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Venezuela, Worker Control, and Self-management
July 19, 2010 ... assembly decided to extend the work stoppage from 48 hours to 80 hours. In this context there was violent repression against ... -
Another Boomerang Stuns the Venezuelan Bourgeoisie
May 21, 2010 ... to 115% of its GDP. Venezuela’s public debt fell from 47.5 percent of GDP in 2003 to 13.8 percent in 2008. In 2009, ... -
Venezuelan Tree Mission Launches Community-Led Reforestation Campaign
July 8, 2010 ... tree seedlings, the sowing of 2.8 million seeds from 47 plant species, and the construction of 12 nurseries with a ... -
Update on the Venezuelan Economy
September 6, 2010 ... was an important one for Venezuela. Poverty was reduced by 47 percent and extreme poverty by 70 percent. Real social ... -
Polls, Damned Polls and the Truth about Venezuela
September 10, 2010 ... economic expansion under Chavez “poverty was reduced by 47 percent and extreme poverty by 70 percent. Real social ... -
Venezuela Election, Victory or Setback for Chavez?
October 4, 2010 ... The Socialist Party led by Chávez gets about 48, and 47 and something to the opposition. Now, you know, after this ... -
Tens of Thousands of Students Rally in Support of Chavez in Venezuela
February 14, 2010 ... let the oligarchy destabilise Venezuela.” From the early hours of the morning thousands of students and young workers ... -
Venezuela Implements Nationwide Electricity Rationing Due to Energy Shortage
January 13, 2010 ... he told state television. The electricity cuts of four hours duration every other day will continue until May when ... -
Venezuela-based US activist Charlie Hardy to Speak in Oakland, California
EventNovember 3, 2010 ... power by his supporters, mostly barrio dwellers, within 48 hours. Although Chávez continues to be dogged by ... -
Venezuelan Government Forms Commission to Audit Private Health Care Providers
December 6, 2010 Venezuela’s Public Defender´s Office, Institute for the Defense of People’s Access to Goods and Services (INDEPABIS), and Superintendent of Insurance Activity initiated a joint commission this month to audit and oversee privately owned health care and insurance providers. -
ALBA Backs Struggle for Honduran Democracy on Anniversary of Coup
June 29, 2010 ... confirmed its backing of the statement. In the early hours of the morning of June 28 2009, Zelaya was arrested by ... -
Chávez’s Annual Address Includes Minimum Wage Hike, Maintenance of Social Spending in Venezuela
January 18, 2010 ... of a reality, a poorly executed plan... in no more than 24 hours we rectified it.” Rodriguez will be charged with ... outages, mandatory limits on consumption and operating hours in public and private institutions, public education ... -
Chavez Wants a Break from U.S. Meddling. Can You Blame Him?
September 21, 2010 Most people know that Iran, Russia and Venezuela all have vast oil reserves. And, they also know that Hugo Chavez, Vladimir Putin and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are on Washington's “enemies list.” So, why is it so hard for them to connect the dots? Can't they see that the media only demonizes the leaders that stand in the way of the corporate agenda? -
Ecuador, Venezuela: Danger South of the Border
October 27, 2010 ... – stopped the coup before the day was out. But those few hours highlighted, again, the deep dangers facing those ... treatment in a police hospital, but confined there for 12 hours until rescued – after a “fierce gun battle” ... Correa), a soldier and a student.[5] During these tense hours, there was a rebellion in sections of the armed forces ... -
IACHR Rehashes Debunked Claims about Venezuela
May 6, 2010 ... 1,923 blanket presidential broadcasts, equivalent to 1,252 hours and 41 minutes, or in other words 52 days of ... amounts to 1.4% of the private media’s programming hours, and 8.5% if one assumes 4 peak hours per day when most TV is watched. Considering the ...