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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 ... -
Diary of a Venezuelan Presidential Election: December 3rd 2006
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 ... -
Venezuelan Politics Touch Sixth World Social Forum Youth Camp
January 30, 2006 In both the problems and successes in the sixth World Social Forum Youth Camp, campers got a taste of the Venezuelan cultural and political reality. -
A Night at the WSF: Speeches as Spectacle in Chavez’s Venezuela
January 31, 2006 ... People came anyway. Thousands of people. They queued for hours. Inside, the atmosphere was like the build up to a ... started, they were singing, chanting, and dancing for hours. The large group of Cubans did too. They looked like a ... -
Voices of Lebanese Refugees in Venezuela’s Embassy
August 17, 2006 The small office of Venezuela's embassy in Syria was going to move to a larger space. But on the day scheduled for the move, the bombings began in neighboring Lebanon, and the new diplomatic headquarters of Venezuela in Syria had the dignity of opening its doors for the first time, as a shelter to give life to those who arrived, fleeing from Israel’s bombs. -
Chavez Inaugurates Blitzkrieg of Projects Just in Time for Election
November 29, 2006 ... its regular schedule. Until then, it will be open four hours a day and will have a capacity of 6,000 passengers per ... -
Letter From Venezuela: The Land of Chavismo
November 17, 2006 ... and largely funded through oil sales, which account for 47 percent of government revenue and 80 percent of exports -- ... -
Is There a "Black Vote" in Venezuela?
December 4, 2006 Sunday's election is about much more than the white elite versus the dark-skinned masses. -
Contradictions and Division on Election Eve
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 ... -
A Fair and Square Vote in Venezuela
December 6, 2006 ... front of the line. There was genuine excitement. Despite hours of waiting, people seemed content to wait as long as ... -
Venezuela’s Súmate Primaries: Fowl Cries for Democracy
May 3, 2006 Changing the voting system is critical to the ability of a candidate to stand a chance against the immensely popular Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. But Súmate led primaries will serve only to further discredit an already well discredited opposition. -
Me, Hugo and George
July 17, 2006 ... is an effective orator who can lecture on any topic for hours(believe me!). He is smart, personable, has a great ... -
Venezuela's Election Provides Opportunity for Washington to Change Course
December 8, 2006 ... with Iran and Syria. Here is a democracy just a few hours flight from Miami, which has never done anything to ... -
Chávez Consolidates Power
December 31, 2006 ... SENIAT has closed down scores of companies for 24 and 48 hours, including General Motors, McDonalds, and Eastman Kodak ...
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