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September 28, 2010 On September 26, Venezuelans again voted, the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign saying to elect members to the 165-seat National Assembly. It happens every five years, and it's the 16th national election or referendum since Chavez took office as president for first time on February 2, 1999.

June 4, 2018 ... had a very decent turnout, starting from the early morning hours. By contrast, voting centres in middle- and upper-class ...

May 30, 2007 People have been collectively tearing their hair out all over Latin America because of the Venezuelan government's decision not to renew the broadcasting licence of that country's most popular television station, RCTV. But they ignore the media situation in the rest of Latin America.

November 6, 2003 ... thing was very surreal and happened so fast...and yet the hours spent in the palace that night, before Chavez was taken ... soldiers aside and talk to them, sometimes spending hours with them.  He also uses a language which is familiar ...

March 31, 2004 ... offends, insults, deceives, lies, manipulates, etc., 24 hours a day, and we have learned to live with that. The ...

May 6, 2004 ... the short-lived reactionary dictatorship installed 48 hours earlier . As the Venezuelans say now, “Every 11th has ...

July 31, 2004 Some pollsters – after having long engaged in highly biased polling designed to demoralize the government’s supporters and to embolden the opposition – will issue less biased polls in a last-ditch effort to salvage their own credibility in the face of impending defeat.

August 14, 2004 ... their leader speak. And speak he did, for more than three hours. Chavez sang, recited poetry, lectured and spoke in ...

December 3, 2006 ... communist. On the other side of the city, less than 24 hours later, Chavez is the only person in the world that ...

December 6, 2006 ... front of the line. There was genuine excitement. Despite hours of waiting, people seemed content to wait as long as ...

September 5, 2007 ... and post-partum. The law would reduce the workday to six hours and would forbid employers to force their employees to ...

November 28, 2007 ... workers' workweek will be reduced from 40 to 36 hours a week (Monday to Friday noon) with no reduction in ...

June 6, 2008 Reports keep surfacing about new threats against Hugo Chavez. Given past ones, they can't be taken lightly. Chavez is alerted and reacts accordingly. Case in point: revamping Venezuela's decades old intelligence services. It's long overdue and urgently needed.

November 24, 2008 Observing the electoral process in Venezuela revealed a country that is losing the apathy that is common at such elections, and as many voters said, gaining a sense of responsibility to participate politically.

February 16, 2009 On February 15, Venezuelans voted on whether to let presidents, National Assembly representatives, governors, mayors, and state legislators run indefinitely for re-election after Chavez last December proposed a national referendum for constitutional change - so voters, not politicians could decide.