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Rubén Armendáriz

Analista internacional de Alia2.

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Venezuelans rise before dawn to vote in referendum

by Rubén Armendáriz

Caracas (Venezuela) | 16 August 2004

This Venezuelan “magical realism” is killing us. It was only 3:00 AM when the sounding of reveille (military style wake-up calls), fireworks and horns woke up Venezuelans as well as the unwarned international observers and reporters in Caracas. Shortly after 3:00 AM, Venezuelans were making (...)

A referendum in peace, with civic passion, without incidents

by Rubén Armendáriz

Caracas (Venezuela) | 15 August 2004

This Sunday, since six o’clock in the morning, Venezuelans, have been living an unprecedented historical moment for all of Latin America, as they have been showing up at the polls massively and in complete harmony, to decide on the ratification of the mandate of the president of the Republic, (...)