Maiquetia, Venezuela News

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has signed off on the licence to Telecomunicaciones Gran Caribe , a state-run Venezuelan/Cuban consortium, for a US$70 million fibre optic cable to carry tele-communications traffic between Caracas, Havana, Kingston and the rest of the world.

Havana, Dec 1 The leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, highlighted how the Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is arduously fighting to overcome the obstacles created by the United States for the Latin American nations, among them, social violence and drug trafficking.

Caracas, Nov 27 The president of the Palestinian National Authority , Mahmoud Abbas, began his official visit to Venezuela Friday by placing a wreath for Libertator Simon Bolivar.

A bogus doctor, who was allowed to set up shop in Lethem for nearly two months and hire staff from the Lethem Hospital, has been outed as an alleged Venezuelan drug dealer on the run.

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa arrived here Wednesday for an official visit to meet with his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez to review bilateral agreements.

Caracas, Oct, 1 Tareck El Aissami, Minister of the Ministry of People''s Power for Interior Relations and Justice announced today the confiscation of 46 tons 968 kilograms of drugs.

Venezuela deported a convicted European drug trafficker dubbed the "Mafia's foreign minister" to Italy on Tuesday, where he has been wanted on drug smuggling charges since 2001.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez charged that he had eluded a US intelligence plot to kill him, in a move likely to pile new pressure on already uneasy ties with the United States.