Tag: Hugo Chávez

• 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.

• Saturday, September 18th 2010 - 09:35 UTC

  Bolivarian governments preach Socialism but have serious democratic deficiencies

  

  Bolivarian governments preach Socialism and work for the dispossessed but also have serious shortcomings since they ignore basic democratic standards in freedom of the press, human rights, and citizenry participation according to Norbert Neuser, member of the European Parliament.

• Thursday, September 16th 2010 - 05:04 UTC

  Chavez party has “slight lead” legislative election polls, but 37% are undecided

  

  Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez party has a “slight lead” for the coming legislative elections of September 26, but final results will depend on the undecided, which still represent 37% of the electorate, according to pollster Datanalisis.

• Friday, September 10th 2010 - 02:33 UTC

  Venezuela food prices drop in August ahead of crucial congressional election

  

  Venezuela reported the slowest monthly inflation of the year in August after the government moved to tackle sporadic food shortages by importing more goods ahead of the September 26 congressional elections.

• Monday, August 30th 2010 - 07:10 UTC

  Venezuela, only Latin American economy (together with Haiti) to contract in 2010

  

  Venezuela's economy shrank 3.5% during the first half of 2010 compared to the same period a year earlier, the Central Bank said in a report that revealed a deep recession in the oil rich country ahead of September legislative elections.

• Wednesday, August 18th 2010 - 19:01 UTC

  Printed media also victim of Venezuelan rampant crime

  

  A judge in Venezuela has ruled that all printed news media cannot publish “violent, bloody or grotesque” photographs for the next 30 days because the pictures can cause psychological and moral harm to children.

• Monday, August 16th 2010 - 04:08 UTC

  One of Chavez ideologist mentors but disenchanted with the revolution, dies

  

  The retired general and ex-leader of the governing United Socialist Party of Venezuela, or PSUV, has died, state-run media reported. He was 75.

• Friday, August 13th 2010 - 07:03 UTC

  Unasur, Argentina, Venezuela condemn car-bomb “terrorist action” in Colombia

  

  The Union of South American Nations, Unasur, Argentina and Venezuela were among several to condemn the car bomb attack perpetrated Thursday morning in the Colombian capital, Bogotá that left at least nine people injured and which President Juan Manuel Santos described as a “terrorist action”.