Venezuela to Pay France's Casino $600 Million for Cativen
By DAN MOLINSKI | Venezuela plans to pay Casino Guichard-Perrachon et Cie SA "about $600 million" for a majority stake in the French food retailer's local unit, Cativen, President Hugo Chavez said Thu...

Venezuela will pay Exito owners $600 million-Chavez
* Chavez said "friendly deal" has been agreed * Says French owners Casino can retain minority stake (Adds details, background, context) CARACAS, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Venezuela will pay around $600 milli...

Venezuela's elections by the numbers
| With Venezuela's much-watched parliamentary elections coming up Sept. 26, El Universal newspaper has produced an interactive map showing a state-by-state breakdown of the last five national votes fr...

Andres Oppenheimer: Mexico needs U.S. help, but not troops
| MIAMI | The escalation of drug-related violence in Mexico — including the recent mass execution of 72 migrants — is moving a small but growing number of U.S. foreign-policy hawks to call...

We came to visit Taj Mahal, absconding Venezuelan main culprit: jewel thieves
| The four foreign nationals arrested from Dubai in connection with the Rs 6.6-crore diamond heist in Mumbai on August 23 have now claimed they had come to India to visit the Taj Mahal. Police sources...

Mariners minor-league report
| Here is the. | While the Mariners plod toward 100 losses, their farm teams have been having considerable success. Of their nine affiliates, including summer teams in Venezuela and the Dominican Repu...

Hugo Chavez faces a major challenge
By Ignacio Ramonet Thursday, September 02, 2010 --> | The media fails to recall that since 1989 there have been 15 democratic elections in Venezuela. | Two decisive contests are fast approaching in th...

Hunger-striking Venezuelan farmer dies at 49
| During his six-year quest to force the government to return his land, Venezuelan farmer Franklin Brito sewed his mouth shut, amputated a finger and went on at least eight punishing hunger strikes. |...

Mozambique police fire at crowds protesting prices
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Venezuelan hunger striker Franklin Brito dies over farm seizure
| A Venezuelan farmer who died after a hunger strike to protest against President Hugo Chavez's land takeovers has become a symbol for the oppressed, his family said. | Just weeks before a parliamenta...

Farmer who held hunger strikes in land dispute dies
| CARACAS, Venezuela — A farmer who held repeated hunger strikes in a land dispute with the government has died in a military hospital where he had been taken against his will. | For opponents o...

Hunger striker Franklin Brito dies in Venezuela military hospital
| A FARMER who held repeated hunger strikes in a land dispute with Venezuela's government has died in a military hospital where he had been taken against his will. | For opponents of President Hu...

Farmer-turned-hunger striker dies in Venezuela
| IAN JAMES | Associated Press Writer= CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A farmer who held repeated hunger strikes in a land dispute with Venezuela's government has died in a military hospital where he had ...

Venezuela: Farmer Dies on Hunger Strike Over Land
| A farmer, Franklin Brito, 49, has died in a hunger strike to protest President Hugo Chavez’s land nationalization policies. his family said Tuesday. Mr. Brito died Monday in a Caracas military...

Hunger striker Franklin Brito dies in Venezuela military hospital
| A FARMER who held repeated hunger strikes in a land dispute with Venezuela's government has died in a military hospital where he had been taken against his will. | For opponents of President Hu...

Farmer-turned-hunger striker dies in Venezuela
| CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - A farmer who held repeated hunger strikes in a land dispute with Venezuela's government has died in a military hospital where he had been taken against his will. | For oppo...

Venezuela hunger striker dies
| CARACAS, Venezuela — A farmer who held repeated hunger strikes in a land dispute with Venezuela's government has died in a military hospital where he had been taken against his will. | For opp...

Venezuelan opposition figure dies after hunger strike (Roundup)
| Caracas/Sao Paulo - Venezuelan farmer and opposition figure Franklin Brito died in a military hospital in Caracas after a several-month hunger strike, his family disclosed late Monday. | Venezuelan ...