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Chávez Supporters Win 17 out of 23 Venezuelan States, but Lose 3 Most Populous
November 24, 2008 ... to be decided. At midnight Venezuelan time, about eight hours after the first polls closed, the president of ... Francisco Rangel (PSUV) 46.97% Andrés Velásquez 30.47% Guárico Willian Lara (PSUV) 52.08% Lenny Manuitt 33.68% ... Villegas 27.28% Trujillo Hugo Cesar Cabezas (PSUV) 59.47% Henrique Catalán 27% City Mayors: Capital District of ... -
Venezuelan National Assembly Rejects Shorter Working Day For Now
November 7, 2008 ... Labor Law, which would have reduced the working day to 6 hours, a proposal made by legislators Luis Tascon, Wilmer ... to the Venezuelan workers to have a labor day reduced to 6 hours be fulfilled here, something which was promised in the ... union sectors about the reduction of the working day to 6 hours through the Labor Law. He said that in the context of ... -
Opposition Also Wins Tachira and Carabobo States in Regional Elections
November 24, 2008 ... got 48.04%) and Henrique Salas Feo won in Carabobo with 47.72% of the vote, Mario Silva, PSUV candidate, obtained 44 ... -
Venezuela On Track to Achieve Millennium Development Goals in Education
November 14, 2008 ... females. High school graduation rates have increased from 47% to 66%, and university enrollment has increased from ... -
Venezuelan Political Leaders React Positively to Regional Election Results
November 25, 2008 ... PSUV candidate for the state of Trujillo, who won with 59.47% of the vote, said that he was satisfied with the popular ... -
Sidor Contract Workers In Negotiations for Bonus, Following Brief Strike
November 5, 2008 ... was that the minister had been meeting into the late hours of the night with the presidents of Sidor to fine-tune ... in mid-October the contract workers went on strike for 90 hours and blocked traffic on the main road because Sanz had ... -
Venezuela News Summary #62 - Post-Election Special
November 24, 2008 ... to be decided. At midnight Venezuelan time, about eight hours after the first polls closed, the president of ... Garcia from We Can, denounced the extension of voting hours and threatened not to recognize the results. By 9pm, ... -
Venezuela Drenched As Elections Draw Near
November 21, 2008 ... for children, toilets, and an eating area. From the early hours of Friday morning government teams were out on the ... -
Venezuela's 2008 Regional Elections
November 26, 2008 ... oversight by posting official results online less than 24 hours after the polls closed. U.S. media coverage - including ... of the voting available online through its website just hours after all of the 11,297 polling stations closed. This ... -
A Corner for Antonio Ledezma
BlogNovember 21, 2008 ... had to go to another public hospital. Only a couple of hours later she gave birth. It wasn’t all so wonderful! It ... -
Venezuelan Labor Leader: "Our Votes are for Chavez and the Revolution"
November 3, 2008 ... number of permanent workers — went on strike for 90 hours on October 17, as tensions rose to the point of ... -
Venezuelan Government Hopes for New Era of Peace and Respect with Obama
November 6, 2008 In a statement from the Foreign Relations Ministry on Wednesday, the Venezuelan government congratulated U.S. Senator Barack Obama for being elected president of his country, saying the historic moment could usher in a new era of friendlier relations between the two countries. -
Colombia’s Magic Laptops
November 4, 2008 ... had bombed Ecuador without violating its airspace. Hours later, Uribe’s press secretary told reporters that ... on the Correa and Chávez administrations within 24 hours. These “magic laptops,” which seem to supply ... -
Targeting Hugo Chavez
November 15, 2008 Since taking office in February 1999, America's dominant media have relentlessly attacked Chavez because of the good example he represents and threat it might spread in spite of scant chance it will in today's climate. -
Venezuelan Voters Excited To Participate in Elections
November 24, 2008 Observing the electoral process in Venezuela revealed a country that is losing the apathy that is common at such elections, and as many voters said, gaining a sense of responsibility to participate politically.
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