Even as the world’s billionaires grew in number from 793 in 2006 to 946 this year, major mass uprisings became commonplace in China and India. In India, which has the highest number of billionaires (36) in Asia with total wealth of $191 billion, Prime Minister Singh declared that the greatest single threat to ‘India’s security’ [...]
OPEC unanimously supports Venezuela on natural resource rights
Caracas, March 5, 2008 (venezuelanalysis.com) – The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries has adopted a resolution expressing support for Venezuela’s sovereign rights over its natural resources, OPEC president and Algerian oil minister Chakib Khelil said today.
The motion, moved by Ecuador’s OPEC representative and minister for petroleum and mines Galo Chiriboga Zambrano, was adopted unanimously at [...]
Venezuela, Ecuador, Argentina strengthen ties, embark on “true geopolitical shift”
Caracas, March 6, 2008 (venezuelanalysis.com) – Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa strengthened his political alliance with Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in Caracas Wednesday on the third stop of his tour of Latin American nations in search of diplomatic guarantees against violations of territorial sovereignty in the wake of Colombia`s assault on encampments of the Armed Revolutionary [...]
