spontaneous gathering at Miraflores

Monday, on December 3, 2007. This morning, text messages began circulating among mobile phones of those who support the process, calling to go to Miraflores this Tuesday afternoon to give support and solidarity to President Hugo Chavez after the “No” had been imposed on the referendum this Sunday. Text messages had no specific author, but [...]

what happened?

I don’t think that I have ever felt so physically and mentally exhausted. Physically, because I sleep on a mattress on the floor of the living room and the comrades in the flat went to bed an hour ago. They had been up until 6.30am playing music and writing articles on the computer trying to [...]

CNE announces NO win (updated entry)

At 1.07 am, after a long wait, the National Electoral Council has announced the victory of the NO with 4, 504, 354 votes, 50,70% and 4,379,392, 49.29% for the YES. Chávez has recognised the result and is addressing the people on TV.
2.03 am, the detail of the results announced by CNE is:
A Block, first part [...]

HOV Venezuelan Referendum Rally, Toronto Dec 2nd

On a cold and snowy day in Toronto, about 20 solidarity activists gathered to support the constitutional reforms in Venezuela and say no to CIA destabilization plans. Hands Off Venezuela designed signs highlighting the progressive reforms in the referendum to cut through the lies and distortions of Western media and the Venezuelan oligarchy. Opposition supporters [...]

Reuters talks of YES vote - Bolivarians start to celebrate

8.20 pm in Caracas, no official results are yet known, but according to figures quoted by Reuters, the YES vote would win by between 6 and 8 points, and this is what the international media (never friendly to the Bolivarian revolution) is starting to report. Other sources give the YES a bigger lead.
Bolivarian supporters have [...]

polling stations close

At 4.47 pm, Venezuelan time, the president of the National Electoral Council, Tibisay Lucena, announced the closing of polling stations, though, she added, polling stations where there are still queues should remain open until everyone in the queue has voted.
Isolated incidents took place during the day and a total of 46 people have been arrested. [...]

rally outside Bolivar Hall in London

Despite the cold and windy weather, about 50 people gathered outside Bolivar Hall in London in support of the Bolivarian revolution and in opposition to any attempts to organise a coup or sabotage the constitutional reform referendum in Venezuela. The lively rally has been called by Hands off Venezuela.
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I just got back from the rally. [...]

the voters wait patiently

Have just returned from a two-hour mini tour, from 10am to 12am, of the voting stations in the local area. In most of the stations there are no queues, but in two of them the queues were quite large. Outside the Escuela Francisco Pementel in the barrio of Quinta Crespo, Calle Santa Teresa, the queue [...]

Denis MacShane against Chávez … again

Former British Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister Denis MachShane who when Chavez was kidnapped at gunpoint during the coup in 2002 published an article comparing the imprisoned president to Mussolini and describing him as a “ranting populist demagogue” has written another ranting attack on Chávez today in the New Statesman: Do we need another president [...]

Red tide picture gallery 2

Red tide in Caracas 2

by Francisco Rivero, Caraballeda PSUV spokesperson, Vargas