Venezuela

  • The problem with cheap oil

    The price may fall still farther in 2009. Be careful what you wish for.
  • Cheap oil's victims

    For Hugo Chavez, Vladimir Putin, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, sub-$50 oil is a disaster. But don't cheer too loud
  • Daniel Ortega's new best friend: Hugo Chavez

    Former Sandinista revolutionary Ortega is back on top in Nicaragua. Will his alliance with Venezuela -- complete with subsidized oil -- be a model for the rest of Central America?
  • Free software, Big Oil and Venezuelan politics

    Why is Hugo Chavez such a big open-source software fan?
  • Sanctity of life? Well, some of the time, anyway

    Pat Robertson calls for the assassination of the president of Venezuela.
  • Thong warfare and the kidnapped beauty queen

    A tour of socialist Venezuela, where 98 percent of the people are poor and the other 2 percent ogle metrosexual Tarzans and silicone-perfect blonds at a well-lubed fashion show.
  • FAIR cries foul

    Spinsanity is wrong about reporting on the Venezuelan coup.
  • Bush's Latin diplomacy goes south

    The White House is embarrassed after the State Department's Latin American specialist pointedly fails to condemn the Venezuela coup -- and the coup then collapses.
  • Hola, Domino's calling

    The pizza chain is a huge hit among rich Venezuelans, who can't get enough "corte Chicago" pies delivered to their doors -- rapido.
  • Venezuela's president is playing with fire

    By befriending U.S. enemies like Saddam Hussein, Hugo Chavez risks alienating his troubled country's biggest trading partner.
  • Venezuelans have the best sex

    And they look good, too!
  • Exporting Indian beauty

    Sexy subcontinentals are grabbing Miss World and Miss Universe crowns.

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