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Democracy Behind Closed-Doors: Regional Body Elects Leader US-Style
May 4, 2005 ... support to a short-lived coup that overthrew Chávez for 47 hours in April, 2002. These tensions have been heightened ... -
On Leaving the Superpower Orbit
May 10, 2005 ... against Chavez, forcing his government out of power for 47 hours. During those hours, as Marc Cooper of the Nation has ... Rumsfeld questioned Chavez's motives in buying 100,000 AK-47's from Russia (" I can't imagine what's going to happen to ... -
Rift deepens Between U.S., Venezuela Years After Coup
May 2, 2005 ... after his supporters dramatically swept him back to power hours later -- included Maria Corina Machado, an activist ... posts before Chavez supporters restored him to power 47 hours after the putsch. U.S. government officials boast that ... -
Mayday in Venezuela: A Tale of Two Marches
May 2, 2005 ... and from barrios on the hillsides. After several hours, we arrived at the end of the rally, where organizers ... -
The New Voice of the Venezuelan People
May 17, 2005 ... was already in march in Venezuela. During these dramatic hours, a group of supporters of the Bolivarian Revolution ... Aporrea is something that the people demand. If a few hours go by that the site is not updated, they immediately ... -
Media Constructed from Below
May 18, 2005 ... hear the announcer reader the same words that I wrote six hours prior, before going to bed. It is something that, in ... than a press conference. And as a result of these two hours of conversation, the president ordered a meeting ... -
Joint Responsibility and Confidence in Venezuela’s Worker Co-Managed Industries
May 6, 2005 ... and carrying water, reestablished power in less than 48 hours. I’m very proud of their performance. It is the ... -
Venezuelan Workers Debate Workers Control of Industry and Government Enterprises
May 19, 2005 The working class and its leadership in the Bolivarian movement of President Hugo Chavez is making huge strides in its efforts to forge a new country based on human solidarity and social justice. That's the conclusion I draw after returning from two weeks observing political and social life in Venezuela. -
Hugo Chavez Frias and the Sense of History
May 3, 2005 ... with envy. He spoke, without notes, for more than three hours in Havana's Karl Marx Theatre to an audience of ... -
Venezuela - The Country of Parallels
May 11, 2005 An important part of what is being achieved in Venezuela is created through parallels. If the health sector in the country is not willing to serve poor people - the president creates a parallel, brings in hundreds of Cuban doctors and lets them work. If the educational sector is working poorly and apparently has not been fighting illiteracy - he creates a parallel. -
Venezuela: Knocking over Dominos in Latin America
May 26, 2005 Recent demands by the people of Bolivia for their government to "take the same path as Venezuela" revelas the powerful resonance of the "Bolivarian revolution" throuhout Latin America. As Venezuela depeens this process of social, economic, and political transformation it is increasingly unlikely that the people of Latin America will tolerate their unresponsive governments. It is equally unlikely that the Cold War mentality of Washington will tolerate the threat of a good example.