Iñaki Anasagasti, a Basque deputy for the parliamentary group of the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV), recalled that Basque separatist group ETA is a very sensitive issue in Spain. Therefore, if the Venezuelan government makes the mistake of preventing the extradition of Arturo Cubillas for prosecution in Spain, "this will become a major reason for confrontation." Cubillas holds a government job in Venezuela. Anasagasti urged new Spanish Foreign Minister Trinidad...

The Spanish government claimed on Tuesday to trust in a reply from Venezuela concerning the potential extradition of a public servant of the administration of Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez and alleged ETA member Arturo Cubillas. "On behalf of the Spanish government, extradition of Cubillas has been requested, and now the Venezuelan government should issue an opinion, bearing in mind that Cubillas is both a Spanish and Venezuelan citizen," Spanish Minister of Foreign...

Venezuela will sell its stake to Russian oil group Rosneft (File photo) State-run oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa) said that the energy agreements recently signed between Venezuela and Russia involve projects amounting to USD 4 billion in investments. Pdvsa said that Venezuela purchased 13 thermal electric plants totaling 350 megawatts that will be used to achieve Pdvsa's energy self-sufficiency. Moscow and Caracas also agreed on a work plan and a joint investment...

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said here on Thursday that his country is ready to expand relations and cooperation with Iran in all domains, in the economic and cultural spheres in particular. Pinera told Iran's Ambassador to Santiago Houshang Karimi Abhari that Iran and Chila should use all the capacities available to promote ties in the economic, industrial, mineral, trade, cultural and arts fields. Source:

The police and judicial authorities in the southeastern state of Chiapas must explain a 12 October raid on Radio Proletaria, a community radio station in the city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, in which arrests were made and the station was summarily dismantled. The raid was carried out at night by around 30 armed and masked members of the police and the Chiapas State Attorney-General’s Office (PGJE), who did not identify themselves or show any kind of warrant. Six people were arrested,...

Bolivian President Evo Morales arrived in Teheran to continue talks with Iranian leaders on cooperation between the two countries, particularly regarding energy and mining projects. Morales is scheduled to meet with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday. Morales visit follows on the visit to Iran last week of his fellow Latin American President and political ally, Hugo Chávez of Venezuela. Like Chávez, Morales has deepened ties between his country and Iran, much to...

Dr. Aleida Guevara, daughter of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara, recently met with Hizbullah leaders in Lebanon and expressed support for the resistance. During the visit, which was reported by Al-Manar TV on October 12, 2010, Guevara laid a wreath on the tomb of Hizbullah leader Abbas Al-Musawi and said: "...as long as the memory [of the martyrs] remains within us, we will have more strength." Later, while visiting Baalbek, she said: "If we do not conduct resistance, we will...

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced that he will soon provide 35 tanks to Venezuela, after his meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, to whom he vowed to sell other weapons. "Russia fully complies with the bilateral agreements in the field of military-technical cooperation. Shortly, Russia plans to provide a new batch of weapons. They are 35 tanks," said Putin at a joint press conference with Chávez at his residence Novo-Ogoriovo, outside...

Amnesty International has urged the Mexican authorities to investigate an attack on members of an Indigenous Triqui community in the state of Oaxaca after a man and woman were shot dead by an armed group with alleged links to the authorities. Gunmen ambushed five members of an Indigenous people's organization near the village of Tres Cruces on Saturday 16 October, killing Teresa Ramirez Sánchez and Serafin Ubaldo Zurita. Two other men and a woman, whose names are withheld to protect...

The United States will be vigilant of the deals made between Venezuela and Iran to make sure that they do not violate sanctions against Tehran, US State Department spokesman Philip Crowley, said on Thursday. "We will watch to see if any of these deals amount to anything and if they do, whether they constitute a violation of the (UN) Security Council resolutions and sanctions against Iran," the US Department of State spokesman said, as reported by AFP. Venezuelan President...