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December 19, 2008 ... lengthy first debate that lasted into the night. After 12 hours of discussion, a “clear majority” agreed to have a ...

September 12, 2008 ... giving the U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela, Patrick Duddy, 72 hours to leave the country, in a move signaling solidarity ...

August 20, 2008 As the deadline for negotiations of indemnity for Venezuela’s nationalized cement industry passed Monday, the Venezuelan government announced that it had come to agreements with the French cement company Lafarge and Switzerland’s Holcim, but will unilaterally set the price for Mexico’s CEMEX.

January 3, 2008 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez granted amnesty on Monday to a number of opposition leaders connected to the shortlived military coup against his government in April 2002 and a two month oil industry shutdown which caused an estimated $10 billion dollars damage to the economy and ended in January 2003.

January 14, 2008 Over one year after he first proposed the formation of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez opened the founding congress of the new party on Saturday.

January 23, 2008 ... the beginning of the end of the regime. In the early hours of January 23, Pérez Jiménez fled to the Dominican ...

March 16, 2008 Unionists have rejected the actions of 120 functionaries of the National Guard and 60 police who attacked and broke up a protest of workers from the Argentine -controlled Ternium Sidor steel plant, who were blocking the principle avenue of Cuidad Guayana, early Friday.

March 18, 2008 ... March 18, 2008 (venezuelanalysis.com) - After fourteen hours of tense debate, the meeting of Foreign Ministers of ...

April 29, 2008 If a “just” price is not agreed upon this Tuesday for the nationalization of the Sidor steel plant, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez will sign a presidential decree expropriating the company, Chávez declared on his weekly Sunday talk show Aló Presidente.

May 2, 2008 ... argued for the reduction of the work day from 8 to 6 hours, initially proposed in President Chavez’s ...

May 14, 2008 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez signed a collective contract with workers at the Sidor steel plant yesterday, formalizing an agreement reached between workers and the government last week. Also, Chavez signed the law-decree for the nationalization of Sidor.

July 1, 2008 The President of Brazil, Lula, and Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez met in Caracas last Friday to discuss the progress of bilateral accords regarding the production and distribution of energy and food, MERCOSUR, educational exchange, border relations, and the nascent South American Defense Council.

July 25, 2008 Rounding off a diplomatic tour of Europe that began with Tuesday’s controversial visit in Russia, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez mended relations with the Spanish government, set up a bi-national commerce commission with Portugal, and eliminated visa requirements to facilitate bilateral accords with Belarus this week.

August 11, 2008 ... to be very close, 15,000 supporters marched for four hours from upper Merida to the CNE office. There were also ...

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.