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Op-Ed Commentary

2006

Previous editorials 05

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Our View :US-Iran coup planning in Iraq?

Our View :Iraq's two governments: Hakim versus Sadr

Our View : Iran predictions in 2007

 

Joseph P. Kennedy II:Yes, oil from Venezuela

Our View :Gates hides Iran's aggression in Iraq

Our View :Iran's elections spelldefeat in Middle East

Gustavo Coronel:Chavez threatensto intervene militarily in Bolivia

Gustavo Coronel: Willthe real BolivianVice President Álvaro García Linera please stand up?

Our view : Baker andIran are losing

VenEconomy: Just one Christmas

 

VenEconomy: Obstacles on the path to hegemony

VenEconomy : Neither victors nor vanquished

Our view : Very fishy...

Our view : Iran misfires on Lebanon and Iraq

 

Gustavo Coronel : Chávez's corruption, unfulfilled promises

Our view : Uniting against Iran at the Jordan Summit

Gustavo Coronel : The fear factor and the AP/Ipsos poll: A caveat for pollsters in Venezuela

Aleksander Boyd : Open letter to foreign journalists covering Venezuela

 

 

Aleksander Boyd : Open letter to foreign journalists covering Venezuela

VenEconomy: Agreement with Cuba lays waste Venezuelans’ welfare

Michael Rowan: Chavistas in conflict

Walter Block : Milton Friedman RIP

Scott Sullivan : Kristol would lose Iraq's battle of Baghdad

Scott Sullivan : Bush-Ahmadinejad coalition will backfire

 

Scott Sullivan : US reinforces Iran-Syria axis; crisis looms

VenEconomy: Communism or state monopoly?

Our view: Baker-Hamilton plan traps Pelosi and Hadley

Our view: Baker's three options on Iraq

VenEconomy: It’s not rubbish, it’s corruption!

 

VenEconomy: It’s not rubbish,it’s corruption!

Our view: Democrats fumble on Iraq

Marifeli Perez-Stable : Has Ortega really, truly changed?

Washington Post : The Voters' Message

Our view : Who lost Iraq War?

VenEconomy: Following a confession….

Scott Sullivan : US-Sadr partnership: The way ahead

 

 

VenEconomy: Plowing the sea (or an exercise in futility)?

Scott Sullivan : Hadley recognizes Maliki-Sadr government

VenEconomy: Paving the way

The China Post : Chavez slips on oil in bid for U.N. seat

Robert Scheer: Enron’s enablers go unpunished

 

VenEconomy: How can anyone tell where the country is headed?

Michael Rowan: David Copperfield

VenEconomy: From an “Hugoducto” to “Los Libertadores"

Our View : Bush blames US military for Iraq

VenEconomy:The standard by which to measure the Chávez administration

 

Shaw Mccarthy : Chavez's fate may rest in OPEC's hands

'VenEconomy: Spend and Spend and nothing to show for it

VenEconomy: All show and no Substance

Michael Rowan: The campaign takes shape

 

Michael Rowan: Indian Wars

VenEconomy: If transparency were to prevail over iniquity

Alvaro Vargas Llosa : Lula's obstacle

The New York Times : Roller coaster at the pump

Oren J. Harris : A Boicott to Citgo ..... who benefits?

 

Michael Rowan: Brothers

Scott Sullivan : Will Iran Wipe Israel from the Map?

Washington Post : Hurricane Chávez

Houston Cronicle : Oil crunch

VenEconomy: Security, a good in danger of extinction

 

VenEconomy: One mistake after another

The Orinoco Oil Belt: Why Change the Rules?

Jorge Castañeda Latin America new proxy war

New York Daily News: Venezuela oil pimp can have UN

Petroleumworld: WSJ: US Shocked! by Chavez

 

 

VenEconomy: Chávez, a world figure

Colum Lynch: Report: Chavez stirs things up at the U.N.

Oliver L. Campbell: Majority Shareholding in the Orinoco Belt--Is it an Imposition too far?

VenEconomy: Will history repeat itself?

