CARACAS, Wednesday August 27, 2008 | Update
Oscar Pérez, a member of opposition Comando Nacional
de la Resistencia (National Resistance Command, CNR), called
on Wednesday to a rally next Saturday against the package
of laws, or the 26 decree-laws enacted by the Executive Office
early August.
Additionally, he urged people to "set their hands onto the
forms that will be forwarded to the Organization of American
States (OAS) against these laws that run counter to the National
Constitution."
Further, he does not think that the National Assembly will
be able to discuss a new telecommunications law which, in
his opinion, "would restrain Venezuelans' freedom of expression."
11:00 AM. Economy. Based on the official data, more and more families failed to get out of poverty in 2008; the exclusion status of more people moved faster and fewer people are on their way to overcome this situation. According to the data provided by the official National Statistics Institute (INE), last year the poorest homes in the country recorded an average monthly income of USD 401.82, whereas the food basket amounted to 417.77