Saturday's
Lagniappe

2011

10 Craziest Hugo Chavez Moments

Hugo Chavez with Muammar Qaddafi

By Sebastian Aulich

You probably already know that Hugo Chavez is one of our favorite politicians ever. And to praise his achievements we combined a list the best Hugo Chavez's accomplishments as the head of state of Venezuela. We called the list the “10 craziest moments” because it gets unbelievably crazy as you may guess. So let's roll the tape. - story - previous stories

A Venezuelan Oasis of Elitism Counts Its Days

By Simon Romero/ NYT - story - previous stories

Soros Gold Bubble at $1,384
as Miners Push Buttons

By Cam Simpson / Bloomberg - story - previous stories

A final goodbye to Superpower America?

By Bernd Debusmann / Reuters - story - previous stories

World Oil Transit Chokepoints

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By The U.S. Energy Information Administration - story - previous stories

Why Egypt’s Military Will Not Embrace Democracy

By Ellis Goldberg / Foreign Affairs - story - previous stories

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Where is the Bolivarian Revolution headed?

By VenEconomy - story - previous stories

Wikileaks: Undermine Chavez

By María Luisa Rivera - story - previous stories

American Diplomacy Revealed — as Good

Guillermo Ramírez

Leslie Nielsen

By Roger Cohen / The New York Times - story - previous stories

North, South Korea Artillery Exchange Raises Tension
Analysts Discuss North Korea's Attack

Getty Images/Chung Sung-Jun

Special police patrol at the port of Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea.

By Jim Lehrer / PBS NewsHour - story

Tax Havens: Stunting Latin American Development

By Bethan Rafferty/COHA- story -

PDVSA vs Oil Related Arbitration Claims

By Oliver L Campbell - story

What's going on with Bolivia's gas reserves

By Elio Ohep - story

Chevron's Ecuador Saga: The Incriminating Tapes You Must See

Steven Donziger and Joe Berlinger

By Michael D. Goldhaber - story

Chevron in Ecuador with a decisive legal case

Joe Berlinger's movie turned out to be a “Crude Fraud” a fake environmental case against Chevron. Certain U.S. trial lawyers, political operatives and activists are waging a campaign of misinformation against Chevron.By Gustavo Coronel - story

Chile's Lesser Told Story: The Mapuche Hunger Strike

By Alexandra Reed - story

Is Venezuela the Next Flashpoint for Oil?

By Kurt Cobb - story

All Eyes on Brazil AP/ Andre Penner

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, and Workers Party presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff wave to supporters during a campaign rally in Sao Bernardo do Campo, outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010.

By COHA Staff - story

Hugo Chávez's Upcoming Test: A Preview
of Venezuela's September 26 Elections

AVN

Hugo Chavez (center) in an Venezuela oil refinery

By Alexandra Reed- story

Castro's Change of Heart: The Implications for Cuba,
Venezuela, and The United States

AIN

Cuba's leader Fidel Castro, at the presentation of Castro's new book La Contra Ofensiva Estrategica, or The Strategic Counter Offensive, at Havana's University on Friday, Sept. 10, 2010.

By Geoff LeGrand and Alexandra Reed - story

The Uranium Pinch
Uranium prices will rise

By Andrew McKillop - story

Did BP Just Blow Up The Obama Presidency?

Getty Images

By Steven G. Brant - story

Revisiting Peak Lithium or Lithium in Abundance?

Flamingo at Laguna Chaxa, Salar de Atacama, Chile, one of the largest commercial sources in the world.

By Juan Carlos Zuleta Calderón - story

How to Start Living Forever

By Ryan Bradley - story

PDVSA'S provision for litigation and claims

By Oliver L Campbell - story

Obama's agenda: To destroy capitalism

By Wayne Allyn Root- story

Competitive Position of Orinoco Oil Belt

By Oliver L Campbell - story

Has Peak Oil Arrived?

By Brendan Coffey - story

"Be innovative!", orders the Kremlin

Skolkovo a global technology hub

By Andrey Kolesnikov - story

CITGO'S Temporary Losses

By Oliver L Campbell - story

Investment Dispute between ExxonMobil and Venezuela

By Oliver L Campbell - story

CITGO'S Temporary Losses

By Oliver L Campbell - story

Can Obama and Petraeus Work Together?