Anthony Barnett : Ramin Jahanbegloo and openDemocracy

 

Washington Times : Putin modus operandi

Michael Rowan: A gross miscalculation

Our View : US-Iran-Venezuela agreements collapse

Our View : Bush responsible for Iraq civil war

Florida Today : Block Big Oil

Washington Times : Black gold in the Gulf

Scott Sullivan: Khatami wants US-Iran-Kurdish Alliance - a New Munich

Our View : Chavez and Ahmadi-Nejad can be stopped

VenEconomy: Not falling into the government’s traps, that’s the challenge

 

 

VenEconomy: Deficit plus lack of confidence

VenEconomy: The results of milking the cash cow

VenEconomy: From one absurdity to the next

 

Our View : Israel's attack on Iran would be a mistake

Our View : Lebanon could bring down Bush

CONAPRI:The entire world is doing business with China

Ion Mihai Pacepa: Who Is Raúl Castro?

VenEconomy: A strategic blunder

VenEconomy: None so blind as those who will not see

VenEconomy: Flying solo

Our View: The Middle East outlook looking good

Eugene Robinson: In Mexico, a challenger stays put

The New York Times: The London Plot

VenEconomy: Habemus candidate! Now for the conditions!

Scott Sullivan: It's official: US capitulates to Tehran!

VenEconomy: The rewriting of history continues

Scott Sullivan: Hezbollah's new rocket, the "John Bolton " Can strike Tel Aviv

The Washignton Times: Conundrum in Mexico

The New York Times: Beginning of the end in Cuba

Scott Sullivan: Chavez empire disintegrating in Cuba and Bolivia

Our View: Obrador and Morales - like Mussolini - will Lose

Our View : AMLO's credo "Jalisco nunca pierde"

VenEconomy: PDVSA’s priorities

Our View: Chavez an Embarrassment in Belarus

VenEconomy: Annihilating the “enemy”

VenEconomy: A war no one wants

Our View: Lebanon is the Key to Ahmadinejad's
European Strategy

VenEconomy: Proof of lack of capacity?

 

Our View : CITGO is going out of business

VenEconomy: Stepping up restrictions

Our View : Chavez will have to bail out Morales

Scott Sullivan: Why does China continue to support Morales?

 

 

Scott Sullivan: Why does China continue to support Morales?

Our View : US Congress should expose Chavez-Iran connection

Michael Rowan: Dependence Day

Our View : Chavez setback in Bolivia and Mexico

The Washington Post : Venezuela's test case

 

Scott Sullivan: What Price President Hastert? II

Andres Oppenheimer: Venezuela's oil production still a big question mark

 

VenEconomy: Three zeros = 0 benefits

Andres Oppenheimer: Venezuelans should vote- with hands tied

VenEconomy : Now it’s the NGOs’ turn

Washington Post : A talk with Mexico's Felipe Calderon

 

VenEconomy: Another sword of Damocles

The Christian Science Monitor : Bush's approaching endgame with Iran

The Asahi Shimbun: Iran nuclear crisis

VenEconomy: A bad decision

Our view : Iran rejects US surrender; wants capitulation

 

Mary Anastasia O'Grady: Will Chile's President Flunk the Test?

Gustavo Coronel: The impact of Alan
Garcia’s victory on the Latin American political scenario

VenEconomy: Will Venezuela get what it wants?

Scott Sullivan: Iraq will stop Iran; Bolivia will stop Chavez

 

VenEconomy: Venezuela get what it wants?

VenEconomy: The OPEC’s coming

Michael Rowan: It's time for a proposition

VenEconomy: Lessons in democracy

Richard Rodriguez: What a Wall Can't Stop

VenEconomy: Surprises in store

Gustavo Coronel : In defense of Venezuela

Bernardo Alvarez Herrera /LA Times : In defense of Venezuela

The Washington Times: Venezuela and terrorists

 

Michael Rowan : Telling jokes at the funeral

VenEconomy : The big rip-off

Scott Sullivan : How to roll back the Iran/Chavez axis

Scott Sullivan : US retreating too fast in Middle East

Mines & Communities Website: Nationalisation - threat or promise?

Tom Baldwin and David Adams/ The Times: Forget Castro: meet the new king of Latin America

M. Ron Wahid/ WT: Venezuela's takeover

VenEconomy : An empire of impositions

Aleksander Boyd/ The Times : Guess who's coming to dinner with Red Ken?

NYT : Peru's Looming Disaster

Andrew McKillop: Whatever happened to oil price elasticity?

Luis Pacheco : PDVSA, The dispassionate story

LA Times : Filling tanks, funding dictators

Scott Sullivan : House Republicans in Bush Crosshairs on Iran

VenEconomy: The empire of his will

Our View:Bush administration is evading Iraq/Iran responsibilities

 

Washington Times : Chavez targets oil companies

Michael Rowan : The ignorance of revolution

VenEconomy: A new breath of life for the opposition?

