Falcon, Venezuela News

Rafael Antonio Caldera, the two-time president who helped establish democracy in Venezuela and issued the pardon that allowed Hugo Chavez to rise to power, died Thursday in Caracas, his son said.

An earthquake of 5.6 magnitude shook western Venezuela early on Friday, panicking residents and damaging some buildings, officials said.

On December 15th 2006, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez announced his desire to create a single, consolidated left wing party entitled the United Socialist Party of Venezuela .

Venezuelan Jewish groups have partnered with a leading developer to restore the oldest existing Jewish cemetery in South America.

How does a young man raised in a small town nestled along the shores of the Gulf of Venezuela, near the coast of the Caribbean, become a Spanish professor at Chaffey? He comes to America to learn English and, at the end of the six-month course, decides to stay.

Over 80 people, from the 10 Bolivarian nations and the Antilles, as well as a large number of participants from the various dioceses of Venezuela, participated in the 6th Regional Encounter for Self-Financing of the evangelizational activity of the Church, which ends today, September 18, in Caracas.

Havana, Sep 8 Prensa Latina is posting below the full article of Fidel Castro's reflection entitled "Philips Double Betrayal," published in www.cubadebate.cu website.

Thousands of demonstrators gathered around the offices of 34 broadcasters that were taken off the air in Venezuela after President Hugo Chavez argued they abused free speech.

Did you feel it? Report shaking and damage at your location. You can also view a map displaying accumulated data from your report and others.

An earthquake of 4.6 magnitude shook oil-rich northwestern Venezuela on Wednesday but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, authorities said.

There are several reasons for this a however I will not get into it at the moment.

Thus the Roman Catholic Church can only claim to be 945 years old ... not 2000 as the archbishop claims.

"The government wants to restrict our activities, threaten us, drive us into a corner, but we must remember that the Catholic Church dates back to more than 2,000 years.