AFP/ haun Curry

General David Petraeus, pictured in 2008 By Joe Klein - story

UNESCO for Sale: Dictators allowed to
buy their own prizes, for the right price

Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo

By Ken Silverstein- story

PDVSA'S Foreign Investments Vindicated

By Oliver L Campbell story

We've Been There Before
In 1979, the Ixtoc oil spill took 10 months to stop

An aerial view from the Ixtoc oil spill in 1979

By Rachel Slajda - story

A passivity spill in the East Room

Reuters/Larry Downing

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks after a briefing on the damage along the Louisiana coastline caused after a BP oil line ruptured in the Gulf of Mexico, May 28, 2010.

By Dana Milbank . - story

The U.S. vs. Honduran Democracy

Honduras-Communism vs Democracy

By Miguel Estrada - story

Salt water: The tangy taste of energy freedom

By Jim Lane- story

The Interdependence Behind Bilateral Political Tensions: Economic Realities Affecting Venezuela – U.S. Relations

By Felix Blossier - story

Offshore Oil Drilling Might Make Environmental Sense

By Eric Smith - story

Chevron and Ecuador's Atacapi 5

Dirt laden with oil, dug from the pit at the well site, Atacapi 5

By Karen Hinton - story

US Policy toward Latin America in 2010 and Beyond

By Otto Reich - story

China Eyes Venezuelan and Brazilian Oi

By Adam Trombly- story

Hillary Rodham Clinton Townterview With Brazil's Globo Network

AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, answers a question from a student in the audience during her during her town hall at the University Zumbi dos Palmares in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, March 3, 2010.

By Hillary Rodham Clinton- story

Environmentally Induced Migration in Latin America and Beyond (I)

AFP/NOAA

A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration image
showinga model of the preliminary forecast of the tsunami
triggered by the quake in Chile. The model shows waves of
up to one meter travelling across the Pacific Ocean.

By Alexandra Deprez / COHA- story

The Sleeping Catastrophe: HIV/AIDS
in an Already Devastated Haiti

One in twenty Haitians is infected with HIV/AIDS and there
are over 150,000 AIDS orphans. HIV/AIDS is at epidemic
proportions in Haiti. (Haiti Micah Project )

By Matayo Moshi - COHA - story

Here’s the evidence, now Maersk must act

ITF

Navanath Balshiram Borhade holding up the bloodstained shirt
he was wearing during the 20 March 2008 attack (for details
of the attack see part ii, page 13 of the human rights report).

By Sam Dawson - ITF- story

The Dirty Little Secret: Nuclear Security Issues in Latin America

By Alex Sanchez- story

A letter by Chavez’s representative to the U.S.

By Gustavo Coronel- story

The Dirty Little Secret: Nuclear Security Issues in Latin America

By Alex Sanchez- story

UN Mission to Haiti (MINUSTAH)
Peacekeeping and Military Ops by Latin America Militaries

By Alex Sanchez- story

Google's Act Of War Against China
Its threat is both dangerous and self-destructive.

By Shaun Rein- story

The Happiest People

By Nicholas D. Kristof - story

A Venezuelan Oasis of Elitism Counts Its Days

Soros Gold Bubble at $1,384 as Miners Push Buttons

A final goodbye to Superpower America?

World Oil Transit Chokepoints

Why Egypt’s Military Will Not Embrace Democracy

Where is the Bolivarian Revolution headed?

Wikileaks: Undermine Chavez

American Diplomacy Revealed — as Good

Chevron's Ecuador Saga: The Incriminating Tapes You Must See

Chevron in Ecuador with a decisive legal case

Chile's Lesser Told Story: The Mapuche Hunger Strike

Is Venezuela the Next Flashpoint for Oil?

Did BP Just Blow Up The Obama Presidency?

Revisiting Peak Lithium or Lithium in Abundance?

How to Start Living Forever

PDVSA'S provision for litigation and claims

Obama's agenda: To destroy capitalism

Competitive Position of Orinoco Oil Belt

Has Peak Oil Arrived?

"Be innovative!", orders the Kremlin

CITGO'S Temporary Losses

Investment Dispute between ExxonMobil and Venezuela

CITGO'S Temporary Losses

Can Obama and Petraeus Work Together?

UNESCO for Sale: Dictators allowed to buy their own prizes, for the right price

We've Been There Before In 1979, the Ixtoc oil spill took 10 months to stop

A passivity spill in the East Room

Soros Gold Bubble at $1,384
as Miners Push Buttons

UNESCO for Sale: Dictators allowed to
buy their own prizes, for the right price

We've Been There Before
In 1979, the Ixtoc oil spill took 10 months to stop