COPEI

...- November 9 2007) was President of Venezuela from 1979 to 1984. He was elected to one five-year term in 1978. He was a member of the COPEI party. Luis Herrera was born in Acarigua, Portuguesa . He was 21 years old when the Social Christian...

In this article: Luis Herrera Campins, Christian Democrat, Carlos Andres Perez, Revenue, Aneurysm, Acarigua, Surgery, and Democratic Action

Copei - Social Christian Party of Venezuela (Copei, Partido Social Cristiano de Venezuela) is a right-wing political party in Venezuela. The name stands for '''C'omite de 'O'rganizacion 'P'olitica 'E'lectoral 'I'ndependiente'' (Political...

In this article: Rafael Caldera and Luis Herrera Campins

...2, 1942, being one of the groups that formed on January 13, 1946 the social Christian party COPEI, with Caldera being a founder. Caldera stood as COPEI's candidate in the 1947 presidential elections, being defeated by the Accion Democratica...

In this article: Rafael Antonio Caldera Rodriguez, MAS, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, International Monetary Fund, and Caracas

...state television that investigators are trying to determine who was responsible for the attack and its motive. </p><p>The opposition party Copei posted a message on its blog calling on authorities to clarify the circumstances around Alvarez's...

In this article: Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Colombia, and Caracas

...elections over concerns about fraud. That action "gave the assembly to Chavez," says Luis Ignacio Planas of the opposition Copei party. Lawmaker Wilmer Iglesia echoes that: "It's true the assembly is atypical. Those who criticize...

In this article: Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Caracas, Democracy, All rights reserved, Nationalism, and Authoritarianism

...2005 congressional elections over concerns about fraud and "gave the assembly to Chavez," says Luis Ignacio Planas of the opposition Copei party. "It's true the assembly is atypical," said lawmaker Wilmer Iglesia. "Those who criticize...

In this article: Hugo Chavez, Caracas, Venezuela, Democracy, Breast cancer, and Revenue

...channel Venevision, in which he severely criticized the two dominant parties of the second half of the twentieth century in Venezuela, AD and COPEI. His late-night TV program faced harsh criticism over its main theme and it changed names from...

In this article: Alfredo Pena, Fifth Republic Movement, Hugo Chavez, Venevision, Venezuela, El Nacional, and Central University of Venezuela

...agents outside his hotel Friday and expelled from the country after he referred to Chavez as a dictator at a news conference. Copei, a leading opposition party, had invited Herrero to Venezuela. Teodoro Petkoff, a former guerrilla...

In this article: Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Lech Walesa, Caracas, TeleSUR, Teodoro Petkoff, Fidel Castro, and Democracy

...victory in 1998 was a moment of seismic change in Venezuelan politics. It broke a decades-old pact between the two traditional parties, Copei and Accion Democratica. His 10 years since have been equally dramatic in upsetting the...

In this article: Hugo Chavez, Irene Saez, Venezuela, Socialism, Inflation, and United Socialist Party of Venezuela