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1988 Venezuelan Presidential Election
General elections were held in Venezuela on 4 December 1988.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p555 The presidential elections were won by Carlos Andrés Pérez of Democratic Action, who received 52.9% of the vote, whilst his party won the most seats in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate. Voter turnout was 81.9% in the presidential election and 81.7% in the Congressional elections. Background Democratic Action President Jaime Lusinchi backed Octavio Lepage to succeed him as the party's candidate for the election, but in a primary election the party chose Carlos Andrés Pérez, Los Angeles Times, 12 October 1987 (previously president from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Andrés Pérez
Carlos Andrés Pérez Rodríguez (27 October 1922 – 25 December 2010) also known as CAP and often referred to as '' El Gocho'' (due to his Andean origins), was a Venezuelan politician and the president of Venezuela from 12 March 1974 to 12 March 1979 and again from 2 February 1989 to 21 May 1993. He was one of the founders of Acción Democrática, the dominant political party in Venezuela during the second half of the twentieth century. His first presidency was known as the ''Saudi Venezuela'' due to its economic and social prosperity thanks to enormous income from petroleum exportation. However, his second presidency saw a continuation of the economic crisis of the 1980s, a series of social crises, widespread riots known as Caracazo and two coup attempts in 1992. In he became the first Venezuelan president to be forced out of office by the Supreme Court on charges for the embezzlement of bolívars (roughly 2.7 million US dollars) belonging to a presidential discretion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communist Party Of Venezuela
The Communist Party of Venezuela ( es, Partido Comunista de Venezuela, PCV) is a communist party and the oldest continuously existing party in Venezuela. It was the main leftist political party in Venezuela from its foundation in 1931 until its split into rival factions in 1971. The PCV opposes the government of Nicolás Maduro. History The PCV was founded in 1931 as a clandestine organization during the military dictatorship of Juan Vicente Gómez. It was initially led by Juan Bautista Fuenmayor and . The PCV became the Venezuelan affiliate of the Communist International. A forerunner of the PCV, the Venezuelan Revolutionary Party, had been founded in exile in Mexico in 1926 and attempted a rebellion in Venezuela in 1929. The PCV remained an illegal organization until 1941, when it entered into an alliance with the progressive military regime of Isaías Medina Angarita, following orders from Comintern for communist parties throughout the world to support governments that aid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senado De Venezuela Elecciones 1988
The Senate ( es, Senado) is the upper house of the Cortes Generales, which along with the Congress of Deputies – the lower chamber – comprises the Parliament of the Kingdom of Spain. The Senate meets in the Palace of the Senate in Madrid. The composition of the Senate is established in Part III of the Spanish Constitution. The Senate is composed of senators, each of whom represents a province, an autonomous city or an autonomous community. Each mainland province, regardless of its population size, is equally represented by four senators; in the insular provinces, the big islands are represented by three senators and the minor islands are represented by a single senator. Likewise, the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla elect two senators each. This direct election results in the election of 208 senators by the citizens. In addition, the regional legislatures also designate their own representatives, one senator for each autonomous community and another for every million ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Order (Venezuela)
The New Order ( es, Nuevo Orden, NOR) was a far-right revolutionary nationalist political party in Venezuela. It was founded as a national party on January 12, 1974, by Felix Díaz Ortega. (Spanish, visited October 18, 2012) History Its national headquarters was located in Schaffer Street in the Buena Vista Sector of Petare, Caracas, where it participated in multiple social and humanitarian projects among the population, especially the elderly diabetics. The party had a presence in more than 15 states, and its strongest bastions were Miranda, Falcon, Carabobo, and Lara. It participated in several national and regional electoral elections. In 1992, the party obtained enough votes to access the newly created municipality of Chacao in Caracas, but their rights were den ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro Peña Esclusa
Alejandro Peña Esclusa (born 3 July 1954) Periodismo de Verdad, 5 August 2010¿Quién es y qué ha hecho Alejandro Peña Esclusa?/ref> is a Venezuelan writer, analyst and political consultant, expert on the subject of the Sao Paulo Forum, about which he has written five books. The most sold of them is entitled "The Cultural War of the Sao Paulo Forum", which has been translated from Spanish into English, Portuguese, Italian, Slovenian and Hungarian. He is a mechanical engineer by profession, graduated from the Universidad Simón Bolívar de Caracas (USB, 1977), studied financial administration at the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración in Caracas (IESA, 1981) and completed a master's degree in security and defense at the Instituto de Altos Estudios de Defensa Nacional de Venezuela (IADEN, 1987). He is president of the NGFuerza Solidariaand founder of the Unión de Organizaciones Democráticas de América (UnoAmerica). In 1998 he was a candidate for the presidency ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Alternative (Venezuela)
