This week toilet paper disappears and reappear again, as a matter of laughter, we discover a new political weapon that could be call “dirty bottom”. You can not imagine the distress a nation went through in a shortage of such an essential paper. Well, not the whole nation, only certain sections of some cities, but the gossips, jokes, and intellectual analyses never run out of paper. Some embarrassed faces of 5 start hotel manager when they have to explain why on earth is missing the roll in the loo.
Soon we discover that the shortage is artificial and prepare to battle the Venezuelan government with endless streams of ridicule. Details will come soon in our assistance.
An important step forwards is the agreement with Schlumberger in more oil exploration.
Have a look yourselves.
Venezuela's Turmoil No Laughing Matter
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The repercussions from Venezuela's economic policies are providing journalists with excellent fodder for humorous headlines, replete with puns. “Venezuela's Government Moves to Relieve Toilet Paper Shortages,” reads the title of an Agence France Presse ...
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Venezuela TV host goes off air after opposition links him to supposed Cuban ...
Washington Post
CARACAS, Venezuela — A prominent Venezuelan talk show host has gone off the air after allegedly being caught on tape discussing politics inside Venezuela's ruling party with a Cuban intelligence official. Mario Silva, whose show on state TV features ...
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Miami Workers Bribed, and Shortchanged, Venezuelan Banker, US Says
New York Times
... it was grossly overcharged for brokerage fees. By WILLIAM NEUMAN. Published: May 21, 2013. CARACAS, Venezuela — There may be no honor among thieves, but there certainly is no shortage of chutzpah. World Twitter Logo. Connect With Us on Twitter ...
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Venezuela's PdVSA Gets $1 Billion Credit Line From Schlumberger
Wall Street Journal
MORICHAL, Venezuela—State energy monopoly Petroleos de Venezuela SA, or PdVSA, will receive a $1 billion revolving credit line from oil-service provider Schlumberger Ltd. (SLB), the South American country's oil minister said Friday. Oil Minister ...
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Venezuela to Curtail Dollars
Wall Street Journal
CARACAS—Venezuela's economy, which is grappling with rapid currency depreciation and shortages of basic consumer goods due to a lack of dollars distributed by the government, won't be granted access to the same number of U.S. dollars this year as it ...
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Perez returns to Venezuela after grandmother's passing
MLB.com
KANSAS CITY -- The Royals will be without catcher Salvador Perez for the next few days. Perez returned to his home in Valencia, Venezuela, on Saturday after learning of the death of his maternal grandmother. He'll be placed on the bereavement list on ...
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Venezuela?s Toiletpaper Shortage
Daily Beast
VENEZUELANS KNOW about adversity. Throughout Hugo Chávez's erratic 14-year rule, blackouts were as common—and seemingly as endless—as El Comandante's harangues. And sugar, coffee, and meat regularly went missing from the markets.
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Venezuelan dissent unveils tape charging Congress Speaker with conspiracy
El Universal
Venezuelan opposition congressman Ismael García reported on Monday during a press conference along with other members of the Unified Democratic Panel on a taped conversation between Mario Silva, a hardcore government supporter and anchorman of ...
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Venezuela prosecutor to open probe over leaked recording
Reuters
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's prosecutor's office said on Thursday it would open an investigation into in a recording the opposition says features a top government ally accusing the deputy head of the ruling Socialist Party of corruption and ...
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Venezuela business group sees dire economy in 2013
Reuters
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela is slipping into high inflation and economic stagnation this year due to a shortage of hard currency and a decade-long weakening of domestic industry, the head of the country's main business group Fedecamaras said.
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The crisis of Venezuela's “Bolivarian” revolution and the political ...
World Socialist Web Site
One month after its razor-close presidential election, Venezuela remains in a state of political crisis. The aftermath of the victory by Nicolas Maduro, the hand-picked successor of the late Hugo Chavez, who had led the country through 14 years of his ...
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Globovision's new owners say news channel will contribute to peace, not ...
Washington Post
CARACAS, Venezuela — The new owners of Venezuela's only television channel to take critical stands against the government say they will, in their words, “contribute to a climate of peace and not of conflict.” That comment came after a meeting with ...
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Venezuela to create new workers militia
Boston.com
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro arrives to attend President Rafael Correa's swearing-in ceremony in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, May 24, 2013. Correa is starting a third term as president. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa) ...
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Venezuela's PdVSA to Receive $1.5 Billion Loan From Rosneft for Oil Joint ...
