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What Soured the U.S.-Venezuela Alliance?
Los Angeles Times, July 15, 2008

Chávez to Consolidate Oil Partnership in Ecuador, Act as Peacemaker
El Universal, July 14, 2008

Venezuelan, Colombian Leaders Meet to Bury the Hatchet
AFP, July 11, 2008

Venezuela's Chavez Offers to Mediate Peace, Hostage Talks with Colombian Rebels
The Associated Press, July 10, 2008

Lies, Kidnapping and a Mysterious Laptop
By Johann Hari, The Independent, July 7, 2008

Colombia Frees Betancourt, Americans
Associated Press, July 2, 2008

Chavez Proposes South American Version of OPEC
Associated Press, July 1, 2008

Chavez Says US Fleet a Regional Threat
Associated Press, July 1, 2008

Chavez, Not Bush, Upholds U.S. Ideals
By Jesus Rivas, Kentucky Herald-Leader, June 26, 2008

Bank of the South Anounces $10 Billion Fund for Regional Development in South America
Associated Press, June 28, 2008

Amid Despair in a Venezuelan Prison, Strains of Hope From a Music Program
By Simon Romero, New York Times, June 23, 2008

How Chavez Has Helped the Poor
By Bernardo Alvarez Herrera, Foreign Affairs, June 20, 2008

Venezeula Aims to Increase Oil Production 8 Percent This Year
Associated Press, June 18, 2008

Venezuela, Spain Committed To Strengthening Relations
AFP, June 18, 2008

Chavez Pushes Venezuela's Banks Into Poor Barrios
By Brian Ellsworth, Reuters, July 17, 2008

Venezuela: Co-operatives Turn Idle Landed Estates Green
By Humberto Márquez, IPS, June 14, 2008

Fill Your Tank With Foreign Policy
By Rosa Brooks, Los Angeles Times, June 12, 2008

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