The Finnish Reform Movement ( fi, Korjausliike, korj), is a Finnish conservative political party. It was founded by the 19 MPs who left the Finns Party on 13 June 2017 in protest against Jussi Halla-aho having been elected party leader. The new parliamentary group of these defectors was initially called ''New Alternative'' (, UV'';'' , NA). A new name for the party was announced on 19 June. The association of this name was officially registered on 3 July 2017. The party was chaired by Sampo Terho, the Minister for European Affairs, Culture and Sport, until June 2019. It also includes all the other cabinet ministers who were previously members of the Finns Party: Timo Soini, Jussi Niinistö, Jari Lindström and Pirkko Mattila. It was one of the three parties that made up the Sipilä Cabinet until its resignation on 8 March 2019. It lost all seats in the 2019 election. In April 2022, it changed its name to the Finnish Reform Movement. History Finns Party The Blue Reform originat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nationalist Civic Crusade
The Nationalist Civic Crusade (Spanish: ''Cruzada Civica Nacionalista''; CCN) was a Venezuelan political party. They were established in 1965. CCN was formed by followers of former dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez, under the leadership of P. Salas Castillo.Charles D. Ameringer, ''Political Parties of the Americas, 1980s to 1990s: Canada, Latin America, and the West Indies'', Greenwood Publishing Group, 1992, p. 624 They had a vaguely conservative outlook, although effectively had little ideology beyond personal allegiance to Pérez Jiménez, who also personally flirted with populism and Peronism.Kevin J. Middlebrook, ''Conservative Parties, the Right, and Democracy in Latin America'', JHU Press, 2000, p. 115 The party first contested the 1968 election, winning 21 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and four in the Senate. Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p555 Pérez Jiménez was elected to the Senate, although he was disqualified by the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Olavarria
Jorge is a Spanish and Portuguese given name. It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος ('' Georgios'') via Latin ''Georgius''; the former is derived from (''georgos''), meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker". The Latin form ''Georgius'' had been rarely given in Western Christendom since at least the 6th century. The popularity of the name however develops from around the 12th century, in Occitan in the form ''Jordi'', and it becomes popular at European courts after the publication of the ''Golden Legend'' in the 1260s. The West Iberian form ''Jorge'' is on record as the name of Jorge de Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra (1481–1550). List of people with the given name Jorge * Jorge (footballer, born 1946), Brazilian footballer * Jorge (Brazilian singer), Brazilian musician and singer, Jorge & Mateus * Jorge (Romanian singer), real name George Papagheorghe, Romanian singer, actor, TV host * Jorge Betancourt, Cuban diver * Jorge Campos, Mexican football player * Jorge Cantú ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Socialist League (Venezuela)
The Socialist League (Spanish: ''Liga Socialista'') was a Venezuelan political party. It was established in 1973 in a split from the Revolutionary Left Movement, and merged into PSUV in 2007. The League was co-founded by Jorge Antonio Rodriguez; he was its Secretary General when he was murdered on 25 July 1976, having been kidnapped and tortured by state security forces.''Correo del Orinoco ''Correo del Orinoco '' (the ''Orinoco Post'') was a Venezuelan newspaper created by Simón Bolívar. As such, it is the oldest sovereign newspaper on the Latin American continent and South America. The weekly paper was published from 1818 to 18 ...'', 29 July 2011Remembering Injustice: Venezuelan Activist Jorge Rodriguez Assassinated by Government Forces in 1976/ref> References 1973 establishments in Venezuela 2007 disestablishments in Venezuela Bolivarian Revolution Communist parties in Venezuela Defunct communist parties Defunct political parties in Venezuela Political part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Opinion
National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, census-designated place * National, Nevada, ghost town * National, Utah, ghost town * National, West Virginia, unincorporated community Commerce * National (brand), a brand name of electronic goods from Panasonic * National Benzole (or simply known as National), former petrol station chain in the UK, merged with BP * National Car Rental, an American rental car company * National Energy Systems, a former name of Eco Marine Power * National Entertainment Commission, a former name of the Media Rating Council * National Motor Vehicle Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA 1900-1924 * National Supermarkets, a defunct American grocery store chain * National String Instrument Corporation, a guitar company formed to manufacture the first resonator g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radical Cause
The Radical Cause ( es, La Causa Radical, LCR), stylized as La Causa Я, is a minor left-wing political party in Venezuela, and today part of the Venezuelan opposition to president Nicolás Maduro. At its peak in the early 1990s, the party came within touching distance of winning the 1993 presidential elections. However, the party split in 1997 when a number of members left to form Patria Para Todos, now part of the pro-government Great Patriotic Pole (GPP) electoral alliance. LCR has now lost much of its national profile, but retains some influence in its home region of Guayana. History Early history LCR was founded in 1971 by :es:Alfredo Maneiro, an intellectual and former guerrilla who had been expelled from the Communist Party of Venezuela. The new revolutionary socialist party grew quickly, benefiting from the collapse of the Communist Party. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the party focused on organizing factory workers in the Guayana region of Bolivar state through th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
