Tag: Hugo Chávez

• Tuesday, November 23rd 2010 - 03:22 UTC

  Chavez announces 2012 re-election bid and warns on the return of the ‘bourgeois’

  

  Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez announced he would again run for office in 2012 underlining that “there’s no turning back” from the current “Bolivarian revolution” process which he has been leading for the last twelve years.

• Monday, November 8th 2010 - 16:29 UTC

  Venezuelan military would “not accept” an elected opposition government

  

  A top Venezuelan military commander said that the National Bolivarian Armed Force is committed to President Hugo Chavez and his Socialist project, therefore if in the coming elections the opposition wins “it will not be accepted because they would sell the country”.

• Wednesday, November 3rd 2010 - 04:29 UTC

  Chavez/Santos normalize trade and energy relations: “we need to work together”

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos agreed Tuesday to strengthen ties through energy projects as they sought to improve relations and leave behind recent bitter disputes.

• Monday, October 18th 2010 - 00:35 UTC

  Russia agrees to build 500MW nuclear power station in Venezuela

  

  President Hugo Chávez announced a deal for Russia to build a nuclear power station in Venezuela and establishing a bi-national bank.

• Wednesday, October 6th 2010 - 05:13 UTC

  Chavez rejects claims Spanish ETA terrorists were trained in Venezuela

  

  Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez dismissed claims from Spain that two members of Basque separatist group ETA were trained in Venezuela as part of an international campaign to besmirch his government.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2010 - 21:08 UTC

  Sunday’s results change Chavez prospects for the 2012 presidential election

  

  President Hugo Chavez Venezuelan United Socialist Party, PSUV finally obtained 98 seats in last Sunday’s legislative election while the opposition managed 65, according to the primary proclamations based on official data from the country’s different regions.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2010 - 20:55 UTC

  Fidel: great victory for Chavez; the ‘empire’ is after Venezuela’s oil

  

  The leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro described last Sunday’s legislative elections in Venezuela as a clear victory for the Bolivarian Revolution and its leader, Hugo Chavez.

• Monday, September 27th 2010 - 14:48 UTC

  Chavez looses two thirds majority in Congress, but remains leading figure

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez suffered a serious setback last Sunday when he lost his two-thirds majority in the National Assembly reflecting increasing disenchantment with the charismatic leader and his administration’s failures and pose a great challenge for his 2012 re-election aspirations.

• Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 04:10 UTC

  Venezuelan opposition calls on the electorate to vote “without fear” next Sunday

  

  The Venezuelan opposition has called the electorate to vote “without fear” on next Sunday's elections, where some 17.7 million voters are eligible to cast their ballots to renew the 165 seats in the National Assembly.

• Tuesday, September 21st 2010 - 05:45 UTC

  Chavez calls followers “to battle’ for two thirds control of the Assembly

  

  Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez called on his followers to see next Sunday’s legislative election as a “battle” that needs to ensure the government’s majority in the National Assembly.
  “We’re soldiers in battle…this is the final offensive”, said the Venezuelan leader.