Wall Street Journal
CARACAS--State-energy monopoly Petroleos de Venezuela, or PdVSA, and Russian oil company Rosneft (ROSN.RS) signed deals Thursday to boost production at a new joint venture in the South American country's vast Orinoco heavy oil belt. Russia will ...
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Venezuela Wants To Improve Diplomatic Ties With The U.S, Foreign Minister ...
Latinos Post
Recent developments in the Venezuelan political scenario signify increasing diplomatic relations with the United States. The OPEC nation is trying hard to encourage diplomatic initiatives in an effort to maintain good bilateral ties with America--one ...
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Venezuela: Keep current OPEC production quotas
MarketWatch
MORICHAL, Venezuela--Venezuela will push to maintain current oil-production quotas at next week's meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries in Vienna in order to hold the price of the commodity near $100 a barrel, Oil Minister Rafael ...
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Judge weighs time limits on Venezuela notes suit
San Francisco Chronicle
At issue are three-decade old promissory notes issued by a now-defunct government-sponsored Venezuelan bank. Lawyers representing Venezuela argue the statute of limitations had passed by the time the 2004 complaint was filed, while attorneys for ...
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Venezuela aims to end toilet paper shortage
BBC News
Venezuela's National Assembly has backed plans to import 39 million rolls of toilet paper, in an effort to relieve a chronic shortage. Lawmakers voted to approve a $79m credit for the country's ministry of commerce, which will also be used to buy ...
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Venezuela to Investigate Controversial Recording
Wall Street Journal
CARACAS—Venezuelan authorities will open an investigation into an audio recording that opposition lawmakers said portrays an influential member of the ruling party accusing the head of the national parliament of corruption and of attempting to derail ...
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New York Times accused of treating Latin political leaders differently
The Guardian
They argue that there are disparities between its largely negative reporting on Venezuela during the presidency of Hugo Chávez (who died in March) and its less critical reporting on Honduras under its successive leaders, Roberto Micheletti and Porfirio ...
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UPDATE 1-Venezuela's Petrovictoria to pump 120000 bpd in 2016
Reuters
JOSE, Venezuela May 23 (Reuters) - Venezuela's Petrovictoria, a joint venture between state oil company PDVSA and Russia's Rosneft, will start production in 2016 and reach 120,000 barrels per day, PDVSA said on Thursday. The joint venture will produce ...
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UPDATE 1-Schlumberger extends Venezuela's PDVSA $1 bln credit line
Reuters
MORICHAL, Venezuela May 24 (Reuters) - Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA will receive a revolving credit line of at least $1 billion from oil services giant Schlumberger, the OPEC nation's oil minister said on Friday. The deal will provide some ...
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Venezuela moves to relieve toilet paper shortage
AFP
CARACAS — Venezuela's National Assembly approved a $79 million credit to import toilet paper and other personal hygiene products to relieve shortages in the petroleum-rich state. The South American OPEC member has the world's largest proven oil ...
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Venezuela tries to end toilet paper shortage
CBC.ca
Oil-rich Venezuela is moving to end shortages of toilet paper and other hygiene products. The country's National Assembly has approved a $79-million credit for the country's Ministry of Commerce. AFP reports that the funds will be used to purchase 39 ...
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In Venezuela, a halfhearted crisis response
Foreign Policy (blog)
As you may have heard, Venezuela's economy is in trouble. State price controls, intended to protect the poor from soaring inflation, have helped create shortages of basic consumer goods like butter, coffee, and milk -- and the problem is exacerbated by ...
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Venezuela top court rejects challenge to Maduro win
AFP
CARACAS — In a ruling out Saturday, Venezuela's Supreme Court rejected one of six challenges to the April 14 presidential election, which saw Hugo Chavez's successor Nicolas Maduro win by a razor-thin margin. Officially, Maduro -- the late president ...
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Internet Cable From Cuba to Jamaica Comes Online
ABC News
A new branch of the Venezuela-to-Cuba undersea fiber-optic cable has reportedly come online, linking the island to nearby Jamaica, increasing Cuba's potential international communications bandwidth and providing a backup for the main line. Doug Madory ...
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Blogs
8 new results for Venezuela
Venezuela's National Nightmare is Over - Outside The Beltway
By Steven L. Taylor
Via the BBC: Venezuela aims to end toilet paper shortage Venezuela's National Assembly has backed plans to import 39 million rolls of toilet paper, in.
Outside the Beltway
The Cubanization of Venezuela: Propagandists, Bribery, and ...
