The president of Venezuela just spoke at the UN conference this afternoon and just finished his speech with a song and a testimony to Christ's Kindom and the future of the world.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he intends to send an ambassador back to Washington after a seven month absence. Mr. Chavez made the announcement at the fifth Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago, where hemispheric leaders discussed economic and environmental challenges, as well as issues of democratic governance.

Winning what he said was a referendum for the people, and not himself, President Hugo Chavez has his wish. Venezuelan voters voted to remove the terms limits that would keep him from running for re-election in 2012.

It is been more than 10 years since Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez came into power and in spite of an almost constant stream of anti U.S. rhetoric the walls of the nation may finally be lowering as market tendencies force Chávez to look northward.

Russian ships arrive in Venezuela for joint military exercises. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will arrive to Venezuela, Cuba and some other countries of Latin America next week.

Jim Lehrer asked about most of the major states: Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and yes, even Russia. What was sorely lacking and probably most important? Venezuela.

Two Russian Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers have landed at a military airfield in Venezuela, Russia's Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

Tens of thousands of Colombians and Venezuelans attended a free concert Sunday, held on a bridge linking the two countries. It was organized by Grammy-winning rock artist Juanes to celebrate the end of the diplomatic crisis between Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador, and to further improve peaceful relations within the region.

The Presidents of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela have settled a weeklong crisis that was starting to get close to war. The dispute began when Colombian forces attacked FARC rebels inside Ecuador.

Venezuelan authorities say search teams have retrieved several bodies from Thursday's plane crash in the Andes Mountains that left 46 people dead.

A plane carrying 46 people took off afternoon and was reported missing 30 minutes later. The plane crashed in the mountains of western Venezuela, where the wreckage was spotted by helicopter on Friday. All aboard were believed killed.

Venezuela's state-run oil company has announced it is cutting crude sales to ExxonMobil, the largest U.S. oil company, because of Exxon's efforts to seize Venezuelan assets.