McDonald's Salutes Winter Olympic Athlete And Star Employee Julio Cesar...

PR Newswire;  January 23, 2002 ;     152 words ......Camacho - employee of McDonald's Venezuela and member of the Venezuelan Olympic Luge Team. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh...Olympic Games in Salt Lake City as both a member of the Venezuelan Olympic Team and of the McDonald's World Champion Crew. Julio...

First group of Venezuelan delegation travels to Beijing Olympics

Xinhua News Agency;  July 17, 2008 ;     94 words ......to the Olympic Games, which will begin on Aug. 8, the Venezuelan Olympic Committee (COV) announced Thursday. COV president Eduardo...mission of the group is to get the logistics ready for the Venezuelan Olympic delegation. A total of 108 athletes will represent Venezuela...

Saving face

The Independent - London;  March 17, 2008 ;     254 words ......chagrin, the enforced holiday could also ruin the livelihoods of locals who live off supplying them. Why the fuss? Because the Olympic caravan draws near, and Beijing's nervous but vainglorious bureaucrats are adamant that no one (think Tibet) must be allowed anywhere...

Holidays: Family value in Devon.(ROP)

Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England);  August 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......laundrette, supermarket, bakery and gift shop. Our Gold Olympic caravan, complete with gas fire, TV and video, power shower and...PJs. TRAVEL FILE Tessa Grey stayed in a two-bedroomed Gold Olympic caravan at Devon Cliffs courtesy of Haven Holidays, who operate...

Hitler dream that dims the Olympic torch

The Independent - London;  June 20, 1996 ;     560 words ...New York - It was Monday at 3.09pm when the Olympic caravan appeared over the brow of the hill and slowly proceeded into our town of Cos Cob, Connecticut. School had finished early and it...

Olympic qualifiers for Venezuela up to 99

Xinhua News Agency;  May 19, 2008 ;     219 words ......May 19 (Xinhua) ?- The number of Venezuelan athletes to compete in the Beijing Olympics rose to 99, President of the Venezuelan Olympic Committee (COV) Eduardo Alvarez announced Monday. Alvarez made the announcement after celebrating the triumph of Gabriel...

Venezuelan Romero: "Support for London, the most consistent"

Xinhua News Agency;  July 7, 2005 ;     315 words ...Venezuelan Romero: "Support for London, the most consistent" CARACAS, July 6 (Xinhua) -- President of the Venezuelan Olympic Committee and Bolivarian Sports Organization (ODEBO) Fernando Romero said Wednesday that the election of London as...

Venezuela to bid for 2006 South American Games

Xinhua News Agency;  August 2, 2005 ;     178 words ......hosting rights for the 2006 South American (ODESUR) Games, prior to the deadline of August 12, local press said Monday. Venezuelan Olympic Committee (COV) President Fernando Romero, as cited by the local press, said he is currently assessing the possible venues...

Politics touched Pan American Games in past

Chicago Sun-Times;  April 12, 1987 ;     251 words ......The next Games in 1983 in Caracas, Venezuela, almost didn't come off because of bickering between the government and the Venezuelan Olympic Committee organizing the Games. The Venezuelan government ended up deposing the Olympic Committee two weeks before the...

Venezuelan Olympic medallist Rafael Vidal dies at 40

AP Worldstream;  February 13, 2005 ;     122 words ...AP Worldstream 02-13-2005 Dateline: CARACAS, Venezuela Venezuelan swimmer Rafael Vidal, who won a bronze medal in the 1984 Olympics, died Saturday in a traffic accident. He was 40. Vidal was killed in a car crash Caracas, the capital, said Marcos Quinones, a spokesman for the National Direction for

Don't bet on the Games giving China democracy ; Beijing may look vastly...

Evening Standard - London;  August 7, 2008 ;     700+ words ...THE young Chinese woman at my local pool this week summed it all up for me. We had greeted each other politely as usual, in Chinese, when she asked me if I was going to Beijing for the Olympics. I said I would like to but have been banned from China since I was ejected in 2001. I'm a journalist, I

Montana man wants to start Venezuelan Olympic bobsled program

AP Worldstream;  October 7, 2002 ;     470 words ...00-00-0000 Dateline: BOZEMAN, Montana Eli Anselmi has never actually seen a bobsled, much less piloted one, and he's not sure where he'll come up with the $10,000 to buy a used sled. But the Bozeman man, a native of Venezuela, has founded the Venezuelan Bobsleigh Federation _ he's the only member _

Venezuela has best forecast for Olympics

Xinhua News Agency;  July 7, 2008 ;     558 words ......competitions and they are sure they will improve their results in this Olympics and in the three following. President of the Venezuelan Olympic Committee (COV) Eduardo Alvarez told Xinhua that the delegation to compete in the Games in China represents one of the...

Venezuela will host Pan American and World deaf-people games

Xinhua News Agency;  April 10, 2007 ;     177 words ......in the Carabobo state city of Valencia, and their 2008 Athletics World Championship in Lara state's Barquisimeto. The Venezuelan Olympic Committee (COV) will support both events, federation president Elida de Alvarez, said in the release. "We have already...

Venezuela Strives to Host 2007 Pan-American Games

Xinhua News Agency;  September 7, 2000 ;     121 words ......Isaias Rodriguez, are now making greater efforts to realize the goal, said the local paper. It is also reported that the Venezuelan Olympic Committee is now trying its best to facilitate the holding of the 2007 Pan- American Games in Venezuela. The decision...