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Venezuela police crush 30,000 guns

2009-11-12T10:32:09Z

More than 30,000 guns seized during police raids this year have been destroyed in Venezuela

Colombia protests at Chavez war talk

2009-11-09T12:08:20Z

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

CDs of the week: Cheryl Cole's album is a flop

2009-10-23T10:09:04Z

Cheryl Cole's solo album is this week's most talked about release. Evening Standard music critic Rick Pearson says: steer well clear.

I'll take that Hilton, says Chavez

2009-10-15T16:07:54Z

President Hugo Chavez has taken control of a landmark hotel managed by Hilton on Margarita island, Venezuela

Modern-day 'Raffles' who escaped UK prison recaptured

2009-09-30T05:30:54Z

Latest: Modern-day Raffles who targeted top London hotels is arrested in US after Catch Me If You Can-style four years on the run

Paraguay qualify for World Cup with impressive win

2009-09-10T08:39:01Z

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

Why Obama needs to find his fairway to heaven

2009-09-10T09:52:08Z

The final and decisive round of the PGA Championship last month unfolded in a manner few had predicted

Great shakes! Greek 'mixologist' is the best of bartenders

2009-07-17T07:20:38Z

Greek cocktail 'mixologist' has beaten thousands of competitors to be crowned Bartender of the Year at a ceremony in London

Chavez cans the sale of Coke Zero in Venezuela

2009-06-11T07:50:35Z

Renowned anti-capitalist Hugo Chavez has struck at the core of US commercial imperialism and banned a Coca-Cola brand

British family's grief for boy, 6, killed in holiday plane crash

2009-04-20T08:18:41Z

The family and friends of a six-year-old British boy killed when a light tourist aircraft crashed in Venezuela have spoken of their devastation

Anything Venezuela can do, Lambeth can do much better

2009-04-20T08:08:54Z

As the Sim�n Bol�var Orchestra thrill London concertgoers, Julian Lloyd Webber explains how they have inspired his own classical music scheme for children on a south London estate

Venezuelan youth orchestra to star in the new season at Festival Hall

2009-04-14T07:39:16Z

The orchestra now hailed as the most successful youth music project in the world is taking up residence in the Southbank Centre

Venezuelans grab UK company's land

2009-03-06T11:38:56Z

UK corrugated cardboard firm Smurfit Kappa has had a large tract of land in Venezuela seized by President Hugo Chavez

British couple with children arrested over 'cocaine bags'

2009-02-19T12:23:47Z

A British couple have been arrested in South America accused of carrying �200,000 of cocaine

Ch�vez poll victory makes him 'President Unstoppable'

2009-02-16T08:26:48Z

Venezuela has paved the way for Hugo Ch�vez to stand for re-election as president after voting to lift limits on terms in office for elected officials

Are the fat cats of TfL taking us for a ride?

2009-02-09T12:08:55Z

Westfield's Pho is suitably refreshing

2009-01-19T00:00:00Z

The queue at Westfield's Pho zigzagged like a share-price graph. But it was worth the wait.

Boris saves City Hall 'embassies'

2009-01-19T09:26:06Z

Boris Johnson has announced that City Hall's "foreign embassies" would continue because they are a good way of promoting London abroad during the economic downturn

Hard times makes houses into homes

2008-10-08T07:38:23Z

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

Venezuela, Russia to get together on oil

2008-09-26T07:37:46Z

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

Brazil can do without Ronaldinho

2008-09-26T09:06:51Z

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

Boris hands back �7m from Ken's oil deal to Chavez

2008-08-05T08:49:01Z

Boris Johnson will return £7million to Venezuela after scrapping an oil deal made by Ken Livingstone

Reasons to believe oil prices may ease soon

2008-07-17T09:52:23Z

It is too early to say whether this week's wobble in the oil price marks the top, but there are reasons to think it might - and if it does, it is the best possible news for a beleaguered world economy

Barbican on music mission

2008-06-20T07:24:18Z

The Barbican is to become London's biggest "afterschool club" by providing free concerts and music lessons for some of the capital's poorest pupils

Alstom faces bribery probe

2008-05-06T15:30:54Z

Engineering giant is under investigation amid allegations that it paid bribes to win key contracts

Chavez bids to grab new crude windfall

2008-03-25T11:22:01Z

Venezuela's maverick President Hugo Chavez plans to slap a new tax on oil producers

Sierra losing ability to surprise

2007-12-05T00:00:00Z

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.

An epic journey from slum to Shostakovich

2007-08-19T23:00:00Z

This year's Proms continued with performances from the Youth Orchestra of Venezuela and the Birmingham Symphony Chorus.

Adams's mystifying but soothing eco-fable

2007-08-12T23:00:00Z

John Adams's new opera, A Flowering Tree, shuns the contemporary politics of Nixon in China and turns to ancient South Indian mythology.

Critic's Choice: Top Five Gigs

2006-09-01T10:47:52Z

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.