Oil towers remain closed, in Maracaibo, Venezuela, 24 December 2002. Torres de perforaci=n petrolera que contin?an paralizadas, en Maracaibo,...
University students carry out a march in La Paz in rejection to the plans to create a free trade zone , 17 October 2002. Estudiantes universitarios...
Venezuelan consumers shop at supermarkets 12 December 2002. Consumidores venezolanos realizan compras en un supermercadode Caracas el 12 de diciembre...
Meat distributor takes meat to a butcher shop in Caracas, 12 December 2002. Un distribuidor de carne abastese un espendio de alimentos en Caracas el...
Bank clients wait in line in front of a bank in Caracas, 12 December, 2002. The embattled Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez rejected opposition calls...
Demonstrators opposing the government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez march down the street in Maracaibo, Venezuela, 23 December 2002. Oil-rich...
Demonstrators opposing the government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez march down the street in Maracaibo, Venezuela, 23 December 2002. Oil-rich...
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez , salutes the flag, along with members of the Venezuelan military at the Government Palace 11 December 2002. El...
Refinary goes unattended as the oil strike continues in Maracaibo, Venezuela 08 December 2002. Vista de la refinerira "Bajo Grande" de la estatal...
Refinary goes unattended as the oil strike continues in Maracaibo, Venezuela 08 December 2002. Vista de contenedores de la refinerira "Bajo Grande"...
Demonstrators are seen in the streets of Caracas, Venezuela 08 February 2003. Un opositor al mandatario venezolano Hugo Chávez, agita una bandera...
Un obrero limpia vidrios en una torre al este de Caracas el 14 de julio de 2003. El Impuesto al Débito Bancario bajo de 1 a 0,75 % al tiempo que el...
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez meets with Lucas Rincón Romero for an informal political ceremony 08 February 2003 in Caracas. Chavez earlier...
Member of Caracas Police aides a supporter of President Hugo Chavez that has been injured by a bullet 14 January 2003, during a demonstration in...
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez greets soldiers as the oil strike continues in Caracas, Venezela 11 December 2002. El presidente venezolano Hugo...
Military police secure the area as the oil industry continues its strike in Zulia, Venezuela 04 December 2002. Miembros de seguridad custodian el...
Venezuelan Army soldier stands guard as a fuel truck enters a gas station in the city of Maracaibo, 500 km west of Caracas 21 December 2002. In...
Several people push a bus towards a gas station 23 December, 2002 in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Venezuelans braced for a bleak Christmas as a general...
Soldiers patrol the streets of Maracaibo, 08 December 2002. Venezuela began this Sunday the seventh wave of general strikes against the presidency of...
Venezuelan military personel patrols a gasoline station that sells gas reserves in Maracaibo, 08 December 2002. Venezuela began its 7th week of a...
Soldier secures the area as strikes continue in Caracas, Venezuela 09 December 2002. Un miembro del ejercito venezolano custodia un carrotanque...
Soldier secures the area as demonstratorshave taken to the sea where an oil tanker refuses to dock in protest in Maracaibo, Venezuela 08 December...
Venezuelan army soldier stands guard outside a gas station in Caracas, Venezuela, 09 December 2002. Oil prices rose 09 December after hopes of an end...
Members of the world petroleum industry listen as US Chevron Texaco President David J. O'Reilly speaks 04 September 2002, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,...
Russian scientists Aleksei Kontorovich and Leonid Khilyuk talk in front of a regional map 03 September 1999 about oil fields. Los cientificos rusos...
Carlos Ortega , leader of the Venezuelan Workers Confederation , leaves the Costa Rican Embassy 27 March, 2003 in Caracas followed by Costa Rican...
Truck carrying oil passes a police officer in Caracas, Venezuela 05 December 2002. Un camión de transporte de petroleo circula por una de las...
Demonstration in opposition to President Hugo Chavez, is disperesed by the police using tear gas at the entrance of a bridge in Lake Maracaibo,...
Soldiers secure the area as the oil strike continues in Caracas, Venezuela 22 December 2002. Un miembro del ejército custodia una estación...
Military officials are seen on the hull of an oil tanker in the seas of Maracaibo, Venezuela where demonstrators have surrounded the vessel in...
Civilians watch as oil tankers are at sea in protest in Maracaibo, Venezuela 08 December 2002. Una mujer y una niña observan los buques petroleros...
El buque petrolero Pilin León continúa fondeado en el Lago de Maracaibo, 500 km al oeste de Caracas, el 21 de diciembre de 2002, luego que miembros...
Venezuelan soldiers are seen boarding the oil tanker "Pilín León" as the oil strike continues 15 December 2003. Militares venezolanos custodian a...
An anti-chaves protstor carrie sa flag of mourning during the wake of Keila Isabel Moreno, a victim of recent violenc between police and opposition...
Members of Greenpeace are seen offering bottles to participants of the 18th Worldwide Energy Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina 25 October 2001....
Demonstrator throws stones against opponents of Hugo Chavez with a sling shot during a demonstration in Caracas, 14 January, 2003. Un manifestante...
Venezuelans buy gas canisters 18 January 2003 in Caracas after numerous das in a shortage. President Hugo Chavez said 18 January he would welcome...
Demonstrators against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wave flags 05 December during a protest march in Caracas. Protesters are on the fourth day of...
Demonstrators is seen placing a flag on a statue in the streets of Caracas, Venezuela as the oil strike continues 11 December 2002. Un opositor al...
Members of the world petroleum industry listen as US Chevron Texaco President David J. O'Reilly speaks 04 September 2002, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,...
Members of the world petroleum industry listen as US Cheveron Texaco President David J. O'Reilly speaks 04 September 2002, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,...
