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."
05:09 PM. Economy. If any country has cashed in on the Bolivarian revolution, that is Brazil, particularly the private companies of the southern neighbor. Over the past five years, it has been awarded contracts for works to be carried out in Venezuela for over USD 14 billion. This puts it as the first recipient of government-to-government contracts, that is, without bidding, since Hugo Chávez took office.