Venezuela
Sojo returning to manage Single-A Tampa
Washington Examiner - 3 days agoThe New York Yankees are bringing back Luis Sojo to manage Single-A Tampa. The Florida State League Club made the announcement on Monday. Sojo managed the Tampa Yankees for four years before taking off last season. He has also managed Venezuela tw…
Read more >>Chavez floats Stone, Penn, Clinton for U.S. envoy
Reuters - 9 days agoBy Daniel Wallis and Mario Naranjo Caracas | Tue Jan 4, 2011 10:23pm EST Caracas (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sought to end a diplomatic stand-off with the United States on Tuesday by suggesting it name Bill Clinton, actor Sean …
Read more >>Hillary Clinton and Hugo Chavez: the face of Obama's engagement
Top of the Ticket - 3rd Jan 2011A fundamental tenet of President Obama's change to believe in is diplomatic engagement with countries that are less than friendly toward los estados unidos. The friendly outreach hasn't produced much but embarrassing rebuffs from Iran, w…
Read more >>Hugo Chavez, Hillary Rodham Clinton shake hands, chat amid tensions
Boston Herald - 2nd Jan 2011CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shook hands and chatted briefly Saturday in a rare cordial encounter amid a diplomatic dispute that has left Venezuela and the United States withou…
Read more >>After evictions of ambassadors, US-Venezuela tensions grow...
Drudge Report - 1st Jan 2011Chavez skipped an opportunity to respond during a three-hour Speech Thursday night, saying nothing about the U.S. government's decision to revoke the visa of his ambassador, Bernardo Alvarez. President Barack Obama's administration took that step …
Read more >>Without ambassadors, US-Venezuela tensions grow
Washington Examiner - 1st Jan 2011FILE - In this May 9, 2007 file photo, Venezuelan Ambassador Bernardo Alvarez Herrera speaks about United States and Venezuela relations at the World Affairs Council in San Francisco. The Obama Administration revoked Bernardo Alvarez Herrera's vis…
Read more >>Without ambassadors, US-Venezuela tensions grow
The Daily Caller - 1st Jan 2011CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The United States and Venezuela are starting the year without ambassadors in Caracas and Washington due to an intensifying diplomatic dispute that is likely to persist and boost President Hugo Chavez’s long-st…
Read more >>Rep. Mack: Washington should go further than pulling Venezuela visas
The Hill - 31st Dec 2010The incoming chairman of the Western Hemisphere subcomittee at the House Foreign Affairs Committee said Thursday evening that the Obama Administration revocation of the Venezuelan Envoy's Visas should be followed by sanctions. “The revocat…
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