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December 19, 2005 ... Alvarez, essentially to prove what AD had stated a few hours after the referendum ended, that massive fraud had been ...

December 29, 2005 Venezuela’s strongman Hugo Chávez is at it again, thwarting democracy in his South American country by winning elections, supporting workers, and prosecuting coup leaders. But, never fear, Congress will put a stop to it.

June 24, 2005 Mercal is the new subsidized supermarket and food distribution network that the Venezuelan government set up in the wake of the December 2002 to January 2003 "general strike." It has now become one of the government's most popular and widely used social programs, providing food to over 30% of the population. What is its background and what are its effects?

November 8, 2005 Venezuela looks to me like Uncle Sam's worst nightmare. I was humbled by Bolivarian ingenuity and steadfastness and by my own continued citizenship in the world's most rogue and brutal nation, against which I and other radicals have had such limited organizing success. Hopefully my country can follow Venezuela's lead rather than crushing its aspirations.

June 9, 2005 ... was always Total (whose current shareholding stake is 47 per cent); the second partner, today, is Statoil (with 15 ...