Did you know? Of all countries in the world, Venezuela consumes the second-largest amount of pasta per capita each year. That means that more Venezuelans have more pasta on their plates more times each year than almost anywhere else. Anywhere besides… you guessed it, Italy.
Annual pasta consumption in Venezuela currently stands at about 30 pounds, [...]
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Venezuela Eats More Pasta Than You Do
Posted in Arts & Culture, tagged culture, food, food supply, Italy, latin america, Pasta, venezuela, Venezuelan cuisine, Venezuelan culture, wheat on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Honduras Joins ALBA
Posted in The Region, tagged ALBA, Bolivarian Alternative, Bolivia, central america, economy, energy security, food security, Honduras, Hugo Chavez, Nicaraguay, trade, venezuela on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Did you hear? The regional integration group called the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) now has a sixth member.
Honduras officially joined ALBA on Monday. In a ceremony with the Presidents of Nicaragua, Bolivia, and Venezuela, Honduran President Manuel Zelaya signed a document to ratify the participation of his small Central American nation. By joining [...]
After the Olympics, Venezuela to Invest More in Sports
Posted in Sports, tagged Beijing, Hugo Chavez, olympics, PDVSA, President Chavez, Sports, sports in venezuela, venezuela, venezuelan atheletes on August 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
With the Beijing Olympics now behind them, Venezuela’s top athletes are being honored back home. Above, President Chavez is shown with the women’s national softball team.
One thing they have to look forward to is the creation of a sports office by the state-owned oil company, PDVSA. This latest social program — others include funds for [...]
Saber-Tooth Cat Roamed Venezuela
Posted in Nature & Environment, tagged Arthur Conan Doyle, fossils, paleontology, saber-tooth cats, venezuela on August 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “Lost World” didn’t stir up images of magical beauty filled with exotic animals gracing the landscape, a new scientific discovery in Venezuela certainly will.
1.8 million year old fossils, including skulls and jawbones of six scimitar-toothed cats (part of the saber-toothed cat family), were unearthed by Venezuelan oil workers laying a [...]
Venezuela Takes the Bronze
Posted in Sports, tagged Dalia Contreras, olympics, TVes, venezuela, Venezuelan Olympic team on August 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today, Venezuela scored its first medal at the Summer Olympic Games in China. Dalia Contreras proudly won a bronze medal in Taekwondo against Kenya’s Mildred Alango with a score of 1-0.
The match was broadcast by Venezuela’s first public broadcasting station, Televisora Venezolana Social (Tves).
Tomorrow, Venezuela competes in the men’s semifinal Kayak Double.
Venezuela Helping Paraguay
Posted in Society & Politics, The Region, tagged development, economy, Energy, Fernando Lugo, Hugo Chavez, latin america, oil, paraguay, PDVSA, South America, trade, venezuela, venezuela anti-poverty effort on August 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
With the people of Paraguay still celebrating last Friday’s swearing-in of the new President and former “Bishop of the Poor” Fernando Lugo, a dozen new accords signed between that country and Venezuela are making the future look even brighter.
Presidents Chavez and Lugo (pictured at right, singing) signed 12 accords. One of them is designed to [...]
Another Celebrity Fan of Venezuela
Posted in Arts & Culture, tagged beatles, florida, george harrison, natural beauty, Nature, patty boyd, Travel, venezuela, Venezuela tourism on August 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Patty Boyd is the latest star to align herself with Venezuela.
In an interview, the former girlfriend of George Harrison and Eric Clapton told the Orlando Sun-Sentinel that Venezuela is her favorite place to visit of anywhere in the world.
“It’s gorgeous — the ever-changing terrain, mountains, valleys, vast waterfalls, rain forests, jungles and flat endless plains,” [...]
Two Animal Tales from Venezuela
Posted in Nature & Environment, tagged animals, Cuba, evo morales, History, Nature, PDVSA, science, south american archaeology, venezuela, venezuela scientists, venezuelan archaeology, venezuelan scientist, zoos on August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For those with an interest in the wild world of big cats and other critters, two news stories from this week will surely delight.
First off, archaeologists have discovered the only known remains of the long-extinct scimictar cat (of the saber-toothed tiger family) on the South American continent. Fossils of 6 of the big cats dating [...]
Venezuela Hosts Anti-Imperialist Indigenous Conference
Posted in Society & Politics, The Region, tagged American Indians, Chavez, Hugo Chavez, Indigenous, Indigenous Venezuelans, latin america, National Congress of American Indians, Native Americans, South America, venezuela, Venezuela Indigenous on August 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last week, Venezuela hosted the first Congress of Indian and Anti-Imperialist Warriors of the Americas (Congreso Indoamerica Joven de Guerreros Contra la Miseria y el Imperialismo).
Sure, the title is a mouthful, but the focus of the congress was clear: to bring together Indigenous leaders throughout the region who are committed to equality and justice.
18 [...]
Strong Showing for Venezuela’s Volleyball Team
Posted in Sports, tagged Beijing, Hugh McCutcheon, olympics, Sports, sports in venezuela, venezuela, volleyball on August 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Venezuela’s mens volleyball team faced the U.S. yesterday for five heated sets in the Olympic openers, but lost 3-2.
The U.S. team prevailed despite the absence of its coach, Hugh McCutcheon, who missed the game due to the fatal stabbing of his father-in-law.
Interim coach Ron Larsen described the difficult win: “[The match] had a lot of [...]
Venezuela Elected to UNESCO Cultural Committee
Posted in Arts & Culture, tagged Afro-Venezuelans, culture, elegguá, indigenous communities in venezuela, Indigenous Venezuelans, latin american culture, unesco, Venezuela oral traditions, Venezuelan culture, venezuelan music, venezuelan women on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Venezuela was recently elected to serve on UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. “Intangible heritage” refers to popular culture, or culture that is specific to a group of people living within another culture. This includes traditional oral expressions, traditional music, dance, theater, rituals, festivals, crafts, and knowledge related to [...]
A Budding Beauty Since 1951
Posted in Nature & Environment, tagged easter orchid, flor de mayo, Flower of the Nazarene, flowers, Human Flower Project, Little May, May flower, Mayito, orchids, venezuela, Venezuela's national flower on August 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What has at least three names, religious undertones and is produced exclusively in Venezuela?
Venezuela’s national flower, of course!
In Venezuela, the variety of orchid known to botanists as Cattleya mossiae is called either Flor de Mayo (May flower), Mayito (Little May) or Flor del Nazareno (Flower of the Nazarene), all of which relate to its springtime [...]
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