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The Chávez Administration at 10 Years: The Economy and Social Indicators
Static PageOctober 9, 2009 ... The index has fallen to 41 in 2008, from 48.1 in 2003 and 47 in 1999. This represents a large reduction in inequality. ... quarter of 2008. On that basis, the economy has grown 47.4 percent, or 4.3 percent annually over 9.25 years. On a ... coup. The constitutional government was restored within 48 hours, but stability did not return, as the opposition ... -
The (unfortunate) Lies of Michael Moore (about Hugo Chávez)
BlogOctober 20, 2009 ... an invited guest. In fact, the real meeting lasted three hours, without tequila. Michael Moore prohibited cameras in ... avoid admitting before the US media that he met for three hours with the South American “dictator”. And he probably ... -
Los Angeles to Caracas: Examining Neo-liberal Policies Leading Toward Rebellion
October 2, 2009 ... the burning of busses due to the price increase. Within hours thousands of people were in the streets looting stores ... grew to become the epicenter of the riots, and within hours people had begun looting stores and pulling drivers ... to the ground. Dozens of stores were looted and there are hours and hours of television footage showing Korean ... -
United Socialist Party of Venezuela Wins PDVSA Union Elections
October 2, 2009 ... 7, won the elections with 54.27% of the vote. Just a few hours after voting closed, the electoral commission of FUTPV ... -
Venezuela and Ecuador Advance Bilateral Integration and Cooperation
October 8, 2009 In their sixth quarterly meeting on bilateral cooperation, President Rafael Correa of Ecuador and President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela signed accords to create binational fishing and mining companies, enhance joint efforts to prevent drug consumption and fight drug trafficking, and increase military cooperation. -
New Venezuelan Electricity Ministry to Increase Production, Lower Consumption
October 23, 2009 To increase national production and reduce national consumption of electricity, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez created a new Ministry for Electricity and ordered a team of ministers to organize a national educational campaign to save energy. -
Letter from Venezuela
October 9, 2009 ... presidential palace, where thousands would wait several hours to hear their leader. The response is testimony to ... -
Venezuela's winning system for saving children through music
October 18, 2009 ... kids go to regular school every morning, then spend four hours of the afternoon at the nucleo, as each music centre is ... music takes place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. During those 24 hours a week, 3- and 4-year-olds learn the fundamentals of ... -
Venezuela, Honduras, Peru, Ecuador: “Small” Oversights and “Big” Lies
October 22, 2009 ... resignation and was on his way to Cuba. During the last hours of the putsch, this channel broadcast only cartoons and ... said that this president, who held power for scarcely 36 hours, earned the enduring nickname of “Pepe el breve” ... -
Chavez’s Lines: ¡¡Viva El Che!!
October 13, 2009 ... healthcare system. As I write today Saturday, in the early hours of the morning I receive fresh news about the evolution ... -
Venezuela: Revolution Stalled
October 6, 2009 ... a right wing coup removed Chavez from power. Yet within 48 hours he was back. The Venezuelan masses flooded into the ... -
Venezuelan Farmer Activists March Against Killings by Estate Owners
October 4, 2009 Thousands of farmer rights advocates marched in Guarico, Venezuela on Thursday to demand an end to impunity for the killings of 220 farmer organizers since the 2001 Land Reform Law was passed. -
Venezuela News Summary #90
October 17, 2009 Government Builds Genetics Research Center and Special Classrooms for Venezuela's Disabled | Venezuela Elected to UNESCO Executive Council | Venezuela Moves Up Four Positions in U.N. Human Development Ranking | Venezuela and U.K. Sign Anti-Drug Trafficking Agreement | Venezuela and Ecuador Advance Bilateral Cooperation | Venezuela Nationalizes Hilton Hotel | Urban Land Committees Demand Law Reform | Venezuela Grants Land to Indigenous Communities On Indigenous Resistance Day | Venezuelan Yukpa Indigenous Community Attacked | Venezuelan Poll: Chavez Enjoys High Approval Rating | Venezuelan Economic Measures Prioritize National Production | Venezuela Re-Stocks Subsidized Food Markets Amid Continued Inflation -
Coups, UNASUR, and the U.S.
October 2, 2009 ... wages for the majority while benefits decline and working hours increase. These processes conform well to the history ...