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Gay and lesbian couples push for same-sex marriage in Venezuela
Gays and lesbians demonstrated in Venezuela’s capital Saturday to push for an end to discrimination and for civil rights such as same-sex marriage. “In some areas of the capital, two men cannot be seen holdings hands without security ushering them out,” said Cesar Sequera, who leads Diverse Venezuela, among marchers…
Venezuelan president still waiting for recognition from U.S.
Venezuela's Maduro still waiting on Washington's recognition (via The Christian Science Monitor) Copyright ImageClick to View Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro, gestures at Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday. More than a month after Venezuela’s presidential election, Maduro’s narrow victory has yet to be recognized by the United States.(Ariana Cubillos/AP)…
Venezuelan president pledges Cuba ‘a strategic alliance that transcends the times’
AFP – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has renewed a strategic alliance with Cuba, signing $1 billion in cooperation agreements two weeks after his election to replace the late Hugo Chavez. The 51 agreements signed Saturday during Maduro’s visit to Cuba encompass health, education, transportation, sports, energy and special “social missions.”…
Twitter account of Venezuela’s acting president hacked
The Twitter accounts of Venezuela’s acting president Nicolas Maduro and the ruling socialist party were hacked as the country went to the polls to pick a new president, officials said. Maduro campaign chief Jorge Rodriguez said the accounts @NicolasMaduro, @PartidoPSUV and @tmaniglia — all belonging to the president’s office’s press…
Chavez loyalists ‘feel a void’ at former leader’s hallmark polling place
AFP - In every election, Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez sent crowds into a frenzy when he cast his ballot at the same school in a poor neighborhood of Caracas, but on Sunday it was a scene of mournful calm. As they voted to choose the late leftist leader’s successor in the January…
Venezuela’s opposition leader sees momentum key to succeeding Chavez
AFP – Hundreds of thousands of supporters on Sunday crammed Caracas’ streets in what opposition presidential hopeful Henrique Capriles, trailing in the polls, called a fast-changing tide. “Today, we are winning this contest,” Capriles, the 40-year-old governor of Miranda state, told masses of faithful, despite polls showing him as many…
Venezuela inmates open jailhouse nightclub
Venezuelan inmates have opened their own nightclub and hosted friends and family at an inaugural bash complete with strippers and a light and sound show, a newspaper reported Saturday. The late-night party highlighted the plight of the crime-ridden country’s overcrowded penal system, where criminals often use bribery and intimidation to…
Venezuela’s acting president admits it may be too late to embalm Chavez for eternal viewing
Venezuela’s acting president Nicolas Maduro acknowledged Wednesday that it could be too late to have president Hugo Chavez embalmed “like Lenin” so that his body could be on view permanently. “We have welcomed top-level scientists, the best in the world, from Russia and Germany… The scientific reports and opinions we…
Venezuela releases first photos of Chavez in hospital
Venezuela on Friday released the first photos of President Hugo Chavez since he underwent his fourth round of cancer surgery in Havana back in December. The shots gave Venezuelans living in a state of limbo without their once media-happy and larger than life commandante a first glimpse of him as…
Venezuela making ‘bald-faced lies’ over Chavez: opposition
Venezuela’s government is flat-out lying to its people about cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez’s health, the country’s leading opposition figure charged Sunday. “The people are being told bald-faced lies about the situation the president is in,” Henrique Capriles, who lost last October’s presidential race to Chavez, said at a ceremony in…
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