El sistema, Venezuela's revolutionary music education programme, has been running for decades. One of its latest products is Christian Vásquez, a 26-year-old conductor who is already making waves... more
The IEA's decision to feed an extra 60 million barrels into global oil markets for the next month has all the fingerprints of a US president feeling the political heat... more
The Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra from Venezuela will return to the Southbank in what will be the highlight of the centre's classical season for 2011/12... more
BP’s sell-off to pay for the Gulf of Mexico spill passes $10 billion as it sells assets in Vietnam and Venezuela to its Russian joint venture TNK-BP... more
Colombia says it will appeal to the UN Security Council and the Organisation of American States after Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez ordered his army to prepare for war in order to assure peace... more
Paraguay became the 11th nation to make it into the World Cup finals thanks to a convincing 1-0 win over Argentina, whose qualification hopes took a further blow... more
Venezuela has paved the way for Hugo Chávez to stand for re-election as president after voting to lift limits on terms in office for elected officials... more
I swear I can hear the family houses in the next road breathing a collective sigh of relief. The looming recession is the best thing that has happened to them for a decade... more
Venezuela and Russia plan to create a giant oil consortium to invest in joint ventures, as Moscow plans to challenge the dominance of Opec in influencing world energy markets... more
Football: Brazil have called up the Manchester City trio of Robinho, Jo and Elano for next month's World Cup qualifying games against Venezuela and Colombia... more
You never know what to expect from Spanish-born conceptual artist Santiago Sierra, but rather than provoke, this latest work fails to pack a punch.... more
David Smyth picks some of the best live music in London this weekend, from Beck's essential set at the Shepherd's Bush Empire to Nina Nastasia's appearance at the King's Head in Crouch End.... more
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