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Chavez urges 3-minute showers to conserve water
By Other Sources on 22 Oct, 2009
Reuters CARACAS (Reuters) - Leftist President Hugo Chavez called on Venezuelans on Wednesday to stop singing in the shower and to wash in three minutes because the oil-exporting nation is having problems supplying water and electricity. Venezuela has suffered several serious blackouts in the past year because of rapidly growing demand and under-investment, which has been aggravated by a drop in water levels in hydroelectric dams that provide most of its energy. Chavez announced energy-saving measures and said he would create a ministry to deal with the electricity shortages, which have affected the image of his socialist revolution before legislative elections due in 2010... more »
Rory Carroll, “Venezuela: Chavez accused of turning tyrant as even former allies languish in jail: President using courts and intimidation to neutralise opponents, critics say”
By Ana Julia Jatar on 14 Oct, 2009
The Guardian (London) - Final Edition, October 13, 2009 He was the man who saved Hugo Chavez when all seemed lost. A coup had ousted Venezuela's president and buried, it seemed, his leftist experiment.General Raul Baduel, however, stayed loyal and tilted the army Chavez's way during tumultuous days in April 2002, paving the way for his return to power and restoring democracy. A grateful Chavez hailed the general a hero and appointed him defence minister. They became close allies and confidants.Times change. Baduel is now stripped of power and facing corruption charges that could keep him in jail for decades. Prosecutors say he pilfered state funds. Baduel says his crime was to realise - and declare - that the president was a tyrant... more »
Las elecciones primarias fueron sin duda un gran éxito para la oposición. Felicitaciones a todos los candidatos y a todos los votantes que expresaron su opinión con su voto en las urnas. A través de un complejo proceso de negociación política estamos en capacidad de presentar una lista única de
Luego de haber escuchado las declaraciones por las cuales fueron arrestados Oswaldo Alvarez Paz, ex gobernador del Zulia y Guillermo Zuloaga, Presidente de Globovisión, esta clarísimo que bien podríamos ser usted o yo los próximos tras las rejas. En sus declaraciones en la SIP, Zuloaga criticó el ventajismo estatal y
