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COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA: Border Killings Heat Up Tension

COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA: By Humberto Márquez CARACAS, Nov 4 (IPS) - The activities of Colombian armed groups across the border in western Venezuela are aggravating the diplomatic conflict between the two governments, which are ideological ...

From HUMBERTO MáRQUEZ, Inter Press Service,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: National Guard,  Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva,  Ernesto Samper,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Real Racing Club Santander

VENEZUELA: Homophobia Stalks the Streets - in Uniform

VENEZUELA: By Humberto Márquez CARACAS, Nov 4 (IPS) - One Friday at around midnight, on Villaflor Street, a favourite spot for gays and lesbians in the Venezuelan capital, Yonatan Matheus and Omar Marques noticed two Caracas police patrol ...

From HUMBERTO MáRQUEZ, Inter Press Service,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: National Guard

VENEZUELA: El Niño Dries Up Water, Power, Food Supply

VENEZUELA: By Humberto Márquez CARACAS, Oct 23 (IPS) - The guanábana (soursop) trees in Victoria Martínez's small orchard have yielded none of their delicious fruit this year, which she blames on the scarcity of water, a problem as ...

From HUMBERTO MáRQUEZ, Inter Press Service,  23 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,  Al Gore,  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

VENEZUELA: Indigenous People Killed, Injured in Land Dispute

VENEZUELA: By Humberto Márquez CARACAS, Oct 16 (IPS) - Two members of the Yukpa indigenous community in Venezuela were killed and others were injured in a firefight between supporters and detractors of a government initiative to distribute ...

From HUMBERTO MáRQUEZ, Inter Press Service,  16 Oct 2009

[analysis] Venezuela: Land for Yukpa Indians, But No 'Territory'

Caracas, Oct 13 (IPS) - The Venezuelan government handed land titles to 41,600 hectares to three communities of around 500 Yukpa Indians on the western border with Colombia. However, the question of the demarcation of the broader ancestral territory of ...

From HUMBERTO MáRQUEZ - IPS, Venezuela Analysis,  16 Oct 2009

VENEZUELA: Land for Yukpa Indians, But No 'Territory'

VENEZUELA: By Humberto Mבrquez CARACAS, Oct 13 (IPS) - The Venezuelan government handed land titles to 41,600 hectares to three communities of around 500 Yukpa Indians on the western border with Colombia. However, the question of the ...

From HUMBERTO MáRQUEZ, Inter Press Service,  13 Oct 2009

SOUTH AMERICA-AFRICA: Coming Together to Fight Poverty

SOUTH AMERICA-AFRICA: By Humberto Márquez PORLAMAR, Venezuela, Sep 27 (IPS) - A declaration that puts an accent on the positions of the developing South and expresses a renewed commitment to cooperation in the fight against poverty and for ...

From HUMBERTO MáRQUEZ, Inter Press Service,  27 Sep 2009

Related Topics: U N Security Council,  NATO,  Muammar al-Qaddafi,  Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva,  Jacques Diouf

SOUTH AMERICA-AFRICA: Summit for South-South Cooperation

SOUTH AMERICA-AFRICA: By Humberto Márquez PORLAMAR, Venezuela, Sep 25 (IPS) - South American and African leaders are meeting over the weekend on the Caribbean island of Margarita in their second summit in three years, to forge stronger ...

From HUMBERTO MáRQUEZ, Inter Press Service,  25 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Muammar al-Qaddafi,  United Nations General Assembly,  Ban Ki-moon

SOUTH AMERICA-AFRICA: New Summit to Strengthen Cooperation

SOUTH AMERICA-AFRICA: New Summit to Boost Cooperation By Humberto Márquez CARACAS, Sep 22 (IPS) - Heads of state and other officials from 54 African and 12 South American nations will meet for the Second Africa-South America Summit this ...

From HUMBERTO MáRQUEZ, Inter Press Service,  22 Sep 2009

Related Topics: United Nations,  European Union,  Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva,  OPEC,  Thabo Mbeki

LATIN AMERICA: Food Crisis Must Be Regional Priority

LATIN AMERICA: By Humberto Márquez CARACAS, Sep 21 (IPS) - There are 52 million hungry people in Latin America and the Caribbean, six million more than in 2008 - an aspect of the global economic crisis that must be a top priority focus of ...

From HUMBERTO MáRQUEZ, Inter Press Service,  21 Sep 2009

Related Topics: United Nations

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