Word: chávez
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...busca de un trabajo ofrecido por uno de los vecinos. "Todos los d?as los trabajadores se ven obligados a pasar por cosas como ?stas y peores", dice Alvarado. Como coordinador de la National Day Laborer Organizing Network durante los ?ltimos tres a?os, Alvarado, de 38, es considerado el C?sar Ch?vez de los jornaleros, aquellos inmigrantes que se re?nen en las esquinas buscando cualquier trabajo. A ?l se le acredita, entre otros triunfos, el haber encabezado la campa?a para derrocar las ordenanzas nacionales que proh?ben que los jornaleros soliciten trabajos en lugares p?blicos. Otro de sus logros radica en haber formado...
...overthrow was set in motion on April 11 after Ch?vez-funded militiamen opened fire on 300,000 protesters backing a general strike, as they marched toward the presidential palace. Fifteen were killed. Generals in the armed forces began renouncing the President on television. The military high command took Ch?vez into custody and pressured him to resign. He refused, but the generals told the media he had stepped down. Washington chose to believe it. In a press conference the next day, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer acknowledged the transition government headed by Carmona, president of Venezuela?s largest business association...
...Carmona soon committed political suicide: he began filling his advisory council with business leaders, Old Guard politicians and members of an ultraconservative religious group - rebuffing important labor and military leaders who had helped him to power. Then he dissolved the elected National Assembly. By Saturday, pro-Ch?vez supporters had taken to the streets, and many in the military had withdrawn their support...
...early hours of Sunday morning Ch?vez returned to power. Crucifix in hand, he gave an impassioned speech promising to tone down his rhetoric and open new lines of communication with all sectors of society. He appeased the national oil company by removing some of his leftist appointees, and he hinted at modifying some of the socialist laws he has enacted...
...Democrats are calling for an investigation of the Administration?s handling of the whole affair. Says Julia Sweig, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, D.C., "This has hurt the U.S., which is now perceived as supporting democracy only when we like the person in power." Ch?vez may not be the only one who needs to rethink his positions...