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Chavez Orders U.S. Ambassador to Leave Venezuela Within 72 Hours
September 11, 2008 ... Hugo Chavez ordered the U.S. ambassador to leave within 72 hours, in a show of support for Bolivian President Evo ... -
New 24-hour Strike at Venezuela's Largest Steel Plant
March 25, 2008 ... for a collective contract. "The plant is now closed for 24 hours," the United Steel Industry Workers Union (SUTISS), ... -
Colombian Hostages Reunited With Their Families In Venezuela
January 11, 2008 ... Airport near Caracas at 4.30 Thursday afternoon - five hours after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced their ... effort by Chavez and Cordoba to mediate the release of 47 hostages held by the FARC in exchange for 500 guerrilla ... -
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 ... -
Sidor workers reject arbitration: continue industrial action
February 27, 2008 Thousands of workers at Venezuela's largest steel plant, the Argentine-controlled Ternium Sidor, activated staggered strikes today as part of an ongoing dispute for a collective contract, which has dragged on for more than a year. -
Venezuelan Steel Workers Extend Sidor Strike
March 13, 2008 ... a 48-hour strike that started late Wednesday to 80 hours today, as part of a dispute for a collective contract ... "the worker's assembly decided to extend the strike to 80 hours, we will resume work on Sunday at seven in the ... We are waiting until they give us a reply in the next few hours and, if it's positive, the consultation will be this ... -
Massive Show Of Support For Venezuelan President Chavez On Coup Anniversary
April 15, 2008 ... had taken place. However, the coup collapsed after only 47 hours when masses of poor Venezuelans came out onto the ... -
Venezuelan and Colombian Presidents Mend Fences
July 12, 2008 Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez and Colombia’s President Alvaro Uribe reconciled and said they “moved on” to overcome differences, following a two-hour private meeting on Friday. -
Unemployment in Venezuela Drops to 7.2% in July
August 16, 2008 ... economy has followed a similar pattern. After sinking to 47% following the coup and the strike, it has steadily grown ... -
2.5 Million Venezuelans Participate in Candidate Selection of the United Socialist Party
June 2, 2008 ... in the Capital District of Greater Caracas, with 94.47% of the votes, Tarek William Saab in Anzoátegui, ... Barinas, (90.88%), Francisco Rangel Gómez in Bolívar, (47.3% - above Manuel Arciniega, who obtained 19.29%), Mario ... -
Chavez continues push to increase food production
February 25, 2008 ... blaming it on capitalist agriculture. "There are 47 thousands hectares (116 thousand acres) of plains here and ... "Before, there were only 7 thousand head of cattle on 47 thousands hectares (116 thousand acres). In other words, ... -
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 ... -
Steel Worker’s Strike Shuts down Venezuela’s Largest Steel Plant
February 2, 2008 ... which the company said it would review. However, after 9 hours of discussions, Sidor management suspended negotiations ... -
Venezuelan Steel Workers End Strike
October 23, 2008 ... and protests that they had maintained for more than 90 hours, after the Venezuelan vice president Ramon Carrizalez ... -
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 ...