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January 6, 2005 ... was punished. The directors of PDVSA, who were fired just hours earlier, were put back into their old positions. The ...

January 10, 2005 ... before he was kidnapped. The phone was turned off and ten hours later it was turned back on again in Santa Ana, in ...

January 19, 2005 During her confirmation hearing to become U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice described Venezuela's Chavez as a"negative force" and that the U.S. would do more about Venezuela in the future. This contrasted with Senator Dodd's effort suggestion that Rice should engage Venezuela diplomatically.

January 21, 2005 A vote that crossed party lines and included both pro-government parties and several opposition parties, the National Assembly approved a resolution condemning Colombia's violation of Venezuelan sovereignty.

March 14, 2005 ... is to eliminate sexual and violent content during certain hours in the radio and the television and to make more space ...

March 15, 2005 ... were dissolved.  Though the coup was reversed 48 hours later by massive popular mobilization in support of ...

March 15, 2005 ... him in April, 2002. When he was restored to power 48-hours later, it was on a wave of popular support--loyal to ...

April 21, 2005 The Presidents of Venezuela and Chile signed a series of oil and cooperation agreements yesterday and discussed measures that are necessary for advancing the process of regional integration.

April 29, 2005 With the FTAA "in pieces," Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and Fidel Castro signed 49 agreements designed to consolidate the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA). Also, Venezuela opened branch offices of its state-owned oil company and bank.

May 30, 2005 Venezuelans marched on Saturday in support of the petroleum sovereignty of the new PdVSA, Venezuela's state-owned petroleum company and in protest of the US's decision not to extradite Cuban terrorist Luis Posada Carriles to Venezuela. Vice President José Vicente Rangel affirmed that US terrorism goes beyond Posada and includes a network of government officials such as the Bush family.

July 4, 2005 ... expenses.  Furthermore, classes are held at flexible hours, permitting students to participate even if they ...

August 23, 2005 ... it? virtually nothing. And as a result, within about 48 hours that coup was broken; Chavez was back in power, but we ...

September 6, 2005 Residents form worker cooperatives and take charge - with government support. "Before, officials did what they wanted," Sojo says. "Now communities are waking up to their role, to their power."

November 13, 2005 Even before he got to Mar de Plata, known as the “happy city” by Argentines, US President George Bush knew his time was going to be anything but happy at the Summit of the Americas meeting. He arrived with more than 2000 US agents, and a plan to use one puppet president to avoid stirring another president.

November 14, 2005 ... business association. Chavez was restored to power in 48 hours, thanks to a massive popular demonstration combined ...