41.   Bebee wanted to buy the building and turn it into a research center, but the Venezuelan government refused.

42.   Canada-based Placer Dome and the Venezuelan government broke ground on the mine in August.

43.   Carmona denies conspiring to overthrow the Venezuelan government.

44.   Following the raid, the Venezuelan government asked Colombia to increase its presence on the border, frequently infiltrated by Colombian guerrillas who steal for weapons and supplies.

45.   He said a plane donated by the Venezuelan government was flying to Puerto Cabezas on the coast with food, medicine and plastic sheeting.

46.   He and Venezuela President Rafael Caldera also will discuss improving procedures for repatriating prisoners from the two countries, Venezuelan government officials said.

47.   In a telephone interview, Foreign Minister Luis Alfonso Davila clarified that Chavez was referring to the Venezuelan government.

48.   Lewish says Carlos has relatives in the Venezuelan government.

49.   Last week, U.S. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher called on both the Venezuelan government and the opposition to abide by democratic norms.

50.   On Friday, the police asked Jamaican government to seek a waiver of diplomatic immunity from the Venezuelan government so police could investigate the death thoroughly.