2007

A better understanding of Venezuela

Published: 12/16/2007

By Bernardo Alvarez Herrera
Article published by Chicago Tribune on December 16, 2007. If anyone wants to reprint it, please visit original web site.
Washington — On Dec. 4 your newspaper published an editorial on Venezuela’s recent national referendum.
I am…

Venezuela Proud of Ties to Wisconsin

Published: 09/09/2007

By Ambassador Bernardo Alvarez
Article published by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Sept. 9, 2007. If anyone wants to reprint it, please visit original web site.
Venezuela is among the top five oil exporting countries, and our crude oil reserves…

Don’t Demonize Venezuela

Published: 08/22/2007

By Ambassador Bernardo Alvarez Herrera
Article published by the Washington Post on August 22, 2007. (A16). If anyone wants to reprint it, please visit original web site.
The proposed reforms were introduced by President Hugo Chávez, will be debated by…

Venezuelan Official: No Spinning is Necessary

Published: 07/24/2007

By Ambassador Bernardo Alvarez Herrera
Article published by the San Antonio Express News -Letter to the Editor. If anyone wants to reprint it, please visit original web site.
Though Jonathan Gurwitz claims that I am good at spin, there’s little…

Venezuela: Idea of ‘energy security’ in U.S. is fantasy

Published: 07/17/2007

By Ambassador Bernardo Alvarez Herrera
Article published by Houston Chronicle/View Points, Outlook on July 17, 2007. If anyone wants to reprint it, please visit original web site.
Rethink and expand issue to include all of hemisphere
Energy security is one…

Oil in Venezuela

Published: 07/10/2007

By Ambassador Bernardo Álvarez Herrera
Article published by the Chicago Tribune on July 10, 2007.
I object to your characterization of Venezuela’s recent purchase of a majority stake in Orinoco belt reserves as a “power grab” by President Hugo Chavez…

Terrorism is Never Acceptable

Published: 05/08/2007

By: Ambassador Bernardo Alvarez Herrera
Article published by the Politico Magazine on May 8, 2007 . If anyone wants to reprint it, please visit original web site.
In the global war on terror, no terrorist is given a free pass.…

Venezuela Isn’t a Threat to the U.S.

Published: 05/05/2007

By Ambassador Bernardo Álvarez Herrera

Article published by the Wall Street Journal on May 5, 2007. Page A7.
I wish to correct your suggestion that the Venezuelan government’s purchase of oil reserves along the Orinoco River is an affront…

A Terrorist Goes Free

Published: 04/21/2007

By Ambassador Bernardo Álvarez Herrera
Op-Ed Contributor
Article published by the New York Times on April 21, 2007. If anyone wants to reprint it, please visit original web site.
AFTER the attacks of Sept. 11, President Bush forcefully argued that…

What Venezuela’s Revolution Is About

Published: 04/04/2007

By Ambassador Bernardo Alvarez Herrera

Article published by Providence Journal on April 4, 2007. If anyone wants to reprint it, please visit original web site.
AS VENEZUELA’S ambassador to the United States, I have spent a large part of…