(AP)  Venezuela says its collaboration with U.S. authorities led to the
seizure of about a ton of cocaine aboard a ship in the Caribbean Sea.  Justice
Minister Tareck El Aissami says the U.S. Coast Guard discovered the
cocaine on a boat off Venezuela’s coast after Venezuelan officials gave
them permission to board the vessel on Wednesday.  Source

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• Venezuela helps U.S. use of cocaine-laden vessel

     (AP)  Venezuela says its collaboration with U.S. authorities led to the seizure of about a ton of cocaine aboard a ship in the Caribbean Sea.  Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami says the U.S. Coast Guard discovered the cocaine on a boat off Venezuela’s coast after Venezuelan officials gave them permission to board

• 10 million U.S. dollars of cocaine seized at the port of Halifax

    Border agents seized $10 million worth of cocaine inside a container at the Port of Halifax, Canada, on Monday. Read at $10 million seizure of cocaine at Port of Halifa

• Greek ship, which at the Houston towed away after fire

    A Greek cargo ship damaged by a fire that killed nine crew members in the Caribbean is being towed to Houston for repairs, Venezuelan authorities said Saturday.

• Coast Guard helps Bahamians find more than 360 kilos of heroin and 46 kilos of marijuana

     (coastguardnews) Two law-enforcement boarding teams from the Coast Guard Cutter Forward assisted Royal Bahamian Police Force officials and U.S.

• Venezuela Oil

    A new US assessment of Venezuela’s oil reserves could give the country double the supplies of Saudi Arabia. Scientists working for the US Geological Survey say Venezuela’s Orinoco belt region holds twice as much petroleum as previously thought. The geologists estimate the area could yield more than 500bn barrels of

• Venezuela s oil losing ground in the markets

    Oil shipments to the US decreased to 1.4 million barrels per day Reduced oil production during the first half of the year, which according to Venezuelan authorities was the result of output cuts under the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), lead to diminished exports of Venezuelan oil in

• Venezuela to supply Kenya with cheap oil

    Venezuela may supply Kenya with low cost oil and provide technical assistance as the African nation seeks to produce oil, Kenya’s government announced Monday. Under the agreement, Kenya will gain access to Venezuelan expertise in “its quest to strike oil of its own as well as the possibility of getting access to

• Business leader warns of impact of the fines imposed on shipping companies

    Some companies charge in advance the cost of fines  On Monday, the Venezuela’s Customs and Tax Administration Service (Seniat) fined several shipping companies operating in the Venezuelan port of Puerto Cabello for keeping empty containers in the port facilities. Several weeks ago, the tax collection agency implemented the same measure

• Marine uses cocaine u0026quot

     (BBC) The Royal Navy says it has seized its biggest haul of cocaine, estimating its street value at £240m ($380m).The Portsmouth-based frigate HMS Iron Duke seized more than five-and-a-half tonnes of the drug from a 138ft fishing boat off the coast of Colombia.    Source and WATCH THE VIDEO

• 9 Missing After Cargo Ship Due to Fire in the Caribbean

    A Greek-owned cargo ship caught fire in the Caribbean off Venezuela’s coast Friday, leaving nine crew members missing and injuring five others, Venezuelan authorities said. The Aegean Wind was carrying more than 37,000 tons of iron ore from Brazil to Houston when a blaze broke out in the mess hall

• Venezuela oil pact Caribbean can keep unchanged

    Venezuela appears to be reconsidering its reported plans to demand more cash upfront from Caribbean and Central American countries following pleas for a rethink from worried member countries of the Petrocaribe oil pact. After public pronouncements of concern by Petrocaribe member countries the Venezuelan state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA

• Venezuela has 176 trillion cubic feet of gas

    Latin America’s top oil producer, Venezuela confirmed that it has a total of 176 trillion cubic feet of gas reserves by Dec. 31, 2008.

• Venezuela cuts oil exports to the United States

    Shipments of oil and byproducts from Venezuela to the United States plunged last November, according to the numbers provided by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Shipments recorded an inter-annual drop of 28 percent last November and totaled 890,000 bpd of oil and byproducts. In the meantime, in November 2008,

• Drugs will find boat sailor

     (BBC) A Royal Navy sailor has appeared in court charged with smuggling cocaine into Britain on a warship.  Teresa Matos, 36, was arrested after HMS Manchester docked in Plymouth, Devon, on 10 August. Source

• Philippines: Government to tighten security at ports

    Following the recent recovery of more than P1 billion worth of cocaine bricks in Samar, authorities will be implementing stricter rules in different port facilities to prevent the possible entry of smuggled illegal drugs and prohibited chemicals into the region.