Tag: Chavez re-election

• Tuesday, January 8th 2013 - 00:21 UTC

  Venezuelan Catholic Church calls for constitutional respect on inauguration day

  

  Venezuela’s Catholic Church issued a veiled warning to the government on Monday against overriding the constitution by delaying cancer-stricken Hugo Chavez's inauguration for a new term as president.

• Tuesday, October 16th 2012 - 13:44 UTC

  The message from the Venezuelan elections

  

  By Ambassador R. Viswanathan - The free, fair and peaceful Venezuelan elections on Sunday 7 October, with a clear and accepted outcome has restored the confidence of the world, which had some doubts about the vulnerabilities of Latin American democracies – especially after the constitutional overthrow of President Lugo of Paraguay in June this year and the unconstitutional removal of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya in 2009.

• Monday, October 8th 2012 - 05:44 UTC

  Chavez wins another six years; massive 81% turnout of registered voters

  

  President Hugo Chavez won re-election on Sunday, defeating challenger Henrique Capriles, Venezuela's electoral council said. With most votes counted, Chavez had more than 54% of the vote, and Capriles had 45%, National Electoral Council President Tibisay Lucena said. Turnout was 81% of the nearly 19 million registered voters.

• Friday, October 5th 2012 - 19:57 UTC

  Capriles claims Chavez ‘handed out’ 9 billion dollars to Mercosur allies

  

  Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles claims that the regime of President Hugo Chavez handed out nine billion dollars to Mercosur members (except for Brazil and Chile) as part of his plan to “export the Bolivarian revolution”.

• Tuesday, July 10th 2012 - 05:11 UTC

  Chavez declares he’s totally free of cancer “our offensive begins right now!”

  

  Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez said on Monday he was fully recovered from cancer, three months before an election in which he is seeking another six-year term. “Free, free, totally free,” he told reporters when asked if he was free of the disease that struck a year ago.

• Monday, July 2nd 2012 - 00:50 UTC

  Venezuelan presidential campaign takes off: Chavez leads massive rally

  

  President Hugo Chávez shook off his health problems to lead a massive rally on Sunday while opposition rival Henrique Capriles took to remote regions for the formal launch of Venezuela's presidential race.

• Wednesday, June 27th 2012 - 08:48 UTC

  Venezuela on the campaign trail: “President Chavez, only second to God”

  

  Political ads exalting Venezuela's populist President Hugo Chávez as second only to God have offended opponents and added further controversy to an already spicy presidential election campaign.

• Tuesday, June 19th 2012 - 23:06 UTC

  Chavez comfortably ahead of opposition candidate Capriles, show opinion polls

  

  Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has a 16-percentage-point lead over opposition candidate Henrique Capriles ahead of an election in October, a new opinion poll showed on Tuesday.

• Thursday, June 7th 2012 - 06:19 UTC

  Chavez will personally register his presidential candidacy Monday, says campaign chief

  

  Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez will personally go to register his candidacy for the October 7 election on Monday, officials said, brushing aside rumors he might be too unwell from cancer or considering a successor.Chavez, 57, is after re-election despite a year-long battle against an unspecified cancer.

• Thursday, February 23rd 2012 - 04:25 UTC

  Doubts about Chavez true health condition re-surface as he leaves for surgery in Cuba

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez imminent departure for more cancer surgery in Cuba has thrown his re-election campaign into uncertainty and once again shaken the populist leader's passionate supporters.