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US probes Venezuelan purchase of electronic voting firm 30 Oct 2006 | 05:27 am
Federal authorities are investigation an Oakland, California-based software firm and its purchase by a Venezuelan-owned company tied to Hugo Chavez. Concern is that the regime or its supporters could...
Bloggers credited with forcing EADS CASA to cancel Chavez sale 19 Oct 2006 | 02:59 pm
Bloggers are being credited with inducing EADS CASA to cancel its $600 million military aircraft contract with the Chavez regime. Earth Times quotes this blogger as saying, "This is another example o...
Spain cancels military aircraft sale to Caracas 19 Oct 2006 | 12:35 pm
The Spanish government announced today that the EADS CASA sale to the Venezuelan regime has been canceled. Spanish officials cited the company's lost profits, thanks to President Bush's January 2006 ...
UN rebuffs Chavez on Security Council 17 Oct 2006 | 05:00 pm
The United Nations appears to be handing the Chavez regime an unexpected defeat this week - thanks to Chavez's bizarre speech at the General Assembly last month. Members not only fail to give Venezuel...
Ministry of Culture sponsors Oliver Stone film 17 Oct 2006 | 04:07 pm
The Venezuelan Ministry of Culture is sponsoring the debut of Oliver Stone's second pro-Cuba propaganda film, Prensa Latina reports. The film is about supposed recent US plots against the Castro regim...
CITGO owner aids Sandinistas in Nicaragua election 11 Oct 2006 | 03:07 am
The owner of CITGO is mobilizing Chavez's oil diplomacy to aid the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) in its bid to regain political control of Nicaragua. FSLN presidential candidate Daniel ...
The force behind Senator Shelby's push for EADS CASA 8 Oct 2006 | 04:11 pm
Why has Senator Richard Shelby been so single-mindedly pushing EADS CASA planes on the Coast Guard and Pentagon? First he pushed the CN-235 on the Coast Guard, only to have top Coast Guard admirals e...
EADS spent $1.64 million to lobby Congress 8 Oct 2006 | 04:02 pm
As a new foreign defense company with its hands out for American tax dollars, the French/German/Spanish/Russian-owned EADS spent $1.64 million to influence Congress between 2002 and 2004, according to...
Chavez envoy reiterates interest in EADS CASA deal 7 Oct 2006 | 04:08 am
The Chavez regime is still interested in the EADS CASA aircraft sale, and says that the plans to purchase the CN-235 and C-295 "continue" because Venezuela "wants those planes." Venezuela's Ambassado...
EADS CASA workers rip Israel as a terrorist state 4 Oct 2006 | 05:29 pm
EADS CASA workers in Spain are part of a radical labor union that beats the stuffing out of Israel. It's pretty dramatic stuff. Here are some specific examples from the newsletter of their union, the...
