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Maduro Wins Venezuelan Presidential Election with 50.66 Percent of the Vote [updated]
April 15, 2013 ... not accept defeat. Capriles wrote on his Twitter account hours before the official results were released that the ... Maduro 35.867 51,94% Henrique Capriles 33.095 47,92% Anzoátegui Nicolás Maduro 382.599 47,31% Henrique Capriles 424.304 52,46% Apure Nicolás ... -
Venezuelan Report: Refinery Disaster Caused by Intentional Manipulation of Gas Pump Bolts
September 10, 2013 ... largest oil refinery, located in Falcon state, left 47 dead (1 PDVSA worker, 24 national guards, 11 national ... -
Vice-president Presents Venezuela’s Yearly Review, Some Opposition Walk Out
January 16, 2013 ... for seven minutes, where as last year Chavez talked for 9 hours and 47 minutes. In the past the opposition has criticised ... -
Voting Underway for Venezuela’s Presidential Elections
April 14, 2013 ... arriving at the polling stations as early as 3 a.m, three hours before voting commenced. As is traditional in ... periodic blasts from fireworks could be heard in the early hours as a way to awaken voters. President of the National ... there was little mobilization of voters in the early hours. In the city of Merida voter turnout also appeared to ... -
"Part of the Transition to Socialism": Venezuela's Labour Law Comes into Effect
May 10, 2013 ... came into effect this week, guaranteeing shorter working hours, longer maternity leave and pensions for all ... the world”, the Lottt reduces the working week from 44 hours to 40, and requires that employers provide two ... labour minister Maria Iglesias stated that the new working hours are part of the process towards a “just distribution ... -
Chavez Returns to Venezuela
February 18, 2013 ... president Hugo Chavez returned to Venezuela in the early hours of this morning after over two months in Cuba ... -
Venezuelan Government Evacuates Prison Following Deadly Inmate Clash
September 20, 2013 ... According to the Venezuelan Prison Observatory NGO, around 47,000 inmates are held in the country’s 34 jails, which ... -
First Students of Caracas Latin American Medical School Graduate, New University Announced
November 26, 2013 ... through the ELAM. The 18,000 students in total are part of 47,000 students currently studying medicine at public ... -
Venezuela to Pump US$900 million into Economy Through Auctions
October 14, 2013 ... this year state oil company PDVSA will have issued US $47.3 billion of foreign currency for distribution to the ... -
CITGO-Venezuela to Donate 600,000 Energy Saving Bulbs to Low-Income U.S. Families
September 1, 2013 ... energy consumption by more than 800 million kilowatt hours. The 2013 CITGO-Venezuela EELP is expected to help ... $29 million in energy costs, nearly 303 million kilowatt hours and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 466 ... CITGO branded stations provide thousands of volunteer hours and millions of dollars to help organizations in their ... -
Venezuelan Authorities Reject Predictions of Dollar Shortage
November 30, 2013 ... estimates it will have given the state a total of US $47.3 billion for distribution in the economy. “That is ... -
Maduro Strikes against Speculators, Proposes Profit Limits in Venezuela
November 11, 2013 ... at the official exchange rate being offered for sale at 47,000 bolivars. The current monthly minimum wage is 4,110 ... -
Venezuelan Government Meets with Private Industries to Combat Food Shortages
January 9, 2013 ... out 1,542 inspections, which resulted in 212 fines and 47 closures of premises, for violating rules. “Look at the ... -
Violence Erupts in Venezuela’s National Assembly
May 1, 2013 ... there would be violence because from the early morning hours opposition legislators were saying that if we didn’t ... media mogul Alberto Federico Ravell indicated via Twitter hours before the violence occurred that something was going ... -
Venezuelan Opposition Formally Requests Recount, Maduro Calls for “Street Parliaments”
April 17, 2013 ... and that the opposition team had met with the CNE for 2.5 hours, and expects a decision by the CNE within the next few hours. Capriles has not yet recognised Sunday’s election ... president of the Miranda parliament said Capriles has 24 hours to resume his role, or the parliament will declare his ...