http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i5cx4phsGhs5zEtK8LAXp5iiijrAD9E612P01

The article relates to Venezuela-US relations. The government was to ask American to extradite the old President of Venezuela back to Venezuela so that he can be prosecuted for the deaths that resulted from a riot over higher gas prices.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/world/europe/02spain.html

The second article is about a Spanish judge accusing Venezuela of assisting Columbian rebels by teaching them how to make bombs and giving them intelligence to help them assassinate Columbian politicians, including their President.

The relations between Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez and Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe resulted in a screaming match during a luncheon in Mexico during a Unity Summit.

http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/5147

This article is an updated overview of why people are unhappy with the current situation in Venezuela. It also tells about revolutionary and counter-revolutionary forces, and the violence they've been dealing with.

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100222-710946.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines

Henri Falcon, the popular, left-leaning governor of the Venezuelan state of Lara, has resigned from the ruling party following a series of disagreements with President Hugo Chavez.

February 16, 2010

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/2/16/apworld/20100216105953&sec=apworld

This article is about Venezuela's continuing lack of electric power. They refused to buy energy from their neighbor, Columbia. Some say this is because Columbia is giving American further access to their military bases, which Chavez sees as a threat to Venezuela.