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Chavez appears to have stopped another coup attempt Key Venezuelan Garrisons Back Chavez. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has received the support of three key military garrisons, while elsewhere dissident officers keep demanding his resignation.

Army coup attempt in Venezuela never gets started Venezuela Stays Calm as Army Rejects Revolt Call. Dissident Venezuelan military officers struggled on Wednesday to muster support for their call for a revolt against leftist President Hugo Chavez as the armed…

NarcoNews The always amazing NarcoNews now (finally!) features a completely redesigned website. It’s searchable, with vastly improved layout and readability. They routinely scoop major media news on breaking news from South America. Not only do they scoop, they often report…

Reuters, your bias is showing There were two huge demonstrations in Venezuela this week. The Thursday demonstration called on President Chavez to resign, the Sunday demonstation suppported him. Both had hundreds of thousands of people. Look at how Reuters “reported”…

Bad moon rising in Venezuela Another day, another demonstration in Venezuela’s capital. As The Economist went to press, thousands of opponents of Hugo Chavez were to take to the streets to demand the president’s resignation. The Economist The situation following…