Didalco Bolívar is a

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n politician, and was Governor of

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from 1995 to 2008. His first three election victories (1995, 1998, 2000) were as a representative of the Movement for Socialism. In the 2004 elections he represented For Social Democracy (PODEMOS), a party he co-founded in 2003. In 2009 he fled to Peru after being charged with corruption allegedly committed while Governor.'' Peruvian Times'', 22 August 2009
Former Venezuelan governor and Chávez critic Didalco Bolivar in Lima seeking political asylum
/ref> He was arrested on his return to Venezuela on 31 August 2011, and was released on probation in September. Shortly before his return he claimed that PODEMOS was selling nominations for governorships, and had concluded a $9m deal with a Miami-based businessman associated with the party. In June 2012 Bolívar was declared provisional president of PODEMOS following a court challenge. Bolívar argued that he had never given up the leadership of PODEMOS, and that the appropriate electoral procedures to replace him had not been followed. One of his first acts was to announce PODEMOS would withdraw from the

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, '' Globovision'', 9 June 2012
Didalco Bolívar anunció retiro de Podemos de la Internacional Socialista
after the organization had rejected the

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decision that installed him as provisional president. Another was to declare that PODEMOS would support Chávez' candidacy in the October 2012 elections. Juan Carlos Salas, '' El Impulso'', 8 June 2012
Didalco Bolívar denuncia ante el CNE apoyo electoral del partido Podemos
He said that 70% of PODEMOS supporters wanted Chávez re-elected. '' Venevision'', 10 June 2012
Didalco Bolívar anunció que Podemos oficializó ante CNE inscripción de candidatura de Chávez
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