theargentimes.com/currentaffairs/newsroundups/roundupslatinamerica/russia-and-venezuela-sign-new-agreements-/

Russia, Venezuela sign energy, defence deals
By gisi
Russia, Venezuela sign energy, defence deals Caracas, April 4 : Venezuela
and Russia have bolstered bilateral ties during a visit to the South
American.
www.sydneyshuttleservice.com/russia-venezuela-sign-energy-defence-deals/

Russia and Venezuela Sign New Energy Deals – National Security Law …
By sjote
The Prime Minister of Russia, Vladimir Putin recently signed nuclear power
plant and.
nationalsecuritylawbrief.com/2010/04/04/russia-and-venezuela-sign-new-energy-deals/

Putin bolsters oil, defense ties with Venezuela | Lux Libertas …
By John Frisby
Apr 2, 2010 CARACAS, April 2 (Reuters) – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir
Putin visited Venezuela on Friday to discuss oil, defense and nuclear
energy.
www.luxlibertas.com/putin-bolsters-oil-defense-ties-with-venezuela/

4 April, 2010

Russia-Venezuelan talks result in agreements
Tehran Times
CARACAS (Itar-Tass) — The talks between Russian Prime Minister Vladimir
Putin and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez resulted in a substantial
package of …
www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=216559
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Brothers’ injuries led to K-Rod departure
ESPN
… Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez were seriously injured when one fell
asleep while driving several hours from the family’s home in Caracas,
Venezuela. …
sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5054584
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Space Shot – Sean Penn Signs Up to Be Venezuela’s First Astro-nut!
The Spoof (satire)
… with happiness after a recent visit from KGB strongman Vladimir Putin
who promised to bring Venezuela into the space age with Soviet Rocket
Technology. …
www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s3i72261

You Should Definitely Watch Putin’s Press Conference With Hugo Chavez
San Francisco Chronicle
It got some media attention this week, but Russia’s energy and defense deal
with Venezuela — culminating in a showy joint press conference between
Vladimir …
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/04/04/businessinsider-video-of-vladimir-putin-and-hugo-chavez-2010-4.DTL

PrairiePundit: Venezuela goes from rule of law to rule of despots whim
By Merv
In March, intelligence agents arrested Oswaldo Álvarez Paz, a former
presidential candidate, charging him with conspiracy after he said in
televised remarks that Venezuela had become a haven for drug trafficking;
he also supported a …
prairiepundit.blogspot.com/2010/04/venezuela-goes-from-rule-of-law-to-rule.html

IS AMERICA ON THE SLIPPERY SLOPE TO VENEZUELA | Angry White Dude
By ANGRY WHITE DUDE
Could America be on the slippery slope to Venezuela?
angrywhitedude.com/?p=4026

Real time Venezuela blogging. – The Four Ages Of Sand
By Iain Petrie
First 4AoS foreign posting! Just arrived in Caracas. It was an 18 trip but
I’m still looking surprisingly fresh.
iainpetrie.typepad.com/the_four_ages_of_sand/2010/04/real-time-venezuela-blogging.html

Understanding Each Other, Diversity and Dissent: Thailand/ Ireland …
By Karmal
Venezuela: La revolución y las nacionalizaciones. By Euler Calzadilla
(J-PSUV/CMI). En varias oportunidades el camarada Chávez ha llamado al
sector privado a invertir y unirse al gobierno para levantar la economía.
…
low-intensity-conflict-review.blogspot.com/2010/04/thailand-ireland-ted-grant-venezuela-in.html

Russia, Venezuela sign energy, defence deals
Sify
/EFE) Venezuela and Russia have bolstered bilateral ties during a visit to
the South American country by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. …
sify.com/news/russia-venezuela-sign-energy-defence-deals-news-international-keelubdjcbd.html

Russia, Venezuela sign energy, defence deals
By Ians
Caracas, April 4 (IANS/EFE) Venezuela and Russia have bolstered bilateral
ties during a visit to the South American country by Prime Minister
Vladimir Putin. They have signed dozens of accords in a range of sectors,
most notably defence …
blog.taragana.com/business/2010/04/04/russia-venezuela-sign-energy-defence-deals-47774/

Russia, Venezuela sign energy, defence deals
Russia, Venezuela sign energy, defence d…At the end of the ceremony in
which several of the…The different agreements signed Friday covered a
r…
www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a125899.html

