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Chavez Wins Venezuelan Presidential Election with 54% of the Vote [Updated]

Oct 7th 2012

Hugo Chavez celebrated his election triumph with a mass crowd of supporters from the presidential palace’s “Balcony of the P

Hugo Chavez has won the Venezuelan presidential election with 54.42% of the vote against 44.97% for opposition candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski. Chavez has made his victory speech, while Capriles has recognised his defeat.

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3 Million Strong Chavista March Shakes Caracas, Venezuela

Oct 5th 2012

Eyewitness reports estimate that over 3 million people took part in the rally which flooded the centre of Caracas yesterday (age

Over three million Chavez supporters flooded the streets of Caracas yesterday to show their support for the re-election of current Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez ahead of the country’s presidential elections on Sunday.

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Venezuela's Chavez Inspects First Cable Train Test Run

Oct 3rd 2012

Venezuela's new cable train system (AVN)

On Saturday Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez inspected the first testing of the Bolivarian Cable Train of Petare, in Caracas, which will be officially opened on December 19th to transport around 60,000 people per day.

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Venezuela Launches Second Satellite Today

Sep 28th 2012

The Miranda Satellite (archive)

Venezuela’s second satellite, named Miranda, is set to be launched from China at 11:42 Caracas time on Friday, according to Bolivarian Space Agency manager Francisco Varela.

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Venezuelan Government Advances in Construction of National Rail Network

Sep 25th 2012

A section of the newly constructed railway (Ciudad CCS)

The Venezuelan government is advancing in the construction of five long distance railway lines, which are part of its National Railway Development Plan 2006-2030. The plan hopes to see 13,665 kilometres of train line linking the country’s various regions and main cities by 2030.

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Study: Venezuela’s Chavez 4th Most Popular President in the Americas

Sep 24th 2012

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at a massive rally in the Andean city of Merida last Friday (RNV)

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is the 4th most popular president in the Americas, according to a new study of presidential approval ratings in the region.

 

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Chavez to Youth: This is a Battle we Must Win

Sep 21st 2012

Chavez at the arena in Caracas on Wednesday (primicias24)

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met with thousands of the country's youth on Wednesday in Caracas, where he called on them to keep organising to guarantee the victory of the revolution ahead of the country's presidential elections in October.

 

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Chavez: Venezuelan Opposition 'Aggression Against the People'

Sep 7th 2012

Chavez speaking to an assembly of workers in Vargas state last week (ojopelao.com)

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez described the program of the opposition presidential candidate Henriques Capriles Radonski, running for the right-wing Roundtable for Unity (MUD) coalition, as "an aggression against the Venezuelan people."

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Venezuelan Government Plans to Restructure Latin America’s Biggest Barrio

Aug 23rd 2012

President of Caracas Metro, Haiman El Troudi, at the community meeting yesterday in Petare (AVN)

Yesterday, the Venezuelan government presented its urban restructuring plan for Petare, considered the most populated barrio in Latin America with well over 500,000 inhabitants. The plan includes cable cars for easier access, other transport infrastructure, and markets for informal workers, among other projects.

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Venezuela's Chavez Says Election Loss Would Spark Civil War

Jul 15th 2012

President Chavez campaigning in Anzoategui on Friday (Reuters)

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Friday warned followers that losing his re-election bid in the Oct. 7 presidential race could spark a civil war.

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Venezuela’s “Mission Culture” Celebrates Seventh Anniversary

Jul 12th 2012

(venezuela-us.org)

Mission Culture, a social program that aims to transform cultural education in Venezuela, celebrated its seventh anniversary on Tuesday. The program was created on July 10, 2005, by the government of President Hugo Chávez, and since then it has trained over 12,000 people in different areas of the arts to foster a renewal of popular creativity.

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Venezuela’s Chavez Signs Series of Laws Giving More Power to Communities

Jun 19th 2012

Minister for Comunes and Social Protection, Isis Ochoa, speaking at a meeting with the commune "Atroa" in late May (La

Communities organised into communal councils and communes are to be given increased power and access to funding under new legislation approved last Friday by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

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Venezuela Happiest Country in South America

Jun 10th 2012

According to Columbia University's "happiness study," Venezuela is the happiest country in South America (Venezue

The University of Columbia’s “Earth Institute” has released the results of its first happiness report, which highlight Venezuela as the happiest country in South America and the second happiest country in the region after Costa Rica.

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Chavez’s Socialist Party in Build Up to Presidential Election Campaign

Jun 5th 2012

An event in Miranda state to establish municipal commands in Venezuela’s central region yesterday, as part of President Hugo C

With just under four weeks until the official launch of Venezuela’s presidential election campaign on 1 July, President Hugo Chavez’s United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) is gearing up for a nationwide campaign which seeks to garner 10 million votes for Chavez and secure the Venezuelan president’s third full term in office.

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Venezuela’s Great Patriotic Pole Continues to Organise, Forms Culture Council

May 28th 2012

The GPP’s Patriotic Council of Culture was established yesterday with participating intellectuals, artists, musicians and cult

With the formation of its Culture Council yesterday, Venezuela’s Great Patriotic Pole (GPP) coalition of social movements continues to organise itself ahead of the 7 October presidential elections.

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