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Bernardo Delgado

Journalist

7 articles

Chavez Promotes Venezuelan Cooperation with Europe and Opposition to US in Italy

by Bernardo Delgado

Caracas (Venezuela) | 20 October 2005

Following his visit to Spain, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez flew to Italy on Sunday, where he blasted the U.S. government’s role in increasing world hunger at the 60th anniversary of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), had meetings with Italy’s Prime Minister, and spoke at a (…)

Venezuela Withdraws Foreign Reserves from U.S.

by Bernardo Delgado

Brasília (Brazil) | 4 October 2005

Venezuela’s President Chavez announced during his trip to Brazil, that Venezuela has sold its foreign currency reserves, which were held in U.S. treasury bonds, and deposited them in banks in Europe. “We have had to withdraw our international reserves from U.S. banks, due to the threats we (…)

Venezuela to Expropriate Idle Corn Processing Plant

by Bernardo Delgado

Caracas (Venezuela) | 30 September 2005

The governor of Barinas state in Venezuela, who also is President Chavez’s father, signed a decree stating that the Promabasa corn processing plant, which is owned by Polar, one of Venezuela’s largest food producers and distributors, is of “public utility.”

Venezuela Limits Foreign Mining Operations

by Bernardo Delgado

Caracas (Venezuela) | 27 September 2005

President Chavez announced on Tuesday that Venezuela would no longer provide private, national, or foreign mining concessions. “There will no longer be mining concessions. We have to make a big turnaround,” said Chavez.

Supporters Celebrate President Chavez’s Return to Venezuela from New York

by Bernardo Delgado

Caracas (Venezuela) | 24 September 2005

Upon his return from a three-day trip to New York, Venezuela’s President Chavez let himself be celebrated, on Sunday, by supporters in front of Miraflores Presidential Palace, where he declared, “Venezuela is no one’s backyard,” in a reference to a common view in the U.S. that Latin America is (…)

Venezuelan Oil Exports to China to Increase Five-Fold

by Bernardo Delgado

Caracas (Venezuela) | 16 September 2005

President Chavez announced, following a meeting with Chinese business representatives, that Venezuela will seek to increase its oil exports to China from 60,000 barrels per day to 300,000 per day—a five-fold increase—by next year. This increase will not decrease Venezuela’s exports to the U.S., (…)

Attorney General Decries Politicization of Takeovers of Venezuelan Idle Factories and Land

by Bernardo Delgado

Caracas (Venezuela) | 15 September 2005

The recent spate of factory and land takeovers, some by workers and some by government security forces and some by both, have caused a storm of controversy over the legality of such takeovers.