The reduction of the working day to a maximum of 7 hours, eliminating subcontracted work and increasing maternity leave to a period of 5 months are some of the proposals which have been put forward by thousands of workers across Venezuela in an effort to write the country’s new Labour Law, said President of the Socialist Bolivarian Workers’ Central, Will Rangel on Monday.
The purpose of the recently formed Great Patriotic Pole (GPP) will be to establish a “new hegemony” within the Bolivarian revolution, said the Vice-president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Francisco Arias Cardenas this past Saturday.
On Wednesday, Venezuelans were shocked at the news of Attorney General and revolutionary lawyer Carlos Escarra’s abrupt death after suffering a heart attack earlier that morning.
The president of Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) Tibisay Lucena reported on Wednesday that the CNE, which organises and oversees elections in Venezuela, is fully prepared for the upcoming 2012 – 2013 electoral period. “We say to the country that we are ready...all that remains is to put that thorough planning into practise,” she stated.
Leopoldo Lopez has withdrawn from the opposition presidential primaries, deferring his support to the current governor of Miranda state, Henrique Capriles Radonski.
Venezuela’s National Assembly (AN) began the 2012 - 2013 legislative period yesterday, electing legislator Diosdado Cabello of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) as the Assembly’s new president and head of the body’s directive council.
The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) will focus on four main areas as it initiates its organisation phase of its electoral campaign, in preparation for the presidential elections in October next year.
Thousands of revolutionary social movements marched in Caracas on Sunday in order to consolidate the formation of the Great Patriotic Pole (GPP) – a broad front which comprises all of the popular organisations and political parties that support the advance of the Bolivarian Revolution. GPP activists proposed an "international pole" of movements to challenge "barbarous capitalism".
Deepening the socialist project in Venezuela will be the driving force behind president Hugo Chávez’s 2012 election campaign, confirmed the incumbent head of state earlier this week.
This week, a group of doctors headed by Fidel Ramirez, a physician at the Military Hospital Dr. Carlos Arvelo in Caracas, dismissed the statements recently made by Dr. Salvador Navarrete concerning the health of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
A multitude of Venezuelan social movements marched in Caracas yesterday in support of the Great Patriotic Pole, a grassroots coalition of forces that support the re-election of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and the continued advance of the Bolivarian Revolution.
This week, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called on all individuals, organizations, and social movements committed to the Bolivarian Revolution to join the “Great Patriotic Pole”, a grassroots coalition tasked with achieving a sweeping victory in next year’s presidential elections.
Chavez’s popularity this month was 58.9%, according to opposition leaning poll company Datanalisis. Furthermore, according to GIS XXI, 86% of the population admires how he has handled his illness and 45.7% said Chavez’s health hadn’t affected the national political situation
The Angolan embassy in Venezuela will be opened at the end of this year, with the implementation of a bilateral commission to explore strategic areas for development.
As the United Nations (UN) Security Council and General Assembly will debate the Palestinian cause and possible recognition of it as a sovereign state in the next few days, the Venezuelan government has produced a public letter supporting the Palestinian cause and has called for “worldwide debate” on the issue.
