Put forth by XicanoPwr
Feb
19
Last week, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez threatened to cut off oil sales to the United States because the intention of ExxonMobil to freeze assets of state-owned Venezuelan oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), as part of a US government backed “economic war” against his government. On his weekly TV show ‘Alo Presidente,’ President Chávez described [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Feb
01
The Venezuelan sky is not falling the Western Hemisphere will survive. It is funny how so many people are gullible into buying into the corporate media’s yellow journalism. Yes, it is true that [tag]Venezuela[/tag]’s National Assembly passed a law that would allow President [tag]Hugo Chávez[/tag] to issue executive orders over some key areas of public [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Dec
03
To El Presidente Hugo Rafael Chávez FrÃas – ¡Salud y hasta la victoria siempre! Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is headed for a landslide re-election victory today, according to the National Electoral Council. The BBC has report that with 80% of ballots counted, Chavez has already polled more than 60% of the vote. Hundreds of Chavez [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Oct
03
According to the Melbourne Herald Sun, a plot to assassinate Hugo Chávez by the Bush Administration was once again foiled. Chavez says he has received warnings from within the White House that Washington is plotting to assassinate him or topple his left-leaning government. Citing information from an alleged White House informant, Chavez told thousands of [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Sep
21
It seems that asked Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has made the US news for his speech at the 61st United Nations General Assembly. So after Chávez delivered his speech there has been a growing number of stories on the news that portrays President Chávez as a bitter man with “an axe to grind†with nothing [...]
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This is the blog of Edmundo "XicanoPwr" Rocha, a social worker, an activist, freelance writer and founder and editor of The Sanctuary. My interests include: immigration reform, critical race theory and it's interaction with equality/inequality and freedom/oppression as they relate to the experiences of people of color in the Americas.
Para Justicia y Libertad is a Latino-centered political blog focusing on the humanistic perspective of politics, history, and society as they relate to the Latina/o community throughout Texas and the United States.
