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Venezuela reburies a hero and raises a controversy

Source: The Age, Nov 22 2012, 5:29am CST

The Liberator's visage appears on many billboards. Photo: Reuters MORE than 180 years after his death, the South American independence hero Simon Bolivar will be given an ostentatious and controversial new resting pla ...

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12 hours ago

Aftermath in Venezuela

Source: EssayClub.com  |   May 25 2013, 1:36am CDT

Jesus Hernandez Strayer University SOC 300: Sociology May 5th, 2013 Sociology Venezuela has been on the merge of demise for many years. If we look closely they have been battling to save the country from outside reform. Unlike Cuba, Venezuela was fortu ...

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17 hours ago

Workers in Venezuela’s Nationalised Hotels Demand Respect for Labour Rights

Source: Venezuela Analysis  |   May 24 2013, 8:26pm CDT

Mérida, 24th May 2013 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – Workers in Venezuela’s nationalised Venetur hotel chain are demanding respect for their labour rights and pushing for a say in management decisions. Union representatives from several government-owned hotels ...

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26 weeks ago


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"It is an ugly monstrosity, a waste of money, and a monument to Chavez, not to Bolivar, who needs no further glory"


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21 hours ago

Venezuela to Investigate Controversial Recording

Source: Wall Street Journal  |   May 24 2013, 4:08pm CDT

By Ezequiel Minaya CARACAS—Venezuelan authorities will open an investigation into an audio recording that opposition lawmakers said portrays an influential member of the ruling party accusing the head of the national parliament of cor ...

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23 hours ago

Venezuela to create new workers militia

Source: FindLaw: AP News  |   May 24 2013, 2:25pm CDT

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's president has ordered the creation of a new workers' militia to defend the country's "Bolivarian revolution" at a time when the government faces economic problems and po ...

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23 hours ago

Venezuela's Capriles May Have Lost The Election Battle, But He Won The (Twitter) War

Source: Fox News Latino  |   May 24 2013, 1:59pm CDT

A prolific tweeter, Henrique Capriles has well over 3.3 million followers on the social media site, dwarfing second place Argentinean President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner who has just over 2 million. Capriles’ rival in the election, Venezuelan Pr ...

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1 day ago

Venezuela to create new workers militia

Source: FOX News  |   May 24 2013, 11:57am CDT

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro arrives to attend President Rafael Correa's swearing-in ceremony in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, May 24, 2013. Correa is starting a third term as president. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)The Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela ...

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1 day ago

Toilet Paper Shortage in Venezuela Causes Outrage and Talk of Government Conspiracy

Source: EUR This N That  |   May 24 2013, 11:44am CDT

Venezuela regularly faces shortages of basic necessities like toilet paper. Charmin, Cottonelle, White Cloud, and Scott all have one thing in common, they wipe up the floor with the rest of their competitors when it comes to necessities in the grocer ...

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Rosneft, PDVSA to work together in Venezuela

Source: United Press International  |   May 24 2013, 7:18am CDT

CARACAS, Venezuela, May 24 (UPI) -- State energy company Petroleos de Venezuela and Russian energy company Rosneft signed an agreement for a joint venture for Venezuelan operations. Venezuelan Oil Minister Rafael Rami ...

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1 day ago

The Technicolor Revolution: 'Comandante: Hugo Chávez's Venezuela' (Review)

Source: PopMatters  |   May 24 2013, 2:48am CDT

In 2007, Venezuela’s president Hugo Chávez had an idea: the whole country should set their clocks back by a half hour. His idea was that this would allow schoolchildren to wake up in daylight, not darkness. ...

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