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The 47-Hour Coup That Changed Everything
April 14, 2012 ... Ortega said that the strike would at first be set for 24 hours, but could be extended for 48 hours or turned into an ... jamming support to the Venezuelan military,” [47] during the coup. Furthermore, “The National Security ... with international journalists in September 2003. [47] His report was available online shortly after the coup, ... -
Run Oligarchy, Run
December 3, 2012 ... the government supermarket Mercal, have to “wait several hours in the sun and rain, uncovered, and on their arms they ... the people of the community? In October’s elections, 74.47 percent of the population of El Cartanal voted for Chavez. ... -
A Roundup of Media Coverage Surrounding the Venezuelan Election
October 26, 2012 ... marathon runner and a workaholic who sleeps just four hours a night’, and whose ‘single’ status ‘only adds ... of governing themselves and managing their own affairs. 47 ) Chávez experienced a ‘surprisingly comfortable ... big tests’, The Economist: The World in 2012. 47. A regional example of this is the United States’ ... -
Venezuelan Think Tank Panelist Condemns 100 Percent of Venezuelans
October 23, 2012 ... Mitt Romney, whose infamous comments about the 47% of the United States “who believe that they are ... proposition. Unlike Romney’s remarks disparaging the 47%, which were made in private to a coterie of wealthy ... -
Two Venezuelan Election Experiences
October 9, 2012 ... week). As we sat in traffic, the minutes stretching into hours, our taxista comrade’s triumphalism took the form ... supporters gather in the hot sun and wait more than two hours for the Comandante to show his face, with cheers ... and beer is flowing freely and many haven’t slept for 36 hours already. Amid the pounding reggaeton and the din of ... -
Chapter by Chapter Summary of Venezuela’s New Labour Law
May 9, 2012 ... (article 44). After defining outsourced labour in article 47 as “fraud committed by employers in order to distort, ... should be paid at at least 30% extra. “Extraordinary” hours will be paid at a rate of at least 50% extra. A worker ... one hour per day, and workers can’t work more than 5 hours continuously. During such rest times, they have the ... -
Chavez's Dream Grows in Socialist Venezuelan city
March 13, 2012 ... things will become difficult here," said Carlos Silva, a 47-year-old baker whose voice became anguished and eyes ... -
Independent and Community Media Collectives Prepare for Venzuelan Elections
October 7, 2012 There is a line running out the door of LaraTVeC, with a microphone attached, so that people can be interviewed throughout the day as they exit the election booth. Over the past few weeks, participants of Lara TveC have been preparing for 24 hour coverage of the elections on Sunday... -
Rather’s False Reporting on Venezuela & President Hugo Chavez
June 1, 2012 ... broadcast live on television that lasted more than four hours. The Venezuelan head of state appeared energized, ... appearing on television in public events for hours – sometimes even eight hours – and participating in three to four activities ... -
One Month before Venezuela’s Presidential Election Polls Show Huge Leads for Chávez
September 18, 2012 ... 46% 48% 6% -2% 0.1 Datanalisis 20-Aug July 16- Aug 9 1,288 47% 34% 19% 13% 15.3 CMIDE 50.1 20-Aug 6-14 august 1300 59% ... 56% 29% 15% 27% N/A Varianzas 04-Aug 2-15 August 2000 49% 47% 4% 2% 4.3 Average 51% 35% 14% 16% 2) Where a ... -
Venezuela’s New Labour Law: Promoting Mutual Parental Responsibility
April 30, 2012 ... breakfast are part of his daily routine. He spends eight hours with his friends and colleagues in the bank where he ... “running” to university, where he spends almost four hours more. At the end of the day he sets off for home again ... birth of a child, the reduction of the working week by two hours, and the right for fathers [and mothers] to be absent ... -
The Sham that was the Opposition Primaries
February 15, 2012 ... The MUD used 7,691 voting machines, from 8am to 5pm (9 hours). Assuming that voters were voting all day, without ... same complaints. The TSJ ruled that the opposition had 24 hours to hand over the voting books, a ruling the opposition ... electoral regulations also stated) that it would wait 48 hours after the results to burn the voting material, after ... -
Venezuela’s Presidential Elections: An Imperfect-Victory
October 8, 2012 ... candidates, with third place going to Reina Sequera with 0.47% of the vote. The election then was about Chavez, and the ... -
Investing in Democracy: Elections in Venezuela
October 12, 2012 ... for the announcement of the election results within a few hours of the closing of the more than 38,000 polling stations ... -
"Misiones" on a Mission
September 24, 2012 British activist and journalist, Jody McIntyre, shares his impressions of a mass march held in favour of the government's social missions last Saturday in Caracas.