Petroleum World

Questions: The End of
the Bolivarian Dream?

AFP

Down, but not out: Chávez is a man who rarely takes “no” for an answer.

Andres Oppenheimer Interviewed by Foreign Policy - story

Jean-Jacques Mosconi:The Posible
Roads To Safeguarding Supplies

Interviewed by Sylvie Labesle - story

What Is Energy Security? (Part IV)

Economic Reserch Council

By A F Alhaji - story - previous storie s

How good are predictions on peak oil?

By Oliver L Campbell - story

Plenty of oil left in the global tank

By David Smith - story

Chile - Venezuela: The Hidden Weakness of a Strong Economy

Reuters/Paulo Whitaker

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (L) shakes hands with his Chilean
counterpart Michelle Bachelet during the XVII Ibero-American Summit
in Santiago November 9, 2007.

By Mark Turner - story

The Smart Way to Beat Tyrants Like Chávez

Donald Rumsfeld

By Donald Rumsfeld - story

Bolivia’s Gas Nationalization: Opportunity and Challenges

By Tina Hodges - story - previous storie s

Colombia: Moving Forward with the ELN?

- story

What Is Energy Security? (Part III)

Bolivia’s Evo Morales Wins Hearts and Minds in US

AP/Peter Kramer

Bolivian President Evo Morales, left, speaks with Daily Show host Jon Stewart, back to camera, on Comedy Central's 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart' in New York, Tuesday Sept. 25, 2007.

The Oil Race is On: China Signs Multi-Billion Dollar Oil Contract with Venezuela, But India Also Wants Latin American Oil

NYT/David Rochkind

Thousands of President Evo Morales's supporters traveled to Sucre, Bolivia, by bus and on foot on Monday to denounce the city's campaign to become the nation's full-fledged capital again.

By Simon Romero - story

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy

AFP PARIS
Petroleumworld.com 09 19 07 - story

Guyana wins maritime boundary arbitration
to Surinam paving way for oil exploration

Petroleumworld CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com 09 21 07 - story

Sucre wants back title of Bolivian capital

NYT/David Rochkind

Thousands of President Evo Morales's supporters traveled to Sucre, Bolivia, by bus and on foot on Monday to denounce the city's campaign to become the nation's full-fledged capital again.

By Simon Romero - story

End of the Road for the United Kingdom?

Illustration: Paula C. Rondeau

By Mark P. Denee - story

Venezuela -- Aló Presidente!

Hugo Chavez y Lula da Silva in a rig at the Orinoco's belt

By Dave Cohen - story - previous stories

If the Real Simón Bolívar Met Hugo Chávez, He’d See Red

Hugo Chávez

By James M. Roberts - story

Suitcase of cash shows Chávez's ways

By Andres Oppenheimer - story

Venezuela
"The rise of the "Boligarchs"

Under Hugo Chávez, the right political connections are a passport to wealth, whisky and a Hummer

Illustration: Claudio Munoz

By The Economist .- story

Chávez and the meaning of twenty-first century socialism
Where Is Venezuela Going?

By Lee Sustar - story

World's Most Dangerous Leaders
These four pose the greatest threat to America

Illustrated by Roberto Parada

Four figures who threaten America's security. From left, Kim Jong-il,
Bashar al-Assad, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Hugo Chávez.

By Dale Van Atta - story

Moving Beyond Kyoto

By Al Gore - story

Where Is Iraq Heading? Lessons From Basra

By The International Crisis Group - story

Betting on biofuels

By William K. Caesar, Jens Riese, and Thomas Seitz - story

Bilingualism strengthens America

By Carlos Alberto Montaner - story

Venezuela: Revisiting the economy

By The Devil's Excrement- story

Leader

By Antonio Gramsci - story

The Closing of a Radio Caracas Television

The Great Global Warming Swindle

By S. Fred Singer .- story

Chavez can't be left to Run Amok

By Daniel Mandel- story

Venezuela: Crowding out the opposition

By Javier Corrales and Michael Penfold

For the past few years, Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez Frías has enjoyed a favorable political situation at home. Economic growth, fueled by rising oil prices, has been spectacular since 2003. - story

The New Iraqi Oil Law

By Ghazi Sabir-Ali - story

Oil — Venezuela's lifeblood — is also a political flashpoint
Part 3 of a 3-part series

By David J. Lynch - story

Venezuelan consumers gobble up U.S. goods despite political tension
- Focus Venezuela: Part 2 of a 3-part series

By David J. Lynch - story

Is Hugo Chavez Mr. Misunderstood?
- Focus Venezuela: Part 1 of a 3-part series

By David J. Lynch - story

'Energy Independence'

By Daniel Yergin- story

Russia breaks away from the ultraliberalism
The second stage of the Russian
recovery has started

By Evgueni Primakov - story

China in the Caribbean Region: Some observations (II)

By Kathy M Higgins Senior Governance Adviser DFID Caribbean - story

China in the Caribbean Region: Some observations

"A more powerful, more pragmatic, and more
successful figure than they had hoped or feared."
Evo Morales' First Year

Reuters/David Mercado

Bolivia's President Evo Morales stands in front of a 'whiphala' (indigenous flag) in Achacahi in Omasuyos province in the Bolivian highlands some 90 km (55 miles) north of La Paz, January 23, 2007.