By Alberto de la Cruz
The Cubanization of Venezuela continues, which means the corruption is reaching new levels in that country. Propagandists: Venezuelan propagandist Mario.
Babalú Blog
H5N1: Venezuela strengthens measures against H1N1
By Crof
For many of us, H1N1 is barely a memory, but some parts of the world have been fighting it ever since 2009. Venezuela has lately been dealing with a serious outbreak. Via El Universal, a May 25 report: Refuerzan medidas...
H5N1
Capitol Hill Cubans: Venezuela Launches Cuban-Restored Missile
By Capitol Hill Cubans
Today, the Venezuelan government conducted the test launch of an Otomat missile, model MK2. Eighteen of these missiles have been restored, thanks to Cuban specialists, for use by Venezuela's Bolivarian Armed Forces. Venezuela's ...
Capitol Hill Cubans
Venezuela News And Views: An example of economic failure
By Daniel
Written from the Venezuelan provinces, this blog started as private letters to my friends overseas, letters narrating the difficult days of the 2002/2003 strike in Venezuela. Unknowingly, I have written the diary of Venezuela slow descent into ...
Venezuela News And Views
The International Crisis Group Report on Venezuela - Las armas de ...
By Gustavo Coronel
Gustavo. This call for national dialogue would be logical in a country where both sides are democratic and only at odds regarding policy. But the Venezuelan situation is different. The two sides represent not only opposite political but also ...
LAS ARMAS DE CORONEL
Venezuela: The Silva tape | Fausta's Blog
By Fausta
And finally, a negative 857 points to the Venezuelan people, for if Diosdado gets his way and it's true that he has, to quote Mario Silva, “all the power without being President,” we are about to enter a world of pain that no Cuban doctor can cure ...
Fausta's Blog
Sandinistas deny entry to Venezuelan opposition group
By Tim Rogers
Sandinistas deny entry to Venezuelan opposition group | Nicaragua's English Language Online Newspaper | Nicaragua News.
Nicaragua Dispatch
Web
10 new results for Venezuela
Maligned dollar flourishes in Venezuela - Washington Post
CARACAS, Venezuela — The once almighty U.S. dollar has lost its luster in some corners of the world.But there's one outpost where greenbacks have never ...
articles.washingtonpost.com/.../39323582_1_president-nicolas...
Duddy | Venezuela after Chavez
I was in Sao Paulo, Brazil with a group of Duke University business students when the local media carried the news that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ...
www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/item/.../duddy_venezuela.html
Venezuela approves funds to relieve the toilet-paper shortage - Hot Air
Venezuela's parliament roared back to life Tuesday with fractious debates between government and opposition lawmakers after a three-week paralysis following ...
hotair.com/.../its-come-to-this-venezuela-approves-funds-to-re...
Venezuela top court rejects challenge to Maduro win - World - nation ...
In a ruling out Saturday, Venezuela's Supreme Court rejected one of six challenges to the April 14 presidential election, which saw Hugo Chavez's successor ...
www.nation.co.ke/News/world/...top.../-/index.html
Venezuela Hit By Toilet Paper Shortage Crisis - Sky News
Shop shelves are empty and people are down to their last sheets but the President says it is all an "anti-government conspiracy".
news.sky.com/story/1092140
Venezuela Runs Out Of Toilet Paper | Zero Hedge
To vaguely paraphrase Mike Tyson, "everyone has a plan for a socialist utopia, until they run out of toilet paper." This is just what happened to Venezuela, where ...
www.zerohedge.com/news/.../venezuela-runs-out-toilet-paper
'Excessive demand' wipes out Venezuela's toilet paper ... - France 24
Venezuela's latest shortage of staple goods is a novel one: toilet paper. People are panic buying rolls, with consumers loading up their shopping carts in droves.
www.france24.com/.../20130517-excessive-demand-wipes-out...
Sun News : Venezuela running out of toilet paper
Venezuela has a potential poopstorm on its hands if it can't wipe out a toilet paper shortage. Officials said they will have to import 50 million rolls to meet the ...
www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/.../20130516-095120.html
Venezuela running out of toilet paper | Stuff.co.nz
There are many things civilised societies can do without - smartphones, Maccas, reality shows etc.
www.stuff.co.nz/world/.../Venezuela-running-out-of-toilet-pap...
Toilet paper shortage in Venezuela sends citizens scrambling for ...
Venezuelans scrambled to stock up on toilet paper Thursday as fears of a bathroom emergency spread despite the socialist government's promise to import 50 ...
www.nydailynews.com/.../toilet-paper-shortage-venezuela-sen...
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