Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Gold Reserve claim in peril

  October 27, 2009 in Business on Page A7 The Venezuelan government has moved closer to seizing a gold and copper claim owned by Gold Reserve Inc., which last week asked an international arbitrator to determine the amount of …

• Venezuela closer to seizing Spokane company’s mine

  October 26, 2009 in Business The Venezuelan government has moved closer to seizing a gold and copper claim owned by Gold Reserve Inc., which last week asked an international arbitrator to determine the amount of …

• Chavez supports two rebel republics

  September 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 MOSCOW – In a showy display of camaraderie and like-minded politics, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez recognized the independence of the breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia on Thursday during …

• Honduras, Venezuela wrangle

  July 22, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Honduras’ interim government ordered Venezuelan diplomats on Tuesday to leave the country as the international community threatened new sanctions on the Central American nation if negotiations fail … 2

• Clash erupts as troops take over police station

  July 16, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 CURIEPE, Venezuela – National Guard troops seized a police station controlled by a leading opponent of President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday, sparking clashes between soldiers and protesters that authorities said …

• Russian general hints at bombers in Cuba, Venezuela

  March 15, 2009 in City on Page A4 MOSCOW – A Russian air force chief said Saturday that the country could base some strategic bombers in Cuba or on an island offered by Venezuela, the Interfax news agency …

• Takeover squabble tarnishes Gold Reserve’s Venezuela project

  March 15, 2009 in Business on Page E1 When the blue whale surfaced, Gold Reserve officials knew they had found something special beneath the forest of southeastern Venezuela. Doug Belanger, president of the Spokane company, said he and …

• Venezuelans overturn officials’ term limits

  February 16, 2009 in City on Page A4 CARACAS, Venezuela – President Hugo Chavez won a referendum to eliminate term limits Sunday and vowed to remain in power for at least another decade to complete his socialist revolution. …

• Oil freefall could mean trouble for Chavez

  January 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 CARACAS, Venezuela – High oil prices allowed Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to spend freely to spread his socialist gospel and challenge the U.S. role as the dominant player in Latin …

• Citgo suspends heating-oil program

  January 6, 2009 in City on Page A4 BOSTON – Citgo, the Venezuelan government’s Texas-based oil subsidiary, has suspended shipments of heating oil for poor families in the United States, citing falling oil prices and the world economic …