Word: venezuela
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...state, told a crowded assembly of coup supporters that political prisoners-"with the exception of a few particularly serious cases"-would be allowed "to leave forever the national territory." Already Orlando Letelier, former Foreign Minister and Ambassador to the U.S., had left his Chilean prison for exile in Venezuela. But Pinochet also put an end to any hopes that a genuine loosening of the junta's grip was in the making. He blandly told a crowded press conference that the military might well remain in power for "10, 15, 20 or even 25 years...
...recent production that storage tanks in Europe and Japan are filled to the brim. But instead of cutting the prices that they quadrupled last year, oil exporting nations are reducing production in order to keep the prices up. In the past two months, Kuwait has cut production 20%, and Venezuela has trimmed significantly too. At a meeting next week, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is expected to approve a coordinated production drop of at least 10% by all twelve members. Even Saudi Arabia, which has long publicly advocated a reduction in oil prices, is reducing production instead...
Fourteen other nations are potential members of the club: Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Chile, Colombia, Indonesia, Libya, North Korea, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey and Venezuela. Though they are not nearly as advanced as the first group, they could become atomic powers by the end of the century-and sooner if they decide that it serves their interests...
...resolution was originally proposed by Venezuela in protest against a militant program by Castro and his Minister of Industry, Ernesto ("Che") Guevara, of exporting Communist revolution throughout Latin America. Cuban arms and Cuban-trained guerrillas turned up in the 1960s in Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, Panama, Haiti, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Bolivia. But after 1967, when Guevara was killed in Bolivia, Castro muted his once proclaimed role as the "Líder de las Americas. " Today few hemisphere leaders worry that the Cuban dictator will try to interfere in their internal affairs...
...high. Though U.S. energy supplies and demand are temporarily in balance, Sawhill warned last week that a shortage of natural gas in the Northeast next winter might well force some factories to shut down. The unreliability of foreign petroleum supplies was underlined last week by announcements from Kuwait and Venezuela that they will cut oil production in order to keep prices...