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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 ... -
Why There Are No Aussie Pavons: Political Youth Engagement in Australia and Venezuela
August 20, 2013 ... with thousands of other Venezuelans Pavon lined up for hours in the sweltering heat of Caracas to catch a glimpse of ... Pavon had left her home days earlier. After more than 20 hours in buses, she finally arrived in the capital, Caracas, ... from the Australia Institute unsurprisingly found that 47% of 17-25 year olds “believe no party best represents ... -
Student Activists Inspired by Venezuela’s Revolution
July 26, 2013 ... A journey that could have taken some people up to two hours has been cut to ten minutes. People’s lives are ... Arbol which “has invested $60 million and involved over 47,000 people from local communities to plant 43 million ... -
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 ... -
Attacks on Venezuela’s Worker Run Diana Industries Increase, Maduro Appoints New Manager
August 14, 2013 ... head offices and were questioned for at least seven hours. The reason given to workers was an “investigation ... some other Diana workers were also questioned for five hours by SEBIN Valencia, Trompiz reported. He said the SEBIN ... -
Venezuelan Government Continues Push for Dignified Housing
January 18, 2013 After reaching its construction goal for 2012, The Venezuelan government renewed its pledge to provide affordable and dignified housing for all citizens during a special meeting held last Friday between state governors and members of the Executive branch. -
So-Called ‘Civil Society’ in Post-Chávez Venezuela
April 5, 2013 ... the 2002 coup against Chávez (which was reversed after 48 hours) as a “ civil society coup ,” and rightly so. It ... -
Massive Rally in Venezuela to Support Absent Chavez on Inauguration Day
January 10, 2013 ... constitutional term of 2013-2019. From the early morning hours, tens of thousands of Chavez supporters congregated in ... -
In Revolution, the Disabled Have a Voice
May 5, 2013 The corridors are always packed in the Metropolitan Council of Popular Power for People with Disabilities, situated in a building just down the street from Plaza Diego Ibarra in Caracas. Wheelchairs come and go, sometimes squeezing to the side in order to let another person pass first... -
Venezuela's Petrol Price Debate
December 19, 2013 ... unnecessary, and worse, leaving cars and buses running for hours while they aren’t being used. Though an awareness ... -
Chavez: the Man and His Dream
March 21, 2013 ... at the UN podium where Bush Jr. had spoken only a few hours earlier: “ Azufre . It still smells like sulfur ...