Venezuela and Russia Sign 31 Strategic Agreements “ haiti-cuba …
By magbana
“Our objective is to make a more democratic, balanced and multi-polar
world with the participation and safety guaranteed for all —said
Putin—; in this context, Russia and Venezuela cooperation takes on great
significance.” …
hcvanalysis.wordpress.com/2010/04/03/venezuela-and-russia-sign-31-strategic-agreements/

Russia to help Venezuela develop nuclear project
The National Oil Consortium (NNK) of Russian companies working in Venezuela
includes Russian energy giant Gazprom, state-run crude producer Rosneft,
Russian-British joint oil venture TNK-BP, Surgutneftegaz and LUKoil. …
www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a125862.html

3 April, 2010

Russia to help Venezuela develop nuclear project
By Ians
Caracas, April 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia and Venezuela signed a landmark
agreement to prepare a draft for construction of the first nuclear power
plant in the Latin American country, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said
Saturday.
blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/04/03/russia-to-help-venezuela-develop-nuclear-project-26781/

Putin signs energy deals with Chavez on Venezuela visit …
China launched Venezuela’s first satellite, the Venesat-1 (aka the Simón
Bolívar satellite) in Oct. 2008 from the Chinese spaceport at Xichang.
Chavez at the time said with that Venezuela had “nationalized its own outer
space, …
www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102×4331026

Russia offers Venezuela nuclear help, Chavez says (AP …
By News
CARACAS, Venezuela – Russia has agreed to help Venezuela draw up plans
for a nuclear power plant, President Hugo Chavez said Friday. Atomic energy
was one of many areas of cooperation discussed as Russian Prime Minister
Vladimir Putin …
www.todayshotnews.net/russia-offers-venezuela-nuclear-help-chavez-says-ap/

Stabroek News – Putin bolsters oil, defense ties with Venezuela
By editor
Venezuela, South America’s top oil exporter and a major U.S. supplier, has
also expanded military ties with Russia under Chavez, who says the United
States could attack Venezuela for its oil reserves. Since 2005, Venezuela
has bought …
www.stabroeknews.com/2010/world/04/03/putin-bolsters-oil-defense-ties-with-venezuela/

Russia to help Venezuela’s nuclear bid: Chavez (AFP …
By admin
AFP – Russia has agreed to help Venezuela set up a nuclear power plant for
the post-oil era, President Hugo Chavez said as the two countries deepened.
achieveverything.com/science/russia-to-help-venezuelas-nuclear-bid-chavez-afp.html

Criticism of Chávez Is Stifled by Arrests
New York Times
By SIMON ROMERO The family of Judge María Lourdes Afiuni built a home
shrine to her after she was jailed by President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela,
…
www.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/world/americas/04venez.html

Justice arrested in Venezuela
The Guardian
The arrest of Oswaldo Álvarez Paz, a former president of Venezuela’s
Chamber of Deputies, governor of the Venezuelan state of Zulia, and
presidential …
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2010/apr/03/hugo-chavez-venezuela-arrest-alvarezpaz

Russia Offers Venezuela Nuclear Help
Voice of America
Photo: AP Russia has agreed to help Venezuela draw up plans to build a
nuclear power plant. Atomic energy was one of many areas of cooperation
discussed as …
www1.voanews.com/english/news/americas/Russia-Offers-Venezuela-Nuclear-Help-89830047.html

Putin deepens ties with Chavez on Venezuela visit
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Russia has offered to help Venezuela set up its
own space industry, including a satellite launch site, as Prime Minister
Vladimir …
www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9ER46KG2&show_article=1

Venezuela ex-governor to remain in jail without bail over drug …
Reporting from Bogota, Colombia, and Caracas, Venezuela — A Venezuelan
judge on Wednesday ordered a former state governor and critic of President
Hugo …
articles.latimes.com/2010/mar/25/world/la-fg-venezuela-governor25-2010mar25

Venezuela’s Chavez seals key deals with Putin
BBC News
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has sealed oil exploration rights in
Venezuela’s Orinoco river belt during a visit to President Hugo Chavez in
Caracas …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8601455.stm

World briefs
Dallas Morning News
CARACAS, Venezuela – Russia has offered to help Venezuela set up its own
space industry as Prime Minister Vladimir Putin made his first visit to the
South …
www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/stories/DN-intbriefs_03int.ART.State.Edition1.4cc3c8e.html