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Venezuela's Chavez facing constitutional fight.(World)
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The Washington Times
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December 6, 1999
- Author:
- Paulin, David
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 1999 News World Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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CARACAS, Venezuela - Kitchen pots and spoons are proving to be powerful political weapons in Venezuela, where residents last week set off a cacophonous display of frustration at a paralyzed economy and President Hugo Chavez's radical political agenda.
The occasion was a televised speech in which Mr. Chavez recounted his first 300 days in office. Shortly after it started, many Venezuelans went to their windows, pots and spoons in hand, and began clanging them furiously.
Others took to the streets, where motorists honked their horns. Protesters shouted and tossed firecrackers.
Some cried "No, No, No," referring to a proposed constitution that even changes their ...
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CHAVEZ WINS BIG IN VENEZUELA NEW CONSTITUTION APPROVED BY 71% OF...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);
December 16, 1999 ;
684 words
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Chavez' New Constitution Draws Fire
AP Online;
June 30, 1999 ;
BART JONES, Associated Press Writer;
548 words
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Chavez's fast track.(President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela is taking...
The Economist (US);
September 25, 1999 ;
548 words
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Pot shots in Venezuela.(new constitution likely to be approved in...
The Economist (US);
December 11, 1999 ;
264 words
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Venezuela's Chavez tells Morales new constitution necessary for change in...
AP Worldstream;
May 29, 2006 ;
420 words
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Populists win majority in Venezuela Assembly charged with writing new...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;
July 26, 1999 ;
LARRY ROHTER, The Associated Press contributed to this report;
354 words
......vote that President Hugo Chavez called "the most important...Assembly that will write the new constitution he says he needs to carry...Sunday night, candidates from Chavez's populist Patriotic Pole...she said, is to draw up a new constitution, not to supplant existing...
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Sri Lanka to Introduce New Constitution This Year
Xinhua News Agency;
July 13, 2001 ;
224 words
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The Washington Times;
May 11, 2006 ;
471 words
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Maldivian president ratifies new constitution
Xinhua News Agency;
August 7, 2008 ;
290 words
...Maldivian president ratifies new constitution COLOMBO, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Maldivian...Maumoon Abdul Gayoom ratified the new constitution on Thursday to continue the island...the ratification, Gayoom said the new constitution would usher in a new era of governance...
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Xinhua News Agency;
March 1, 2008 ;
282 words
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Protests mount against new constitution in Sri Lanka.
United Press International;
August 11, 2000 ;
368 words
......of discussions on a proposed new constitution. Protests ere reported across the country against the new constitution presented by the government...spearheading the protests, said the new constitution would divide the country. The...
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Montenegrin parliament proclaims new constitution
Xinhua News Agency;
October 22, 2007 ;
296 words
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VOA NEWS: ZIMBABWE OPPOSITION UNHAPPY ABOUT MUGABE REJECTION OF NEW...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
July 8, 2007 ;
717 words
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Ecuador's Constituent Assembly finishes work on new constitution
Xinhua News Agency;
July 25, 2008 ;
272 words
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Let the people vote; The European Union.(Europe's new constitution)
The Economist (US);
May 24, 2003 ;
566 words
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