In November this year Poland will play host to the 19th ‘Conferences of the Parties’ (COP19) where all members will meet to discuss the ‘United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’ (UNFCC), and devise a new agreement to replace the Kyoto Protocol in 2015. Ahead of this event the Polish Special Envoy for Climate Change,…
April 27th saw over 250 people pack the University of London Union for a VSC national conference; Venezuela, Hugo Chavez’s Legacy & The threat of Right-Wing Destabilisation. The day opened with a rousing welcoming address by VSC Chair Colin Burgon, who introduced discussion of both Hugo Chavez’s “towering legacy” and told us how plans were…
By TAMARA PEARSON Merida, May 22nd 2013 (Venezuelanalysis.com) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro put out a call this morning to reactivate the national party and movement coalition, the Great Patriotic Pole (GPP). His call comes among speculation that there could be municipal elections in November, as well as a push by social movements to be included…
By Matt Willgress, VSC National Co-ordinator Venezuela’s government has rejected recent comments made by U.S. President Barack Obama about the country and accused Washington of being behind right-wing violence that has followed its recent presidential election. A foreign ministry statement said that Obama’s “interventionist declaration” will lead toward deteriorating relations between the countries and “confirms…
Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff: “I’m sure that with President Maduro, I will have the same high-level relationship that I had with President Chávez.” President Nicolas Maduro’s successful visit to Brazil concluded his recent tour of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) member states, during which he also received support from the heads of Uruguay and Argentina….
Venezuela’s independent National Electoral Council (CNE) has concluded the first stage of the audit of the vote initiated following April’s Presidential election and has found “zero error”. With 75% of the vote now audited, the level of accuracy with the first result is 99.98% The audit came about after the losing candidate, Henrique Capriles, refused…
The following letter has been sent from Unite the Union (UK & Ireland) and United Steelworkers (USA & Canada) to John Kerry, Secretary of State, calling for the USA to recognise Nicolas Maduro as the democratically elected President of Venezuela. ————————————————————————————– Dear Secretary Kerry: We are writing to you as the Co-Chairs of Workers Uniting, the transnational trade union structure that brings together the United…
This month marks the two year anniversary of Venezuela’s ‘Great Housing Mission’ (Gran Mision Vivienda Venezuela), which has, in the short time since its official launch on the 30th April 2011, seen the construction of 374,781 houses and apartments. This housing has been built to provide “dignified” living conditions for those families most in need;…
Probability of Getting First Audit Results if Vote Count Was Stolen is Less than One in 25 Thousand Trillion Washington, D.C.- A statistical analysis of the voting machine audit from Venezuela ’s April 14 election, done on the day of the election, shows that this audit was decisive. The odds of getting the April 14…
