Tag: Venezuela general elections

Wednesday, April 17th 2013 - 23:59 UTC
US holding back recognition of Maduro who said “we couldn’t care less”

The United States held back recognition of President-elect Nicolas Maduro and called on the Venezuelan government on Wednesday to respect the right of free assembly after violence at opposition protests over a disputed election.
Wednesday, April 17th 2013 - 23:55 UTC
Venezuelan Supreme Court bars any chance of a manual recount of votes

A manual recount of votes isn't possible in Venezuela, the head of the country's Supreme Court said Wednesday, suggesting there is no legal basis for the opposition's push for a ballot-by-ballot audit of the narrow presidential election results.
Wednesday, April 17th 2013 - 02:50 UTC
Capriles calls off protest rally after rioting left seven dead, and threats of more violence

Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles called off a march by his supporters in Caracas planned for Wednesday, saying that his rivals were plotting to “infiltrate” the rally to trigger violence. Violent clashes at opposition protests over Venezuela's disputed presidential election have killed seven people, officials said as both sides mobilized supporters nationwide for new demonstrations.
Monday, April 15th 2013 - 06:39 UTC
Capriles won’t accept presidential result until “every vote is recounted, one by one”

Denouncing election irregularities, Venezuelan opposition candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski demanded a recount and said early Monday that he will not recognize the country's presidential results ”until every vote is counted”. His comments came less than an hour after officials said the man former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez handpicked to be his successor had won the country's presidential vote.
Monday, April 15th 2013 - 06:07 UTC
Bad start for Maduro: Capriles showing debilitates him inside the Bolivarian nomenclature

Following five hours of a long recount process Venezuela’s National Electoral Council announced early Monday morning that acting president Nicolas Maduro is the new head of state, having defeated Henrique Capriles by less than a two percentage point difference.
Friday, April 12th 2013 - 06:54 UTC
Maduro pledges he will be elected president and later ‘president’ of Mercosur

In his closing massive campaign rally in Caracas, Thursday evening incumbent candidate Nicolas Maduro pledged that next Sunday he will win the Venezuelan presidential election and later will take over the presidency of Mercosur.
Thursday, April 11th 2013 - 18:25 UTC
Maradona joins the Venezuelan campaign in support of Chavism and Maduro

Venezuelan incumbent presidential candidate Nicolas Maduro’s closing campaign rally will have a special guest on Thursday with football legend Argentine Diego Maradona giving a celebrity boost to the colourful presidential elections that will test Hugo Chavez’s populist legacy.
Wednesday, April 10th 2013 - 22:21 UTC
Opposition candidate claims Argentina owes Venezuela 13billion dollars in oil contracts

The opposition candidate in Venezuela’s next Sunday’s presidential again pounded on his country’s foreign policy and claimed that Argentina has a pending debt of 13 billion dollars arising from oil contracts.
Monday, April 8th 2013 - 04:51 UTC
Capriles massive rally in Caracas but still trailing Maduro will less than a week

With less than a week for 14 April, hundreds of thousands of supporters on Sunday crammed Caracas' streets in what Venezuelan opposition presidential hopeful Henrique Capriles, trailing in the polls, called a fast-changing tide.
Thursday, March 21st 2013 - 06:36 UTC
Capriles says that with the devaluations Maduro is destroying the 14 years of Chavez achievement

Venezuelan opposition candidate Henrique Capriles claimed that acting president Nicolas Maduro with his latest decision approving a new devaluation of the local currency Bolivar is destroying the country, and he is achieving it in the hundred days he has been running the government.