Venezuela
Venezuela's Rojas enters race for IADB chief
A Venezuelan candidate has emerged to further complicate the contest to elect a new head of the Inter-American Development Bank.
Venezuela's president signs central bank reforms
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has signed a partial reform to the Central Bank Law to authorise investing six billion US dollars of hard currency reserves in social programs.
Venezuela passes foreign reserves reform bill
Venezuela's Congress on Tuesday 19 July approved a reform bill giving the government access to $6 billion of the nation's international reserves.
Venezuela approves central bank reform law
Venezuelan lawmakers gave initial approval late Tuesday 21 June to a bill that would allow President Hugo Chavez to access up to $5 billion in reserves held by the central bank.
Venezuela presents central bank reform proposals
Venezuela's government has submitted a legislative proposal that would allow President Hugo Chavez to tap reserves held by the central bank.
Venezuela's Chavez considers vote on reserves use
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said on Saturday 14 May he may decide to call a referendum on whether the country should be able to use part of its international exchange reserves for projects to help the poor.
Venezuela's Chavez calls for law on reserves
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has called for new legislation to limit the amount of foreign reserves that can be held by the central bank.
Venezuela ratifies central bank president
Venezuela's National Assembly has ratified by simple majority, President Hugo Chavez' nomination of Gaston Parra Luzardo as the new president of the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV).
Venezuela's Chavez nominates Parra as BCV chief
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias has proposed economist Gaston Parra as his choice for the presidency of the Venezuelan Central Bank (BCV).
Chavez calls for BCV president's resignation
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez called on Diego Castellanos, president of the country's central bank, to step down from his post as the row over the distribution of the central bank's reserves continues.
The fight over Venezuela's central bank profits
Last weekend Venezuela's President Chavez once again attacked the central bank over the amount of "foreign exchange profits" it should turn over to the government. With Chavez threatening to go to the Supreme Court on the issue, this article suggests the…
Venezuela's central bank under threat from Chavez
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has repeated threats to the central bank that if it doesn't allow him to use part of its international reserves to fund his social programs for the poor, he will get a Supreme Court order to force it.
Venezuela central bank against reserves plan
Venezuela's central bank has again repeated its opposition to President Hugo Chavez's plan to deprive the bank of its autonomy and take $7 billion of international reserves to fund projects and social programs.
New Venezuelan law targets central bank reserves
President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela said on Sunday 28 March that his government was drafting a new law to force the country's independent central bank to release international reserves to finance government projects.
Forex curbs staying in Venezuela, but may be eased
Venezuela will keep its year-old currency controls in place, boosting its foreign reserves, but the government will try to make them more flexible, President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday 8 February.
Chavez presses Venezuela's cen bank on funds
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez repeated on Sunday 1 February demands that that the central bank complete its commitments to release reserves to finance the state revival of the nation's flagging farm industry.
Venezuela's central bank under pressure
This article looks at the position of the central bank of Venezuela (BCV) following calls from President Hugo Chavez to hand over $1 billion from its reserves. Chavez has called it 'absurd' and 'crazy' for the reserves just to sit in the bank, and…
Venezuela's central bank defies Chavez
Venezuela's central bank is examining ways in which it can deflect controversial demands from president Hugo Chavez to hand over $1bn of its foreign reserves for what could be a public spending spree.
Venezuelan president threatens to take over c bank
On Wednesday 7 January Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez threatened to take over the country's independent central bank if it did not agree to his demand to hand over $1 billion in reserves to finance farming projects.
Venezuela announces more flexible currency control
President of the central bank of Venezuela, Domingo Maza Zavala, has said that currency controls would be made "substantially" more flexible for the new year, reports VenezuelAnalysis.
Venezuela eases its currency controls
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has eased restrictions on credit card use that were imposed to shore up the economy during a two-month general strike called by his opponents, according Associated Press.
Venezuela c bank wary of overseas credit card use
The central bank of Venezuela has said it has no immediate plans to authorise the use of local credit cards abroad due to abuses that have previously taken place, according to Business News Americas. The country's foreign exchange commission Cadivi will…
Venezuelan president agrees to relax controls
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday 13 July that the country's strict exchange controls will be loosened to allow access to U.S. dollars, according to Associated Press. Chavez did not specify how the controls would be eased, however.
Venezuela considers parallel forex market - c bank
Domingo Maza, one of the directors on the board of Venezuela's central bank said Thursday, Reuters reported, that the government and central bank were looking at ways of improving the control regime to speed up the flow of dollars into the economy.