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Venezuela's Chavez Wins Hearts Among the Poor
February 5, 2006 ... are known, say that for the first time in the country's 47-year shaky attempt at democracy, they have a president who ... tribe, from the area near the border with Colombia. After hours of stewing with indignation, the group devised a plan. ... -
U.S. Aid Stirs Venezuela's Suspicion
August 27, 2006 ... so vague as to raise concern among Chavistas, such as a $47,459 grant for a "democratic leadership campaign," $37,614 ... the recipients, saying some have been questioned for 12 hours at a time by the Venezuelan secret police. "It's simply ... -
Mr. Danger and the Socialism for the New Millennium
March 30, 2006 ... created unprecedented loss and misery in the region. [47] President Chávez is fulfilling his promises to his ... Launches Telesur , Venezuelanalysis.com, 25 July 2005 [47] Mark Weisbrot, The Failure of Hugo Bashing , ... -
Chavez's Oil Gift, Part II
September 20, 2006 While the oil companies rake in obscene profits by the hour from the high price of oil, Chavez, who is in town this week for the UN General Assembly, keeps devising new schemes to use Venezuela's oil bonanza to benefit the needy around the world. -
Hugo Chavez’s Achilles Heel: The Environment
October 9, 2006 In Maracaibo, Kozloff interviewed Jorge Hinestroza, a sociologist at the University of Zulia and former General Coordinator of the Federation of Zulia Ecologists. During the insightful hour long interview, Hinestroza illuminated many of the contradictions within the Chavez government’s environmental policy. -
Revolutionary Radio in Venezuela
June 22, 2006 ... of the oligarchy fled from the presidential palace. After 47 hours in captivity, Chavez was back in charge. These ... -
Loans to Grants: University Funding Plan for a New Venezuela
May 25, 2006 ... the 2006 academic year. The grants will be worth $38 to $47 million combined, up from about $28 million in loans and ... -
Venezuela Steers A New Course
January 11, 2006 ... often in a bright red shirt and jeans, he talks for hours at a time, breaks into song, hugs women, gives lectures ... rights. Yet the scene outside the Miraflores Palace a few hours after my visit to Sumate suggested that true ... woman with a black parasol who’d taken a bus three hours from her home in Carabobo state, told me, “Chávez is ... -
Venezuela’s Secret Grassroots Democracy
November 28, 2006 ... living in the apartment building blocks 45, 46, and 47 heard about the new communal councils, which communities ... Hector Haraque, describing the scene at blocks45, 46, & 47 on Election Day. “It lasted all day, till 1 in the ... communal council, just up the street from blocks45, 46 & 47, received the first part of their $150,000 credit this ... -
A Discourse of Third World Hope
May 23, 2006 ... be seen to be close to the newly arrived star. After two hours of non-stop oratory the President of Venezuela, ... the speaker. The atmosphere, even after more than three hours of solid speechifying was still electric, Chávez's ... dares to set aside sound-bites and addresses audiences for hours in a language which is not their own can arouse such ... -
Hugo Chávez Addresses Mass Rally Organised by Hands Off Venezuela
May 14, 2006 ... difficulties, the President was delayed for several hours and the rally finally began at 10 pm. Since many people ... of waving red flags and chanting, He spoke for about two hours, and his main theme was the need to fight against ... end to an emotional occasion. It was past midnight and for hours later groups of people were still standing in the ... -
Crackdown on Illegal Miners in Venezuela Draws Blood
October 2, 2006 ... Ministry. The road leading to the area was blocked for hours with burning tires and vehicles. The governor of the ... also cuts across the area, bringing up to 500 megawatt hours to northern Brazil. And in the future, if the project ... -
An Entertaining Evening With Hugo Chavez in New York
September 21, 2006 ... and the cultural sacredness of this plant After two hours listening to Chavez, I felt inspired but tired. As I ... -
Venezuela’s San Juan Festival: The Drums of Curiepe Ring On
June 29, 2006 ... know. Curiepe is a long way from Caracas. Only two hours by car, but the distance is not measured in miles, it ... -
Telesur: 'Another Television is Possible’
February 15, 2006 ... publicity brochure notes that “By providing 24 hours of programming transmitted via satellite from Caracas, ... Santo Domingo and Quito. “We are transmitting 24 hours a day and 60% of our program content is news. The news ... coverage. “The other problem is that of language and hours. It is difficult to create a TV network for the whole ...