Politics of Venezuela Politics of Venezuela AVENDED, the Association of Venezuelans in Defense of Democracy, is a non-profit civil association, founded on November 10, 2003 by a group of Venezuelans living in the city of Edmonton, Alberta Canada. Their stated mission is "to contribute to promote and strengthen the democracy in Venezuela". ...more on Wikipedia about "Avended"
The Bolivarian Circles are a 2.3 million member, loosely-knit political and social organization of workers' councils in Venezuela originally begun by President Hugo Chávez. They are named after Simón Bolívar, the leader who transformed most of South America from Spanish colonial outposts to the independent states now in place. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bolivarian Circles"
The Bolivarian Revolution is an ongoing mass social movement and political process active in Venezuela; its most prominent leader is Hugo Chávez, who is the leader of the Movement for the Fifth Republic and the current President of Venezuela. The Bolivarian Revolution seeks the implementation of Bolivarianism in Venezuela. Proponents of Bolivarianism trace its roots to an avowedly democratic socialist interpretation of the ideals of Simón Bolívar, an early 19th century Venezuelan and Latin American revolutionary leader, prominent in the South American Wars of Independence. Other historical figures often invoked by Chávez as emblematic of the Bolivarian Revolution are Simón Rodríguez (Bolivar's lifelong mentor) and Ezequiel Zamora. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bolivarian Revolution"
The Carta de Jamaica ( English: Letter from Jamaica) was written by Simón Bolívar in response to a letter from Henry Cullen, in which he put forward the reasons that caused the fall of Venezuela's Second Republic within the context of the independence of Venezuela. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carta de Jamaica"
The Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is the current constitution of Venezuela. It was drafted in mid- 1999 by a constitutional assembly that was created by popular referendum. This 1999 Constitution was adopted in December 1999, replacing the 1961 Constitution — which had been, of the 26 constitutions in use by Venezuela since its independence in 1811, the document that had remained in force for the longest time. It was primarily promoted by the current President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez and thereafter received strong backing from diverse sectors, including figures involved in promulgating the 1961 constitution such as Luis Miquilena and Carlos Andrés Pérez. Chávez and his followers ( chavistas) refer to the 1999 document as the "Constitución Bolivariana" (the "Bolivarian Constitution") because they assert that it is ideologically descended from the thinking and political philosophy of Simón Bolívar and Bolivarianism. ...more on Wikipedia about "Constitution of Venezuela"
Criticisms of Hugo Chávez include complaints made against the current President of Venezuela by both his domestic political opposition and foreign opponents, but most notably from the Western private news media. They mainly involve allegations of human rights violations and crimes against humanity that concern the conduct of the Chávez administration with respect to the violation of freedoms of speech, political freedom, and freedom of dissent. ...more on Wikipedia about "Criticism of Hugo Chávez"
Mision Hábitat ("Mission Habitat") is a Venezuelan Bolivarian Mission that has as its goal the construction of thousands of new housing units for the poor. The program also seeks to develop agreeable and integrated housing zones that make available a full range of social services — from education to healthcare — which likens its vision to that of New Urbanism. Critics have criticized the slow rate of construction (less than 10,000 housing units built over the last six years, the duration of Hugo Chávez's tenure). ...more on Wikipedia about "Mission Habitat" If you like you could tell us your opinion about shortopedia Politics_of_Venezuela
Mission Mercal (officially launched on April 24, 2003) is a Bolivarian Mission established in Venezuela under the government of Hugo Chávez. The government has set up subsidized grocery stores in a state-run company called Mercal. At present some 11.36 million Venezuelans benefit from Mercal food programs on a regular basis. At least 14,208 Mission Mercal food distribution sites are spread throughout Venezuela, and 4,543 metric tons of food are distributed each day. Mission Mercal stores and cooperatives are mostly located in impoverished areas and sell generic-branded foods at discounts as great as 50%. While the company is heavily funded by the government, the goal is to become self-sufficient by replacing food imports with products from local farmers, small businesses, and cooperatives (many of whom have received microcredits from Mercal). This endogenous development is central to Chávez's stated goal of non-capitalistic development from the bottom up. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mission Mercal"
Misión Ribas (launched November 2003) is a Venezuelan Bolivarian Mission that provides remedial high school level classes to the five million Venezuelan high school dropouts; named after independence hero José Felix Ribas. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mission Ribas"
was a plan proposed by current Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez meant to deal with or repress massive protests. When he called it into effect in April 2002 as a result of the tumult, high-ranking members within the Armed Forces refused to carry out this Plan Avila when ordered do so by Chávez, during massive opposition demonstrations that unexpectedly began to march towards the Presidential Palace on April 11th. ...more on Wikipedia about "Plan Avila"
Plan Bolívar 2000 (launched 27 February 1999) was the first of the Bolivarian Missions enacted under of administration of current Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. The plan involved around 40,000 Venezuelan soldiers involved in door-to-door anti-poverty activities, including mass vaccinations, food distribution in slum areas, and education. The program also transported thousands of poor and ill Venezuelans at cost by military cargo planes and helicopters, as a means of alleviating their domestic travel expenses. ...more on Wikipedia about "Plan Bolivar 2000"
Politics of Venezuela takes place in a framework of a presidential republic, whereby the President of Venezuela is both head of state and head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament. The Constitution designates three additional branches of the federal government--the judicial, citizen, and electoral branches. ...more on Wikipedia about "Politics of Venezuela"
The putative Venezuelan coup of 2004 was a hypothesized plot to overthrow Hugo Chavez, who is the current President of Venezuela. According to Chavez and his supporters, the capture of several dozen individuals in May 2004 proves the existence of the purported coup plot, while the anti-Chavez opposition discounts the notion that any deeper meaning can be imputed to the raid and capture of the Colombian detainees. ...more on Wikipedia about "Putative Venezuelan coup attempt of 2004"
The Rodrigo Granda affair was an international incident that increased tension between Venezuela and Colombia between December 2004 and February 2005. == Events == On December 13, 2004, Rodrigo Granda, a member (the "foreign minister") of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, or "FARC"), was kidnapped by individual Venezuelan officials in Caracas, Venezuela, and taken to Cúcuta, Colombia (a departmental capital on the two nations' common border), where he was arrested by the Colombian authorities on December 14. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rodrigo Granda affair"
The Venezuelan coup attempt of 1992 was an abortive coup d'état led by Hugo Chávez. The coup was directed against the Carlos Andrés Pérez government and its neoliberal policies. Despite its failure, this coup left a legacy of extended class polarization and controversy that lasts to the present day, and rocketed Chávez to the national spotlight. ...more on Wikipedia about "Venezuelan coup attempt of 1992"
The Venezuelan coup attempt of 2002 was a failed military coup d'état on April 11 2002. It saw the brief overthrow and arrest of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and the installation of a businessman, Venezuelan Federation of Chambers of Commerce (Fedecámaras) president Pedro Carmona, as interim President for 47 hours. In Caracas, the coup led to riots and a pro-Chávez uprising that the Metropolitan Police attempted to suppress. Key sectors of the military and parts of the anti-Chávez movement refused to back Carmona. The pro-Chávez Presidential Guard eventually retook the Miraflores presidential palace without firing a shot, leading to the collapse of the Carmona government. ...more on Wikipedia about "Venezuelan coup attempt of 2002"
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