Venezuela is best known for being a major oil producer – the world's fifth-largest, and with reserves of crude larger than those of any other nation outside the Middle East. Few are aware, though, that it also boasts a level of biodiversity that is unmatched in most other parts of the world.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez approved funds and announced new plans for an "energy" revolution on his weekly talk show Aló Presidente yesterday (March 30).

The president of the Cuban Journalists Union (UPEC), Tubal Paez, denounced on Thursday in Caracas, Venezuela, the permanent media aggression carried out from the United States against the island.

All is fair in love and war. No statement ever rang truer in describing the American media. From politicians to celebrities, and even on down to your average Joe; when the political pundits make their mind up about you, all bets are off.

The maximum compensation ExxonMobil should receive for its nationalized 41.6% stake in the Cerro Negro Orinoco River belt project is $1.2 billion, the Venezuelan Minister of Energy and Petroleum and President of the Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA.

Tens of thousands of government supporters turned out to official celebrations in the barrio 23 de Enero in Caracas Jan. 23 to commemorate 50 years since the civic-military uprising that overthrew US backed dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez in 1958.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez proposed Wednesday the establishment of a regional integration mechanism to meet food consumption needs of Latin America.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced a "profound restructuring" of his government, including the appointment of a new Vice-President and changes in up to 13 out of 27 ministries.

The victims of the 2002 coup d'etat in Venezuela backed an amnesty decreed by President Hugo Chávez for crimes linked to that event, amid criticisms by the opposition, which proposes to expand that measure.

The Venezuelan economy enters its fifth consecutive year of sustained growth in 2008, according to predictions from the Economic Commission for Latin America (CEPAL).

Venezuela continues its program to help low-income US families get through the cold winter season. This year’s heating oil donation plan began Wednesday in a poor neighborhood in the US capital.

With a registered voter turn-out of about 55%, Venezuelan voters rejected two referendum questions asking for approval of a total of 69 amendments to their constitution. Each question was defeated by a margin of 1.5 percentage points.

Venezuela, whose people are heirs to Bolivar's ideas which transcend his era, is today facing a world tyranny a thousand times more powerful than that of Spain's colonial strength.

A prominent item in the news this morning is Venezuela’s upcoming referendum on Sunday. Recent polls show the proposals going down to defeat by ten percentage points, 49 percent to 39 percent, a sharp reversal of fortune from previous weeks.

Much controversy surrounds the recent proposal to reform 69 articles of Venezuela's national constitution. Both national and international media have focused their attention on the reform proposal and the opposition protests against it.

Political groups in favor of the constitutional reform joined forces to boost the campaign for the YES vote in the coming referendum on the proposal of president Hugo Chavez.

Speaking to national and international media at a press conference at the Miraflores Presidential Palace yesterday, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denied opposition claims that proposed constitutional reforms are aimed at increasing personal power.

Responding to US President George W. Bush's threats towards Cuba on Wednesday, Venezuelan authorities warned yesterday that "Cuba is not alone."

Thanks to the implementation of socially-oriented policies, Venezuela is one of the countries most likely to reach the United Nations Millennium Development Goals for 2015, government officials announced yesterday.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez defended Latin American integration as the way to face current US imperial policies in the continent.