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September 11, 2008 ... Hugo Chavez ordered the U.S. ambassador to leave within 72 hours, in a show of support for Bolivian President Evo ...

March 25, 2008 ... for a collective contract. "The plant is now closed for 24 hours," the United Steel Industry Workers Union (SUTISS), ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

April 15, 2008 ... had taken place. However, the coup collapsed after only 47 hours when masses of poor Venezuelans came out onto the ...

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.

August 16, 2008 ... economy has followed a similar pattern. After sinking to 47% following the coup and the strike, it has steadily grown ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

February 2, 2008 ... which the company said it would review. However, after 9 hours of discussions, Sidor management suspended negotiations ...

October 23, 2008 ... and protests that they had maintained for more than 90 hours, after the Venezuelan vice president Ramon Carrizalez ...

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 ...