Tag: chavez

• Friday, May 4th 2018 - 08:49 UTC

  EU parliament demands Venezuela elections be 'immediate suspended'

  

  The European Parliament voted on Thursday for the immediate suspension of the presidential elections on May 20 in Venezuela, considering that they do not guarantee any credibility for their lack of transparency and inclusion. In this way, the body and the representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Policy, Federica Mogherini, call for the restructuring of an electoral agenda in which there are no outlawed candidates and the necessary electoral guarantees are fulfilled.

• Monday, January 29th 2018 - 18:29 UTC

  “Electoral charade”: Maduro clings to power at all costs

  

  On December 20 the National Constituent Assembly (ANC) - formed only by pro-government officials - decreed that political parties that did not participate for the last regional election a few months ago must be revalidated before the National Electoral Council (CNE), a rule that according to the the current constitution should be should be applied when absenting more than 3 times to the suffrages.

• Saturday, April 14th 2012 - 22:34 UTC

  Chavez cancels summit’s plan and flies to Cuba on a 90 day leave for treatment

  

  Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez will not attend this weekend's hemispheric summit in Colombia and will instead fly straight to Cuba to continue radiation treatment for cancer, his foreign minister said on Saturday.

• Saturday, April 14th 2012 - 22:26 UTC

  “Revolutionary Junta” to consolidate “Chavism”, forecasts US expert in Latam affairs

  

  Venezuelan military alarmed by the fast physical deterioration of President Hugo Chavez have worked out an emergency plan to be implemented, including the suspension of basic constitutional rights, at the slightest sign of political agitations, said the former US ambassador before the OAS, Roger Noriega.

• Tuesday, June 14th 2011 - 02:46 UTC

  Venezuelan president recovering in Cuba says he is in “full capacities”

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Monday he had his “full faculties” after an operation in Cuba and was still managing government affairs despite being ordered to rest for several days more.