Gustavo Coronel : The disciples of Dr. Pangloss

 

Our View: US leads Santa Cruz into a Chavez / Morales ambush

Our View: US forces ignore Iran threat to Iraqi oil

Oliver L. Campbell : Redemption of outstanding bonds

Scott Sullivan : Iraqis trap Iranian Scorpion

Our View: Iran with no friends but the US

Our View: Chavez's miscalculations

 

Our View: Chavez's miscalculations

VenEconomy: Sovereignty starts with the right to work

VenEconomy: So much for sovereignty

Our View: Iran should withdraw from Iraq

 

VenEconomy: Will covetousness be their downfall?

VenEconomy: Yet another nail in the making

Our View: Iran puts Chavez at Risk

Our View: Hugo who?

VenEconomy: Venezuela in reverse

Our View: Chavez/Iran Axis dominating global energy markets

 

 

Our View: Chavez/Iran Axis dominating global energy markets

Gabe Collins: Nationalized oil resources, political instability drive gas prices higher

VenEconomy: What a wrongheaded asymmetric decision!

Our View: US-Iran escalates against Sunnis

The Miami Herald: How to win back friends and allies

 

The Miami Herald: How to win back friends and allies

Oscar Arias: Latin America's shift to the center

Our View: Breaking up Bush-Chavez-Iran alignment

VenEconomy: Hobbled institutions

Crystal Montañés: PDVSA’s talent drain

 

Michael Rowan: Is Latin America irrelevant?

Emily Bell: America, Venezuela noted for patriotism

Scott Sullivan: A proposal for stability in Iraq

Our View: Iran is taking Iraq

Our View: Iraq is Worse than Yugoslavia

Gustavo Coronel / WP: Venezuela's pipeline strikes out

 

 

Gustavo Coronel / WP: Venezuela's pipeline strikes out

Our View: The Primacy of US Congress, and Russia

Michael Rowan: Poverty can be defeated

Our View: Is Felipe Quispe running Bolivia?

 

Our View: Is Felipe Quispe running Bolivia?

Our View:Iranians in Latin America: The next big issue for U.S. Congress

Scott Sullivan: Brazil races US in appeasing Chavez

Our View:"Firing with an empty cannon"

Gustavo Coronel: When the fish is not for eating

 

Our View: Israel and Haiti are going under and Bolivia ?

Scott Sullivan: 10 point program for Bolivia's Congress

Our view : Challenge Hamas and Morales Victories

Scott Sullivan: Iran must learn from Washington and Stalin

Our opinion : Morales plots coup

Our opinion :Anarchy in Bolivia

Our opinion:Chavez's Trans-Amazon pipeline would imprison Brazil

Our opinion : Pro Chavez "Fifth Column" blocks US action against Chavez
and Morales

VenEconomy: Fired for Bolivarian reasons

Our opinion: Hugo's energy war on Bolivia and Argentina

Our opinion : Iran and Chavez on the Hook

 

VenEconomy: Who’s going to benefit from the South American gas pipeline?

 

 

Michael Rowan: The largest threat to world stability

Veronique de Rugy: The spend of our union is strong font size

Barry C. Collin: Computer security threats to oil industry expected to sharply increase

VenEconomy: Who’s going to benefit from the South American gas pipeline?

Our view : Statehood for "Hamastan" in Gaza

Our view : US unleashes Iran

 

 

Our view : US unleashes Iran

Our view : US dilemma as Iran/Chavez sweeps globe

Richard Orange/The Business : Iran's oil weapon not what it was

Veneconomy: A government of lies and half-truths

Our view: Does Bush administration support Rep. Mack
on Chavez?

Ethical Corporation magazine: Letter from Venezuela



Ethical Corporation magazine:
Letter from Venezuela

El Universal (Mexico) : One small step for Pemex

McQ/The QandO Blog: The Venezuela/Iran connection

Morales is a gift for US policy; Chavez and Iran lose

 

Gwynne Dyer :Bolivia: Race and Revolution

Gustavo Coronel :PDVSA, a 2004 ranking by PIW

Christian Science Monitor : Don't do Chávez a favor in Bolivia

Palm Beach Post : Bolivia as a symptom

Andrew McKillop : Real oil burn and real GDP

 

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