Tutti i temi: Venezuela

14.03.2008 Daniel Wilkinson wades past the Caracas-Washington 'mudslinging' and invokes Venezuela's past experience with representative democracy -- "a disaster" -- to interpret the coexistence of Chávez's "authoritarian tendencies," enormous popularity, and "Bolivarian" movement.

06.03.2008 As diplomatic and military tensions between Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela rise, Forrest Hylton delves into the complex relationships between Colombian President Uribe and his political allies, the right-wing paramilitaries, Chávez, and the FARC.

19.12.2007 Gabriel Hetland explains that the recent referendum raises more questions than answers about Venezuelan public opinion and the future of President Hugo Chavez.

04.12.2007 Venezuelan presidentti Hugo Chávez tunnusti tappionsa perustuslain uudistamisesta järjestetyssä kansanäänestyksessä, mutta sanoi uudistusohjelmansa olevan edelleen elossa. Presidentin valtaa kasvattava ja sosiaalisia uudistuksia sisältävä esitys hävisi äänestyksessä niukasti.

13.11.2007 President Chavez of Venezuela faces the most serious threat since the 2002 military coup, with violent street demonstrations by privileged university students leading to major street battles in Caracas, says James Petras.

05.11.2007 "The [widespread] recognition that Washington's economic policies and institutions have failed miserably in Latin America" explains the continental leaders' decision to open a development "Bank of the South," says Mark Weisbrot.

01.11.2007 Venezuelan presidentin Hugo Chávezin ajama perustuslain muutos on saanut opiskelijat pääkaupungin Caracasin kaduille. Perustuslain uudistus lisäisi presidentin valtaa.

24.10.2007 Presidentti Hugo Chávezin vaatima ja Venezuelan parlamentin tässä kuussa käsittelemä perustuslain uudistus on taka-askel ihmisoikeuksille Venezuelassa, varoittavat ihmisoikeusjärjestöt ja Venezuelan oppositio.

16.10.2007 An examination of four local newspapers published from 2003-2007 has revealed that over 1,000 Venezuelans faced economic, political, and free speech intimidation based on their membership or participation in groups not aligned with the government.
From: El Universal

29.08.2007 Steve Ellner looks at the successes and failures of some of the key policies advanced by the pioneer of "21st century socialism," looking particularly at Hugo Chavez's state-endorsed workers cooperatives and his initiative to eliminate illiteracy.

21.08.2007 Following a deal between London Mayor Ken Livingstone and the Venezuelan oil company PetrÓleos de Venezuela Europa, a scheme was launched yesterday which will give half-priced bus travel to up to 250,000 low-income Londoners.
From: Mayor of London

30.05.2007 In what a leading rights group[ has called "a politically motivated decision," the Venezuela government has decided not to renew a license for the only commercial television station in the country that has remained strongly critical of the government.
From: Human Rights Watch

09.04.2007 La escasez de alimentos ha dejado a muchos venezolanos sin productos básicos como carne de res, pollo, leche y azúcar. Representantes de la industria alimentaria responsabilizan de ello al control de precios y a la elevada inflación, pero el presidente Hugo Chávez acusa a esos mismos grupos empresariales de acaparamiento y especulación.

04.04.2007 Sotilastaustainen presidentti Chávez on sanonut rakentavansa uuden kurinalaisuudessaan armeijaa muistuttavan vallankumouspuolueen. "Kasarmeilla kukaan ei pullikoi määräyksiä vastaan”, oppositiojohtaja Teodoro Petkoff varoittaa.

05.03.2007 Esta campaña internacional se inició en el 4to Foro Social Mundial por la Alianza Internacional de Habitantes, organización social que agrupa a movimientos de todo el mundo, y tiene como propósito erradicar los desalojos forzosos que amenazan a más de 700 millones de personas.

17.02.2007 El premio Nobel de Economía 2001, Joseph Stiglitz, dijo este viernes que la nacionalización de empresas anunciada por el presidente venezolano Hugo Chávez no debe generar temores, pues en muchos países -incluso Estados Unidos- hay empresas estatales que funcionan mejor que las privadas.

19.01.2007 El gobierno de Venezuela no es el presidente Hugo Chávez. El fenómeno “chavista” es realmente un movimiento amplio y popular que tiene el apoyo de millones de venezolanos y varias organizaciones de izquierda reunidos en el Movimiento V República (MVR).

04.01.2007 Vuosi sitten Joululahja lähetystyölle -keräys suunnattiin Venezuelaan ja Kolumbiaan. Santa Teresan kaupungin lapset Venezuelassa saivat oman kokoontumistilan. Vuoden 2005 Joululahja lähetystyölle -keräys tuotti 271 377 euroa. Osa varoista käytettiin talon ostoon. Rahaa tarvitaan myös itse toimintaan tulevien vuosien aikana.

22.12.2006 Hugo Chávez's resounding victory in well-monitored elections shows that the self-styled socialist has won over Venezuela's poor majority. But has he put the country on the slow road to autocracy? A pair of Latin America-based journalists get beyond the rhetoric to really examine Venezuela's politics and policies.

11.12.2006 En el Edificio Nacional, de la avenida Baralt, en Caracas, está puesto un mural en homenaje a Simón Bolívar y a Manuela Sáenz.