Tag: Hugo Chávez

Monday, June 20th 2016 - 05:22 UTC
Peruvian First Lady charged with money laundering for electoral campaigns

Judge Richard Concepcion ordered Peru's first lady and the president of the ruling Nationalist Party, Nadine Heredia, not to leave the country in order to answer charges of suspected money laundering in the electoral campaigns of 2006 and 2011.
Friday, April 29th 2016 - 07:10 UTC
“The maker of presidents” (including Lula, Dilma and Chavez) formally charged with corruption

Brazilian prosecutors charged political strategist Joao Santana, the architect of President Dilma Rousseff’s 2010 and 2014 election victories, and 16 others with corruption on Thursday as part of a massive graft investigation.
Saturday, March 19th 2016 - 05:31 UTC
Evita Peron's 1951 Cadillac official limousine to be auctioned in England

A 1951 Cadillac which was Argentina's charismatic leader Evita Peron official limousine will be auctioned on Sunday 20 March by Bonhams at Chichester, southern England. The going price for the black classic, which was also used by Evita´s husband, three times Argentine president Juan Domingo Peron, is estimated at between 120.000 and 150.000 Euros.
Friday, January 8th 2016 - 11:32 UTC
Chavez images and cult, new arena of dispute between Maduro and opposition

Venezuela's government upped the ante Thursday against the new opposition-led Congress with a protest against the removal of images of venerated late populist leader Hugo Chavez and a legal appeal against the swearing-in of three legislators.
Tuesday, June 23rd 2015 - 05:44 UTC
Venezuela's legislative election announced for 6 December, a Chavista remembrance date

Venezuela's parliamentary election will be held on December 6, authorities announced on Monday, ending lengthy speculation over the date for a vote that surveys showed was likely to punish the ruling socialists.
Friday, January 30th 2015 - 08:25 UTC
Chavez died December 2012 and not March 2013, says former bodyguard

A former bodyguard of Venezuela’s Socialist Party heavyweight Diosdado Cabello Leamsy Salazar, who fled the country earlier this week and was reportedly collaborating with US authorities investigating allegations of Venezuelan officials' involvement in drugs, said late president Hugo Chavez did not die on 5 March 2013 but on 30 December 2012.
Friday, October 17th 2014 - 06:15 UTC
Venezuela celebrates Security Council seas as “a victory of Hugo Chavez”

Venezuela celebrated on Thursday as a great diplomatic success “and a victory of Hugo Chavez”, having been voted by the UN General Assembly to join the Security Council for two years as a non permanent member.
Friday, October 10th 2014 - 05:34 UTC
WB tribunal rules Venezuela must pay ExxonMobil 1.6bn dollars for 2007 nationalization

A World Bank arbitration tribunal has determined Venezuela must pay ExxonMobil Corp. around 1.6 billion dollars to compensate for a 2007 nationalization, the award posted on the ICSID website on Thursday showed.
Tuesday, October 7th 2014 - 06:16 UTC
Ambassador Castro criticizes 'holdouts' and thanks UK unions' support for Argentina

Argentine ambassador in the United Kingdom, Alicia Castro has fiercely criticized the conduct of holdout investors and thanked UK unions for their support in the dispute with 'vulture funds', during an address to the British umbrella trade union UNITE.
Saturday, September 13th 2014 - 05:13 UTC
Venezuela quietly working to ensure a seat at the UN Security Council

Venezuela’s populist government has quietly secured the backing of Latin America and the Caribbean to obtain a diplomatic trophy that long eluded the late Hugo Chavez: a seat on the United Nations Security Council.