CHAVEZ WINS BIG IN VENEZUELA NEW CONSTITUTION APPROVED BY 71% OF...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  December 16, 1999 ;     684 words ......favor of the poor, Chavez is trampling the...modernity. The new constitution, drafted by a...assembly dominated by Chavez's supporters...still time,'' Chavez said yesterday. The new constitution, which is Venezuela...censorship. The new constitution will lead to ...

Chavez' New Constitution Draws Fire

AP Online;  June 30, 1999 ;   BART JONES, Associated Press Writer;   548 words ......AP Online 06-30-1999 Chavez' New Constitution Draws Fire CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Hugo Chavez is closing in on the...president: Writing a new constitution he says will help clean...less than a month away, Chavez's detractors say the...courts and congress. Chavez ...

Chavez's fast track.(President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela is taking...

The Economist (US);  September 25, 1999 ;     548 words ......December. Yet now Mr Chavez seems to think...work of writing a new constitution before the end...loyalty to Mr Chavez. It is, however...everything else. Mr Chavez has a second reason...approval for the new constitution, and his victory...recession on Mr Chavez's ...

Pot shots in Venezuela.(new constitution likely to be approved in...

The Economist (US);  December 11, 1999 ;     264 words ......the current president, Hugo Chavez, a leftish, nationalist ex-paratroop...coup-leader, and his proposed new constitution, which opponents denounce...opinion polls suggest Mr Chavez has little to fear. Better-o...of the electorate, and Mr Chavez's support among the poor remains...referendum ...

Venezuela's Chavez tells Morales new constitution necessary for change in...

AP Worldstream;  May 29, 2006 ;     420 words ......Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told his Bolivian counterpart...responsible for drafting a new constitution was necessary for a transformation...still under an old regime," Chavez said to Morales Sunday while...s necessary to create a new democracy." Shortly after...responsible for ...

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...

Sri Lanka to Introduce New Constitution This Year

Xinhua News Agency;  July 13, 2001 ;     224 words ......to help her government introduce a new constitution within this year to meet the needs...are fully committed to introduce the new constitution within this year after necessary consultations...noble task." She said through the new constitution a new electoral system will be ...

Morales invites teacher Chavez; Rally to push new constitution.(WORLD)

The Washington Times;  May 11, 2006 ;     471 words ......Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez to teach us how to change...defeat the oligarchy. Mr. Chavez, the architect of a leftist...you the presence of comrade Chavez, who will teach us how he brought forward a new constitution in Venezuela and fought with...and assisted by President ...

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...

Bolivian president approves referendums on new constitution

Xinhua News Agency;  March 1, 2008 ;     282 words ......president approves referendums on new constitution LIMA, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) -- Bolivian...date to hold two referendums on a new constitution fiercely criticized by his opponents...reaching here from La Paz said. The new constitution drawn up by a pro-Morales constitutional...

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...

Montenegrin parliament proclaims new constitution

Xinhua News Agency;  October 22, 2007 ;     296 words ...Montenegrin parliament proclaims new constitution BELGRADE, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- The...formally proclaimed the country's new constitution at a special session on Monday evening...constitution is "an anti-Serb document." The new constitution, the first since the country split...

VOA NEWS: ZIMBABWE OPPOSITION UNHAPPY ABOUT MUGABE REJECTION OF NEW...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 8, 2007 ;     717 words ......Mugabe says there is no need for a new constitution ahead of next year's presidential...demands by opposition parties for a new constitution. They contend that the existing constitution...divide are endorsing the demand for a new constitution. "The country needs a new ...

Ecuador's Constituent Assembly finishes work on new constitution

Xinhua News Agency;  July 25, 2008 ;     272 words ......Constituent Assembly finishes work on new constitution QUITO, July 25 (Xinhua) -- The Ecuadorian...Assembly has finished work on the new constitution, or Charta Magana, and has delivered...failed to appear at Montecristi for the new constitution, and had "blocked the work of the...

Let the people vote; The European Union.(Europe's new constitution)

The Economist (US);  May 24, 2003 ;     566 words ......should be allowed their say on the new constitution WHEN the idea of writing a formal...accountability are stretched thin. A new constitution would address this directly, aiming...warmly endorsed the idea of drafting a new constitution for the EU. We await June 20th with...