Venezuela

Reuters AlertNet - 'Friends of Venezuela' group to start work Friday

The meeting would bring together the foreign ministers of a "group of friends" comprising Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Spain, Portugal and the United States.

Yellow Times - Who's to Blame in Venezuela provides no new information but warns of authoritarian rule if the class split continues.

Meanwhile SFGate AP -- One dead, at least 21 wounded in Venezuelan street clashes. . Meanwhile, it is also reported the oil company president has given up on the strike and tells the "workers," mostly management, to go back to work.