Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad meets Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in Tehran
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez attends a welcoming ceremony for himself in Tehran, Iran on April 2, 2009. (UPI Photo/Mohammad Kheirkhah)
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BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Israel is seeking to check Iranian diplomatic and trade advances in South America, a region where it has enjoyed sympathy and support since its founding, but a fuller picture of shifting alliances must also take into account recent advances by China and Russia, analysts said Thursday.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. assurances that its military operations in Colombia are not part of a wider agenda on Latin American domination have left Venezuela unmoved as Caracas struggles to balance a domestic power crisis with a strident populist foreign policy.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is planning to enlist Cuban help with an ambitious cloud-seeding operation in the hope of inducing rain to ease drought in the country.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez criticized Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe over a new agreement that will give the U.S. military access to Colombian bases.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has asked Cuba to help ease his country's drought with a cloud-seeding program.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Brazil's Senate has postponed a vote that would have brought Venezuela finally into the fold of South America's Mercosur trade bloc after a "war" outcry by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Venezuela and Iran are considering a wide-ranging energy cooperation deal that will give Iran a sanctions-busting option to import up to 20,000 barrels a day of gasoline from this Latin American country.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Severe shortages of electricity and water pose a growing risk to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his Bolivarian revolution that is powered largely by the country's petroleum revenues.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Venezuelan officials have captured two Colombian spies, President Hugo Chavez said, as Colombian officials deny any spy activities in Venezuela.
BOGOTA, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- In the latest indication that a Latin American row over U.S. use of military bases in Colombia is far from over, Colombia has reacted sharply to critics and asked neighboring nations to open their borders to inspection for foreign military presence.
