Venezuelan ex-president Carlos Andres Perez dies

Venezuelan ex-president Carlos Andres Perez dies
The daughter of former Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez says the 88-year-old has died in Miami of a Heart Attack. Maria Francia Perez told the Venezuelan television channel Globovision on Saturday that Perez died in the afternoon at a Miami Hospital. Politizoid's Christmas Spectacular! Obama Claus is coming to town!! Politizoid's Christmas Spectacular! Obama Claus is coming to town!! ...

Venezuelan Ex-President Carlos Andres Perez Dies
Learn about the people, economy and history. (AP) Caracas, Venezuela - Former President Carlos Andres Perez, whose popularity soared with Venezuela's oil-based economy but who later faced riots, a severe economic downturn and Impeachment, has died in Miami, his family said Saturday. The 88-year-old Perez's daughter, Maria Francia Perez, said her father had died in a Miami Hospital. "He got up fine in the morning. He was very eloquent, happy, but all of a sudden he couldn't breath," she told Th...

Venezuela ex-president Perez dies
Venezuela's former President Carlos Andres Perez has died in Florida at the age of 88. He died of a Heart Attack, Mr Perez's daughter was quoted by Venezuela's Globovision as saying. Mr Perez served as president from 1974 to 1979 and again from 1989 to 1993. His First Term was marked by a transformation of Venezuela's economy because of a sudden increase in oil revenues. His second was marred by allegations of Corruption. Mr Perez - who was forced to leave office in 1993 -...

Venezuelan ex-president Carlos Andres Perez dies
Former President Carlos Andres Perez, whose popularity soared with Venezuela's oil-based economy but who later faced riots, a severe economic downturn and Impeachment, has died in Miami, his family said Saturday. The 88-year-old Perez's daughter, Maria Francia Perez, said her father had died in a Miami Hospital. "He got up fine in the morning. He was very eloquent, happy, but all of a sudden he couldn't breath," she told The Associated Press. She said he was taken to a Miami hospital, where h...

Daughter: Former Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez has died in Miami of a heart attack
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Former Venezuelan President Perez dies
MIAMI, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- Former Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez, 88, died of a heart attack Saturday at a Miami Hospital, his daughter said. The Caracas newspaper El Universal reported the Funeral and burial of the former president would take place in Miami. Perez, a leader of the Democratic Action Party, served as president of Venezuela from 1974 to 1979 and again from 1989 to 1993. Perez is credited with developing Venezuela's Oil Industry during his First Term, but his second was mar...

Former Venezuela leader Perez dies at 88: report
Caracas | Sat Dec 25, 2010 6:16pm EST Caracas (Reuters) - Former Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez died on Saturday aged 88 at a Hospital in Miami, a Venezuelan website reported. Perez served as the South American country's leader between 1974 and 1979 and again between 1989 and 1993. Independent Venezuelan broadcaster Globovision said on its website he died at Miami's Mercy Hospital of a Heart Attack. His First Term in power was marked by an inflow of petro-dollars that saw his countr...

Daughter: Former Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez has died in Miami of a heart attack
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Former Venezuela leader Perez dies at 88 - report
Source: Reuters Former Venezuela leader Perez dies at 88 - report 14 mins ago Former Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez died on Saturday aged 88 at a Hospital in Miami, a Venezuelan websiten reported. Perez served as the South American country's leader between 1974 and 1979 and again between 1989 and 1993. Independent Venezuelan broadcaster Globovision said on its website he died at Miami's Mercy Hospital of a Heart Attack. His First Term in power was marked by an inflow of petro-d...

Former Venezuela leader Perez dies at 88
CARACAS - Former Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez, who survived two coup attempts but was finally forced from office as the first Latin American leader to be convicted of Corruption, died Saturday in Miami. The 88-year-old served as the South American country's president between 1974 and 1979, and again between 1989 and 1993. Independent Venezuelan broadcaster Globovision said he died at Miami's Mercy Hospital of a Heart Attack. "(His death) came as a surprise. He woke up today in very g...

Former Venezuela leader Perez dies at 88
By Diego Ore Caracas | Sat Dec 25, 2010 7:13pm EST Caracas (Reuters) - Former Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez died Saturday aged 88 at a Hospital in Miami, his family told Venezuelan media. Perez served as the South American country's leader between 1974 and 1979, and again between 1989 and 1993. Independent Venezuelan broadcaster Globovision said he died at Miami's Mercy Hospital of a Heart Attack. "(His death) came as a surprise. He woke up today in very good spirits," his daughter...

Venezuelan Ex-President Carlos Andres Perez Dies at 88
MIAMI - Former Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez, whose popularity soared with his country's oil-based economy but who later faced riots, a severe economic downturn and Impeachment in his homeland, has died in Miami, his family said Saturday. The 88-year-old Perez's daughter, Maria Francia Perez, said her father had died in a Miami area Hospital. "He was happy and well when he awoke this morning. Suddenly he had difficulty breathing," she told The Associated Press by telephone. She ...

Venezuelan ex-president Carlos Andres Perez dies
MIAMI - Former Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez, whose popularity soared with his country's oil-based economy but who later faced riots, a severe economic downturn and Impeachment in his homeland, has died in Miami, his family said Saturday. The 88-year-old Perez's daughter, Maria Francia Perez, said her father had died in a Miami area Hospital. "He was happy and well when he awoke this morning. Suddenly he had difficulty breathing," she told The Associated Press by telephone. She ...

