Telesur journalist Fredy Muñoz Altamiranda was detained Sunday by Colombian security forces on charges of "rebellion and terrorism." Muñoz was detained by the Colombian Administrative Department of Security (DAS) as he returned to Colombia, where he is a Telesur correspondent, from a visit to Venezuela.

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Nicolás Maduro Moros, recently named Foreign Minister of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, comes to his post at a moment in which Venezuela is intensifying its foreign policy agenda and is deeply involved in a battle to win a seat as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.

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During his visit to the US to attend the United Nations General Assembly, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez was interviewed on Tavis Smiley TV show on PBS (also available as audio and video files on the show's site)

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During his visit to the US to attend the United Nations General Assembly, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez gave an interview to Time magazine in which he justified his attacks on George Bush and his foreign policy. He also explained how he started supporting the idea of a Third Way, but became convinced Capitalism is the road to hell and the way forward is socialism. 

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