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People's Power in Venezuela
January 14, 2008 ... Hernández. "But in fact the community councils did it for 47 million and had lots left over for fixing roads. "In ... -
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’s Labor Movement at the Crossroads
April 29, 2008 ... only slightly above 20% of the formal work force, while 47% of workers are in the so-called informal sector, ... -
More Than 100 Latin America Experts Question Human Rights Watch's Venezuela Report
December 17, 2008 ... ordered its 62 stations to show the film during prime-time hours just two weeks before the election. Nineteen Democratic ... General Brigadier y Doctor en Administración Pública 47. Marco A. Gandásegui, (h) Professor, University of Panama ... -
Venezuelan President’s Amnesty for Coup Participants is Praised and Criticised
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. -
Chavez Inaugurates Founding Congress of New Socialist Party of Venezuela
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. -
Chavez Supporters and Opposition Commemorate Overthrow of Venezuela’s Last Dictatorship
January 23, 2008 ... the beginning of the end of the regime. In the early hours of January 23, Pérez Jiménez fled to the Dominican ... -
Colombia Assassinates Raul Reyes of FARC
March 2, 2008 ... a satellite phone call from the guerrilla chief, in recent hours that made it possible to find his exact location." Raul ... -
More than Fifty Arrested in Steel Worker Strike Clashes
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. -
OAS Rejects Colombia’s Military Incursion into Ecuador
March 18, 2008 ... March 18, 2008 (venezuelanalysis.com) - After fourteen hours of tense debate, the meeting of Foreign Ministers of ... -
Bias exists against Latin America
LetterApril 1, 2008 ... mass demonstrations Chavez was returned to power within 48 hours. The bourgeoisie then tried shutting down the economy, ... -
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 ... -
Collective Contract and Nationalization Finalized at Venezuela’s Steel Plant
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. -
¡Hugo! The Hugo Chavez Story from Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution
June 5, 2008 ... he gained unusual access to his subject, spending hours interviewing him in planes, cars and the presidential ...