To this day the singer is still Ireland’s biggest selling solo artist, with 80 million albums sold worldwide.

Romantic Revolutionary: Bolivar and the Struggle for Independence in Latin America

Italian energy company Eni SpA and Venezuela’s state-run oil company signed an agreement to develop oil fields in the South American nation’s petroleum-rich Orinoco region.

President Hugo Chavez’s government took over Venezuela’s last remaining privately run oil fields today, intensifying a decisive struggle with Big Oil over one of the world’s most lucrative deposits.

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez declared he would nationalise electrical and telecommunication companies, taking a bold step toward increasing state control as he promised to transform Venezuela into a socialist country.