Venezuelan Ambassador to Syria Imad Saab Saab said that during the third working visit of President Hugo Chávez Frías to the Middle East's country, both countries are monitoring their agreements. Further, the Venezuelan president and his Syrian counterpart will sign new agreements in areas such as customs and maritime commercial transportation. Saab Saab added that the Venezuelan diplomatic mission is ready to receive President Chávez in Damascus, a new stopover in his...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is discussing regional and global issues on Thursday in Damascus with his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad, Venezuelan Ambassador in Syria Emad Saab told DPA. The two presidents will also talk about bilateral trade and industrial agreements, he added. Chavez landed in Damascus on Wednesday from Iran as part of his international tour. This is the third official visit the Venezuelan President pays to the Arab country. The two presidents have...

Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez started on Tuesday his visit to Tehran with a "good morning, brother"and a big hug to his Iranian counterpart, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The goal of his visit is to enhance bilateral ties that are considered a strategic issue by the two countries and strengthen the "anti-imperialist axis." A smiling, affable Iranian Head of State greeted Chávez at the presidential palace. The two presidents showed their shared aversion to...

Venezuela and Iran will establish a joint oil shipping company for export and transport of crude oil during the visit that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is paying to Tehran, official sources said. According to Venezuelan embassy sources in the Iranian capital, the creation of the oil company will allow Venezuela to sell more than half a million barrels of oil to Europe and Asia. The two parties had previously prepared a memorandum of understanding concerning the establishment of...

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The nuclear power station that Russian engineers will build in Venezuela will have a capacity of 500 megawatts, Rafael Ramírez, the Venezuelan Ministry of Energy and Petroleum and President of state-run oil company Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (Pdvsa), told Efe. "The plant will we able to generate 500 megawatts," Ramírez said at the end of a press conference held by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chávez, Efe...

Colombia's largest rebel group the FARC tried to poison former President Alvaro Uribe on several occasions, the country's defense minister said Tuesday. According to Minister Rodrigo Rivera, emails found on the computers of "Mono Jojoy," a FARC leader who was killed by armed forces last month, show that the guerrilla group had successfully infiltrated Uribe's security network. "I can confirm that one of the ways the FARC were looking to make an attempt against the life of...

Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez is starting in Moscow on Thursday an international tour that will take him to Iran, Belarus, Ukraine, Syria, Libya, Algeria and Portugal, in order to strengthen his political and economic relations with these countries. "It is an extremely important trip that will allow us to deepen our relations in a multipolar world," said the Venezuelan president. Chávez, who is an advocate of a new world order and has worked to counteract...

Spanish opposition People's Party filed a motion before the Congress to require the government to take action against Venezuela after the "police and judicial determination of ETA activity" in the South American country, news agency Europa Press reported. The initiative calls for the Spanish government to voice a "strong protest" against Venezuelan authorities. Further, it requires Madrid to demand information from Caracas regarding both the activities of ETA in...

Press TV, Iran's first English-language media venture launched in 2007 by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), is stepping up its international operations with a round-the-clock Spanish-language channel and iFilm, which broadcasts Iranian movies and TV to about 300 million Arabic-speakers in the Arab world. Official Press TV Logo. Press TV is Iran's first English-language media venture with offices throughout the world. Based in Tehran, Press TV maintains offices throughout...