This Friday Venezuela’s National Consumer Protection and Education Institute confiscated a total of 10 tons of chicken. The product was then sold at a regulated price.

This is part of a government effort to counter speculation and corporate resistance against price regulations.

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Over one year after he first proposed the formation of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez opened the founding congress of the new party on Saturday.

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The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) temporarily suspended on Monday the operation lead by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for the liberation of three hostages. According to the FARC, intensified Colombian military operations made it impossible to safely release the captives.

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Here we link to some prominent Opinions and Analysis about the defeat in Venezuelan Constitutional Reform.

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Venezuela's President Chavez gave a historic concession speech Sunday night. For the first time in nine years, after winning twelve nation-wide electoral contests, Chavez had to concede defeat, using his trademark phrase "for now."

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The corporate media are spinning the reform referendum defeat beyond all recognition. Patrick Leet sorts the facts from the fantasy.

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The Venezuelan government has uncovered a confidential CIA memo dated November 20 2007 which details plans for a forthcoming coup attempt against President Chávez using this Sunday's referendum on constitutional reform as a pretext. This is a smoking gun that has not yet been fired and should be used to shame the US government into retreat.

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A red sea of elected PSUV representatives greeted Chávez at the Caracas Poliedro on November 6th. They were there to launch the campaign for the constitutional reform referendum. Darral Cozens, a Hands Off Venezuela activist from Britain was also there.

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