Government representatives and private media have said opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles’ campaign is “stagnating” as he fails to gain support, while journalists also marched yesterday protesting violent attacks committed against them by Capriles’ supporters.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez returned to Venezuela on Friday night, announcing a successful conclusion to his radiotherapy treatment in Cuba and his intention to return to the frontline of Venezuelan politics. Meanwhile, polls show him extending his advantage over rival Henrique Capriles Radonski.
Defence ministers from Union of South American Nations (Unasur) member states met yesterday for the release of a report detailing each country’s military spending. Ministers and diplomats from the twelve nation regional bloc also pledged further military integration, proposing the creation of a Citizen Security Council.
Venezuela’s urban agriculture program has seen urban communal and family based food gardens developing rapidly over the last two years, to a current total of 19,000.
Venezuela’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nicolás Maduro, called on countries in the region to create institutions to defend human rights within organizations like the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR).
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has approved the construction of the factory “Haier Venezuela”, which is to produce low-cost household appliances for the Venezuela population.
Venezuela’s National Consumer Price Index recorded a 0.8% inflationary increase in April, which represents a decline in inflation for the fifth month in a row, informed Finance Minister Jorge Giordani during a joint press conference with the president of the Venezuelan Central Bank, Nelson Merentes.
Over the weekend Venezuela’s democratic institutions received a new show of international support after judicial authorities from across the Americas and Iberian Peninsula selected the socialist democracy to host the Ibero-American Institute of Higher Judicial Studies.
The Venezuelan government has announced that it will create a national network of low price pharmacies across the country in an attempt to combat the effect of inflation on the price of medicine for Venezuelan citizens.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has named his five delegates who will make up the country’s new “State Counsel,” after announcing in February that he would create the body.
ECOWAS [Economic Community of West African States] and Venezuela have agreed to take measures to execute their 2009 memorandum of understanding (MOU) towards the elimination of malaria in West Africa.
Following the passing of the new labour law yesterday, Venezuelans celebrated May Day en masse today, many catching buses to Caracas for the main march, others joining the smaller marches in cities and towns around the country.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has signed into law the country’s new labour legislation after a consultation process with the Venezuelan public which lasted nearly five months. The law will see the working week reduced to 40 hours and maternity leave increased to 6.5 months.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced that Venezuela would be withdrawing from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR), a body which comes under the Organisation of American States (OAS).
