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June 22, 2006 ... of the oligarchy fled from the presidential palace. After 47 hours in captivity, Chavez was back in charge. These ...

December 5, 2006 ... I couldn’t imagine why anyone would want to show up 4 hours before polling stations even opened, I hadn’t taken ... polling stations. Starting around 3pm I spent about two hours winding my way through the hills, turning around at ...

June 19, 2006 ... is contagious. “We want to begin with emergency- 24 hours service, surgery, traumatology, general medicine and ... associated workers in the Cooperative Central work long hours.  Manuel Daza, one of the more dedicated organizers ... stated recently that he probably works “about 80 hours a week.” “I know it’s crazy, but it’s worth ...

June 17, 2006 ... it gave police the power to detain domestic abusers for 72 hours, to give the victim (usually the wife or children) time ...

February 13, 2006 In Caracas, inevitably, the 2006 World Social Forum came under the influence of the presidential regime of Hugo Chávez, which led to a more fervent and more strategically-oriented brand of political language than usual in the space of the Forum. It must be recognized, however, that the "radical pole" taking shape around Chávez and the new Bolivian president Evo Morales is not a marginal phenomenon. Yet by no means did the Forum in Caracas cease to be a very pluralistic space of interaction.

July 29, 2006 ... west Caracas were almost all self-built. Zaida works seven hours a day, five days a week, and is paid $117 a month, the ...