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About Face VENEZUELA In an unexpected turnaround, President Hugo Chávez announced that he would accept the verdict - due in mid-February - of the National Electoral Council on the validity of an opposition petition for a recall vote. Organizers of the petition claim to have collected more than the 2.4 million signatures needed to trigger a vote, which might force Chávez to stand down...
...agreed to step down as chief negotiator in peace talks if his party loses, effectively clearing the way for reunification negotiations to begin next year. Closing In VENEZUELA Opposition leaders said that more than 3.6 million people signed a petition demanding a recall referendum on President Hugo Chávez - well above the 2.4 million required to trigger a vote. If the official results confirm the figures, the referendum could be held next spring...
...first place. Brazil, for example, last year elected former labor leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as President. In Peru, antiglobalization riots (most often prompted by complaints over industry privatization) have become common. And the "Bolivarian Revolution" of left-wing Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has brought double-digit economic contraction to that country. As a result, Mesa's support in Bolivia will be fragile at best - especially since he pledged to maintain economic-austerity policies. "Goni was completely linked to foreign interests and foreign capital against Bolivia's interests," said Jaime Solares, head of the Bolivian...
...speaker of the South African parliament from reprimanding her for failing to disclose her financial interest in Soweto's Winnie Mandela Family Museum. Following the verdicts, Madikizela-Mandela said she would resign from all her public positions. Hell No, He Won't Go venezuela President Hugo Chávez's government refused to sign an agreement it had made with the opposition to hold a referendum that could force Chávez to resign. The Organization of American States brokered the agreement to end a two-month general strike organized by Chávez's opponents earlier this year...
...Banking Council announced that banks will resume normal opening hours from Feb. 2. The move followed the reopening of many businesses, which are struggling to avoid bankruptcy. But oil workers at the heart of the campaign vowed to continue. The strike, intended to unseat leftist President Hugo Chávez, is estimated to have cost at least $4 billion and seven lives. Diplomats from six countries met in the capital, Caracas, to help end the conflict...