News stories by Humberto Marquez, page 6

CARACAS, Sep 03 (IPS) - Up to 80 Yanomami men, women and children in a remote community in the Amazon jungle in southern Venezuela were reportedly killed in early July by wildcat gold miners from Brazil, according to indigenous organisations.

CARACAS, Jul 31 (IPS) - After a six-year delay, Venezuela finally became the fifth full member of South America’s main trade bloc, Mercosur, on Tuesday, bringing with it huge oil and natural gas reserves and a market hungry for the abundant agricultural production of its new partners to the south.

CARACAS, Dic 20 (IPS) - No Venezuelan Christmas is complete without the 'gaita', a contagious Caribbean rhythm that even has displaced traditional songs at festive gatherings.