1.  Also helping Venezuelan Brady bonds, is speculation that Venezuelan officials will convert them into less-expensive debt, Rolley said.

2.  Bernal met with Venezuelan officials in Caracas yesterday.

3.  A Venezuelan official dashed speculation that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries would meet to discuss the recent decline in oil prices.

4.  He said he was aware that there had been what he called humanitarian contacts between Venezuelan officials and Colombian rebels.

5.  His comments contradicted the signal Friday of a production increase from an unnamed Venezuelan official.

6.  Other top Venezuelan officials had denied this week that Ballestas had been captured.

7.  Posada acknowledged that he had written the document, a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times from a Venezuelan official.

8.  The IMF is in discussions with Venezuelan officials about a new load agreement, traders said.

9.  This week, a Colombian newsmagazine reported that Venezuelan military officials visited FARC leaders inside the zone, without Colombian government approval.

10.  Venezuelan officials are considering implementing restrictions on tanker traffic after an oil tanker grounded for the third time in six weeks in the Lake Maracaibo shipping channel.