Topic: Hugo Chavez
CARACAS (Reuters) - Major League Baseball star Wilson Ramos described his fear on Saturday as Venezuelan security forces swooped onto a mountain hide-out to rescue him from kidnappers in a hail of bullets.The 24-year-old Washington Nationals catcher had been seized by gunmen ...
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan security forces rescued kidnapped Major League Baseball player Wilson Ramos on Friday, two days after he was abducted in a case that underlined the country's dire security problems.The 24-year-old catcher for the Washington Nationals was abducted by armed ...
CARACAS (Reuters) - Baseball and President Hugo Chavez are both popular in Venezuela, but uncertainty about his policies is prompting major league teams to stop investing here while developing their Dominican Republic training camps.Since coming to power in 1999, socialist "revolutionary" Chavez ...
Venezuela's big leaguers join Chavez, Cabinet members in softball game President Hugo Chavez and several members of his Cabinet took to the field on Thursday for slow-pitch softball game with some of Venezuela's past and present major leaguers.Among the players on hand ...
Magglio Ordonez hears cheers among the boos from Venezuelan fans divided over ChavezMagglio Ordonez received a mix of boos and cheers from Venezuela fans Monday night at the World Baseball Classic.The Detroit Tigers slugger, one of his country's biggest baseball stars, infuriated ...
Chavez defends Magglio Ordonez after Venezuelans boo slugger at World Baseball ClassicPresident Hugo Chavez came to the defense of Magglio Ordonez on Sunday, slamming Venezuelan baseball fans who booed the major leaguer at the World Baseball Classic.Chavez lamented that his friendship with ...
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Guyana Unasur Summit
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