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Venezuela's Way Ahead
January 8, 2008 ... officers, Venezuelan professors can retire at the age of 47 and receive generous pensions for the rest of their lives. ... academic career - which should not end at the age of 47 - is the key to making Venezuelan science more productive. ... -
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 ... -
Venezuela To Control at Least 60% of Nationalized Cement Companies
April 9, 2008 ... its Venezuela branch indicate that exports were reduced by 47% in 2006 and 51% in 2007 “in order to attend to the ... -
Chavez Accepts Responsibility for Blackouts in Venezuela
September 8, 2008 Following nationwide blackouts, the Venezuelan government acknowledged its responsibility and outlined a plan to fix the ongoing problem. -
Venezuela Concludes Price Negotiations for Cement Nationalizations
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. -
ALBA: Creating a Regional Alternative to Neo-liberalism?
February 13, 2008 ... aimed at providing housing and education to the country's 47,000 street children. 5 Under ALBA, Venezuela supplies oil ... -
Venezuela to Expropriate Steelmaker if Indemnity Not Resolved
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. -
Venezuelan Labor Day Rally Attracts Hundreds of Thousands, Wages Raised by 30%
May 2, 2008 ... argued for the reduction of the work day from 8 to 6 hours, initially proposed in President Chavez’s ... -
Venezuelan Legislature Debates New Law to Nationalize Gasoline Distribution
August 29, 2008 ... that they have bathrooms and function during night hours, in order to guarantee good public service for our ... -
Venezuela Launches its First Satellite
October 30, 2008 ... of trying to thwart the project, explaining that a few hours ago they had requested the Chinese government suspend ... -
The Booming Venezuelan Economy, and how it affects Monte Carmelo
April 9, 2008 ... (it’s comfortable during the cool evening and nighttime hours, but baking hot between 10 and 3 in the daytime when ... -
Capitalist vs. Socialist State Intervention of the Economy
October 1, 2008 ... from the money of taxpayers, earned by their long working hours, declining wages, and worsening labor conditions- ...