During the swearing-in ceremony of
his new cabinet, Venezuela’s President Chavez announced a series of
dramatic new measures for moving ahead in establishing 21st century
socialism in Venezuela.
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez
was sworn in to his second full term as President, promising to
dedicate himself to the construction of Venezuelan socialism.
In a controversial decision, President Chavez announced last week that the
broadcast license of the oppositional TV station RCTV, which expires in May of
this year, will not be renewed.
HOV
Belgium
participated in organising a large meeting of some 350 people in solidarity
with the Venezuelan Revolution. With a packed agenda, important speakers from both Belgium and Venezuela spoke on the revolution
and the need for solidarity.
John Peterson is a Hands Off Venezuela activist in Minneapolis and was part of the Hands Off Venezuela delegation to the presidential election on December 3rd. His impressions were published in The Pulse of the Twin Cities.
In a major speech on Frida, December 15, Chávez called for the formation of a new United Socialist Party of Venezuela, which, he said, was going to be the most democratic party in the history of the country.
A few days ago, Time Magazine announced the winner of its annual "Person of the Year" award. Hugo Chavez had won Time's
online poll by a wide margin and got 35% of the votes.
One thousand people marched yesterday through the
main streets of Caracas, in what was the largest
demonstration in favour of the expropriation of an occupied factory that has
ever taken place in Venezuela.
