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May 4, 2005 ... support to a short-lived coup that overthrew Chávez for 47 hours in April, 2002.  These tensions have been heightened ...

April 1, 2005 ... nations. When Venezuela revealed plans to buy 100,000 AK-47 assault rifles and 22 helicopters from Russia in February, ... tour last week what Venezuela will do with 100,000 AK-47 automatic weapons—rifles that were first designed in ... governments to recognize the coup regime for the 48 hours that it was in power. If any country can be accused of ...

March 26, 2005 ... army's aging stocks of FAL rifles. Washington sees the AK-47 order as part of a much larger arms buildup, financed by ...

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 ...

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 ...

April 27, 2005 ... and days before the military coup that ousted Chavez for 47 hours on April 11, 2002. There is now hard evidence that the ...

December 13, 2005 ... 2002 the US backed a military coup, which was defeated in 47 hours by a mass popular uprising backed by constitutionalist ... Venezuela. One of the immediate measures imposed by the 47-hour coup-makers had been to withdraw Venezuela from OPEC. ...

June 7, 2005 The stark reality is that, despite its vaunted “superpower” status, the US really doesn’t have much leverage with Venezuela. It appears that Venezuela is the true “superpower” in this situation. With oil markets tight, the US economy slowing, and the Chinese market waiting in the wings, this is hardly the time to mess with a major oil supplier.

November 30, 2005 Was the airport delay of a US Congressional Delegation to Venezuela yet another plot by Chávez to insult the US or the latest advance toward equality in the South American country?

June 28, 2005 ... Este in the direction of Manaus in Brazil. After thirty hours, you get off the bus in Boa Vista in northern Brazil. That is, thirty hours, if the Venezuelan National Guard(GN) doesn’t open ... Venezuela. In that case, the ride will take a few more hours. Drug trading is big business in this corner of the ...

August 26, 2005 ... in Caracas. He is a brilliant communicator, speaking for hours on television in a folksy manner that captivates his ... This was not mere electioneering, for he would talk for hours to those who had hardly a vote among them. He exhausts ...

November 7, 2005 ... Latin Americans (excluding colonial subjects) which is 47% of the region's population and in  reality the bulk of ...

November 29, 2005 ... governments to recognize the coup regime for the 48 hours that it was in power. It is clear that the U.S.’ ... 2002 coup that managed to depose Chávez for a matter of hours until he was returned to power by a group of loyal ...

June 20, 2005 ... police stood by calmly, not interfering. This went on for hours. There were no injuries or arrests. I thought of what ...

July 27, 2005 ... a couple of adventurous Americans in tow – passed the hours riding back to the capital in heated discussion. We ... first acts of the gang that overthrew Hugo Chavez for 48 hours was to cancel oil shipments to Cuba. Like that coup ...