A listener from Venezuela sent us a question about the meaning of the expression mayday.

VOA: special.2010.04.18

And one of the best analogies you can think of is the oil rich nations of the world in post-World War Two, in the post-World War Two era, whether it's Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Iran, the Emirates, or Venezuela, name--today Russia.

做个非常恰当的类比,你们可以把棉花想象成,二战后时期的石油,想想沙特阿拉伯,伊拉克,伊朗,阿联酋,委内瑞拉,和今天的俄罗斯吧

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" He has just flown into Venezuela to help his crew fight a dangerous fire.

VOA: special.2009.03.22

For example, the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, owns some of these clay boots.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

While another chocolate grown in Venezuela has a very different taste.

VOA: special.2010.02.17

The countries were China,India, Cuba,the Dominican Republic, Venezuela,Mexico and Peru.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

One dispute involved Britain and Venezuela.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

The de facto leader has hosted a string of Republican lawmakers, including some of the harshest critics of Cuba and Venezuela.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

Clinton said Venezuela's arms acquisitions outpace those of all other South American countries and raise questions about a possible regional arms race.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

For his part, President Vazquez who has headed Uruguay's center-left government since 2004 refrained from any direct mention of Venezuela's arms purchases.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

But Burma is criticized for "systematically" restricting human rights efforts by Buddhist monks, and concern is expressed about anti-Jewish incidents in Venezuela.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

China has sold satellites to Venezuela and Nigeria, and plans to build a $300 million satellite for Bolivia.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

And,he notes, a significant portion of Venezuela's dwindling oil production is donated to Cuba and other leftist-led countries.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

(Recording) Quirantes says the same thing happened in Venezuela and Ecuador, and people in Nicaragua are fighting to stop a leftist takeover there.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

"Oil prices for the first six months of this year are roughly what they were in the year 2006, a boom year for Venezuela.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

Quirantes cites allegations that Venezuela and other leftist leaders have sent mercenaries to Honduras to undermine the de facto government of President Roberto Micheletti.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

"To get back to the 1998 level of production, Venezuela would need to invest for the next 10 years to upgrade its petroleum operations.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

Again Dean Cheng "So it's no accident that Venezuela and Nigeria, of course,both have oil.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

"Petro-colonialism was installed in Venezuela, and dominated our politics,our culture, and our economy."

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

"We urge Venezuela to be transparent its purchases, clear about its purposes.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

President Chavez scoffs at the criticism, noting that Venezuela has signed accords with China and other nations that will yield tens of billions of dollars of investment in oil infrastructure.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

Luis Cubeddu,from Venezuela, coaches this youth football team.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

Commentators like the Wall Street Journal's Mary Anastasia O'Grady say Hondurans were defending their democracy by throwing out a president who was aligned with Cuba's communist regime and Venezuela's leftist leader Hugo Chavez.

VOA: standard.2009.07.03