Venezuelan Ex-President Carlos Andres Perez Dies
Former President Carlos Andres Perez, whose popularity soared with Venezuela's oil-based economy but who later faced riots, a severe economic downturn and Impeachment, has died in Miami, his family said Saturday. The 88-year-old Perez's daughter, Maria Francia Perez, said her father had died in a Miami Hospital. He was happy and well when he awoke this morning. Suddenly he had difficulty breathing," she told The Associated Press. She said he was taken to a Miami hospital, where he died. She told...

Venezuelan ex-president Carlos Andres Perez dies (AP)
Miami – Former Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez, whose popularity soared with his country's oil-based economy but who later faced riots, a severe economic downturn and Impeachment in his homeland, has died in Miami, his family said Saturday. The 88-year-old Perez's daughter, Maria Francia Perez, said her father had died in a Miami area Hospital. "He was happy and well when he awoke this morning. Suddenly he had difficulty breathing," she told The Associated Press by telephone. Sh...

Flurry of laws boost Chavez's power in Venezuela
Venezuelan lawmakers granted President Hugo Chavez broad powers Friday to enact laws by decree, undermining the clout of a new Congress that takes office next month with a bigger opposition bloc. Chavez opponents condemned the move as a power grab, saying the law gives him a blank check to rule without consulting lawmakers. The National Assembly approved the special powers for 18 months. A new Congress goes into session Jan. 5 with an opposition contingent large enough to hinder approval of so...

Venezuelan students protest Chavez coup, are met by riot police and water cannons
Venezuelan university Students took the streets hours after Hugo Chavez decided to violate the constitution and take control of the Higher Education system in Venezuela. The Protesters were met by Riot Police and water cannons, injuring several Students and a Journalist. Caracas - Lawmakers' approval in the wee hours of Thursday of a bill overhauling Higher Education in Venezuela brought supporters and opponents of the law onto the streets of Caracas, where a march by government critics wa...

Students rioting in Venezuela
The law governing universities was approved by the National Assembly on Thursday and Students condemned it as an attempt by President Hugo Chavez to clamp down on autonomous state universities that have been a bastion of opposition to his government. This is a new law, in addition to the Enabling Law and the Organic Laws that the National Assembly passed earlier this month. Lawmakers’ approval in the wee hours of Thursday of a bill overhauling Higher Education in Venezuela brought supporte...

Students protest at Chavez law
Police and Soldiers fired water cannons and plastic bullets yesterday as thousands of Students protested at a law that increases powers over universities. Dozens of officers in anti-riot gear blocked Protesters outside the Central University of Venezuela in Caracas, firing plastic bullets into the air. The law was approved by the National Assembly yesterday, and Students denounced it as an attempt by President Hugo Chavez to clamp down on university autonomy. "They won't take away our right to...

Venezuelan politician sentenced to prison
CARACAS, Venezuela - A Venezuelan court has sentenced an opposition politician to 19 years in Prison, saying he was an accomplice in the killing of a Military intelligence official. Jose Sanchez Montiel maintains he is innocent of involvement in the crime in 2007. He was elected to the National Assembly in September while in jail awaiting sentencing. Opposition politicians condemned Wednesday's sentence, saying the case violated Sanchez's rights. If upheld by a higher court, the sentence w...

Sunday Reading
The Middle Class on the Silver Screen -- New York Times film critic A.O. Scott looks at how The Economy is reflected in what we see at the cineplex.The characters in, let’s say, a typical Romantic Comedy or family drama are blander, better-looking reflections of what the members of the audience are imagined to imagine themselves to be: hard workers and eager shoppers, neither greedy nor needy. Those airbrushed mirror images draw from a common well of (reasonable) aspirations and (mild) an...

A voice, a talent, a true Miami original
In the spring of the bicentennial year (1976, for the history challenged), a radio host from Rochester, N.Y., hit the Miami airwaves on WKAT-AM and not only went on to set the radio dial on fire. More important, he branded South Florida humor and political discourse over the ensuing 30 years. While the myth of Howard Stern was spreading through syndication, Neil Rogers berated, shamed and entertained a brigade of ``Neilies'' (as his loyal listeners were known) to become the most significant talk...

Neal Rogers, Miami radio personality who offended all, is dead
Miami — At 9:45 a.m. Friday, Neil Rogers ran out of material. After ranting and kvetching his way to the top of South Florida Talk Radio over the last three decades, Rogers died at Florida Medical Center in Lauderdale Lakes. Born Nelson Roger Behelfer in New York on Nov. 5, 1942, he was 68. A diabetic who had a stroke on the air in 1990, he had another, and at least one Heart Attack, in the past year. Longtime friend and attorney Norman E. Kent said Rogers died of congestive heart failu...

U.S. Cables Show Brazil Warned Chavez Not to Play with U.S. Fire: El Pais, Spain
Christmas or no Christmas, the Wikileaks juggernaut marches on. In this report from Juan Jesus Aznarez of Spain’s El Pais, a U.S. diplomatic cable has emerged that shows America pressuring Brazil to get Hugo Chavez to ’show more restraint’ when speaking of the U.S. and its president, George W. Bush, who Chavez referred to as ‘El Diablo [Satan], a ‘donkey’, an ‘alcoholic’ and a ‘murderer,’ among other things. For El Pais, Juan Jesus Azn...

Spotlight in Africa on malaria prevention
Reporting from Sesheke, Zambia — It had been a long and difficult journey, fully deserving of the marching band and choirs that greeted the convoy when it finally rolled into this village deep in the African bush. The shipment had traveled from a factory in India by sea to Kenya, then overland across much of Southern Africa to the place where the paved road ended. Get dispatches from Times correspondents around the globe delivered to your inbox with our daily World newsletter. Sign up &...