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3 Jun 2004, 9:44 am
Opponents of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez obtained enough signatures to hold a referendum on whether Chavez should finish his term, which will expire in 2006. [read post]
28 May 2004, 4:45 pm
Venezuelans went to polling stations today to confirm or withdraw their votes cast last December to hold a recall election before President Hugo Chavez's term expires in 2006. [read post]
29 Aug 2005, 3:09 am
[JURIST] Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez [BBC profile] announced Sunday that his nation would take legal action against Christian evangelist Pat Robertson [personal website] and could seek his extradition to Venezuela, after Robertson suggested his assassination [AP report] last week. [read post]
17 Aug 2004, 5:55 am
The New York Times reports that despite the apparent overwhelming retention of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Sunday's recall referendum, a committed opposition group continues its cries of election fraud and refuses to accept the results, which show Chavez as receiving 58 percent of the 8.5 million votes. [read post]
17 Jun 2004, 3:35 pm
A new law increasing the size of Venezuela's Supreme Court (in Spanish) and making the confirmation of justices easier could allow President Hugo Chavez to prevail in an August recall referendum, according to Human Rights Watch. [read post]
22 Apr 2009, 4:16 am
OBAMA GETS ONE RIGHT: Hugo Chavez may have gotten a grinning handshake from President Obama in Trinidad. [read post]
10 Mar 2013, 5:49 am
Read on here.With the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez this week, the Washington Post has a review of journalist Rory Carroll's Comandante: Hugo Chavez's Venezuela (Penguin), which "traces Chavez'z single-minded rise to power, from a humble boyhood in the dusty town of Barinas through a meteoric trajectory in the army and, eventually, to his 1992 military coup attempt that landed him in prison and made in a national hero." [read post]
20 Jul 2009, 9:58 pm
Noonan -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (at right) made headlines last month, and caused not a small amount of consternation, with the pronouncement that his government would act to prevent foreign (read: Western or U.S.) drug companies from enforcing patents to maintain high drug prices in his country. [read post]
7 Feb 2008, 7:36 pm
BAD NEWS FOR HUGO CHAVEZ: "Exxon Mobil Corp has moved to freeze up to $12 billion in Venezuelan assets around the world as the U.S. company fights for payment in return for the state's takeover of a huge oil project last year. [read post]
26 Dec 2006, 5:46 am
AP reports: A major voting machine company owned by Venezuelan investors said Friday it plans to sell its U.S. subsidiary, ending a federal investigation into alleged ties between the company and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. [read post]
20 Mar 2008, 6:17 am
From the San Francisco Chronicle, the latest from the most prominent US supporter of Hugo Chavez: "I almost wish Jerry Falwell were alive to see this. [read post]
21 Feb 2017, 7:07 pm
Over the last two decades, the now-deceased Hugo Chavez and his handpicked successor, President Nicolas Maduro, have wreaked havoc in Venezuela. [read post]
19 Nov 2004, 9:40 am
[JURIST] The Venezuelan government is investigating a car bomb that exploded in a suburb of Caracas, killing the driver, believed to be a senior government prosecutor who was investigating opposition groups allegedly involved in a 2002 coup against President Hugo Chavez. [read post]
24 Oct 2007, 6:37 am
[JURIST] Thousands of Venezuelan students on Tuesday protested the proposed constitutional reforms [JURIST report] advanced by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] which are currently under consideration in the Venezuelan National Assembly [official website, in Spanish]. [read post]
4 Jul 2007, 12:57 pm
WIRED: Did the National Press Club cave to Hugo Chavez? [read post]
24 Nov 2007, 9:12 pm
From AP: President Hugo Chavez warned his supporters on Friday that anyone voting against his proposed constitutional changes would be a "traitor," rallying his political base before a referendum that would let him... [read post]
14 Sep 2007, 7:49 am
What do you think the chances are that this ultimately traces back to Hugo Chavez? [read post]
4 Sep 2010, 2:21 pm
UPDATE: At least they’re not talking about rationing groceries like Hugo Chavez. [read post]
8 Jun 2004, 1:47 pm
The Venezuelan elections council has announced that there will be a recall referendum on Hugo Chavez's presidency. [read post]
28 May 2007, 10:11 am
Radio Caracas Television, a privately owned Venezuelan television station known for its opposition to President Hugo Chavez went off the air late Saturday evening and was replaced by government-owned TVES. [read post]
