Economic Growth, Expansion of Welfare State Likely to Continue for Many Years Hugo Chávez’ re-election to another 6-year term shows that Venezuela, like the rest of South America, prefers governments of the left that have […]
A few days before the elections, a friend from the states wrote me: “Hi Lisa, all the main stream media down here has Chavez losing and ready to die. Can you give me a more […]
Hugo Chavez has won the Venezuelan presidential election with 54.42% of the vote against 44.97% for opposition candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski. A spontaneous street party immediately kicked off in the centre of the Andean city of Merida, and a massive crowd of Chavez supporters began celebrating in front of the presidential palace, Miraflores, in Caracas.
Source: Guatemala Human Rights Commission The Independent Media Center published on its Facebook page last night the statement of Civil Society regarding the homicidal repression carried out by the government of Otto Peréz Molina in Cuatro […]
La Paz – Protests between rival mining groups have been growing in power and intensity over the past three weeks. As the conflict continues to swell, blockades have gone up across Bolivia, virtually crippling transport in and out of La Paz.
Venezuelan elections are administered by the Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE) in accordance with the 1999 constitution. The system is electronic, standardized throughout the country and perhaps the most modern and secure in the world. “As a matter of fact, of the 92 elections that we’ve monitored, I would say the election process in Venezuela is the best in the world,” former President Jimmy Carter said last month at The Carter Center.
Source: The Guardian Unlimited Venezuela is about to hold impeccably free and fair elections. Yet the US treats it as a dictatorship. On 30 May, Dan Rather, one of America’s best-known journalists, announced that Venezuelan […]
Source: The Guardian Unlimited Far from being incompatible opposites, Venezuela and Brazil have established the most solid strategic alliance in the region. For most analysts, the political regimes of Venezuela and Brazil are very different. […]
In a controversial move seen by many as proof that Monsanto meddled in Paraguay’s domestic affairs, the Franco government has approved the cultivation of genetically modified corn and cotton.
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