October 15, 2009
By: Ascanio (Caracas, Venezuela)
The mayor of Caracas, Antonio Ledezma, has traveled to Spain to seek support for its management, after President Hugo Chávez took away powers and financial resources in what he describes as a “coup” against the institution he leads .
The SPD politician, who has become the emergent figure of the Venezuelan [...]
The chair of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Tibisay Lucena, Sunday announced that 54.36 percent of voters (6,003,594 people) endorsed President Hugo Chávez’s proposal to amend the Constitution in order to establish endless reelection of all elected officials, while 45.63 percent of Venezuelans (5,040,082 people) rejected the amendment.
In a nationwide mandatory radio and television speech, [...]
December 17, 2008, a summit was held in Bahia, Brazil, which included Latin American and Caribbean leaders. Intentionally excluded from the summit was the United States.
During the meeting, Latin American leaders called on President-elect Barack Obama to lift the 46-year-old U.S. embargo against Cuba as soon as he takes office. The leaders of 33 Latin [...]