(Vatican Radio) Venezuela`s National Electoral Agency indicates that a push for a referendum on the leadership of Nicolas Maduro won`t be in time to precipitate a Presidential Election.Listen to James Blears’ report: The National Electoral Agency announced that if the opposition must follow protocol and procedure, and collect four million signatures for a Referendum by late October. They then have one month to verify, and 90 more days to decide whether to schedule an official referendum.After this latest development, the opposition -- which has lambasted officials for demanding fingerprints to back up phase one of this process and which required just one percent of the electorate`s vote -- are now threatening to bypass the entire process, and hold a nationwide referendum rally on 1 Sept.If the recall vote on President Nicolas Maduro and his government is not done and dusted by 10 Jan, even if the result went against him, constitutionally, his vice pre...
(Vatican Radio) Venezuela`s National Electoral Agency indicates that a push for a referendum on the leadership of Nicolas Maduro won`t be in time to precipitate a Presidential Election.
Listen to James Blears’ report:
The National Electoral Agency announced that if the opposition must follow protocol and procedure, and collect four million signatures for a Referendum by late October. They then have one month to verify, and 90 more days to decide whether to schedule an official referendum.
After this latest development, the opposition -- which has lambasted officials for demanding fingerprints to back up phase one of this process and which required just one percent of the electorate`s vote -- are now threatening to bypass the entire process, and hold a nationwide referendum rally on 1 Sept.
If the recall vote on President Nicolas Maduro and his government is not done and dusted by 10 Jan, even if the result went against him, constitutionally, his vice president Aristobulo Izturiz would take his place, insuring continuity of policy, until the presidential term is completed in 2019.
For his part, President Maduro has initiated legal challenges and launched a campaign, vowing he`ll do everything in his power to prevent a referendum taking place this year.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Amtrak has started settling lawsuits with victims of last year's deadly derailment in Philadelphia, and lawyers involved in the process say a strict confidentiality provision prevents them and their clients from talking about how they're doing or how much money they've received....
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Amtrak has started settling lawsuits with victims of last year's deadly derailment in Philadelphia, and lawyers involved in the process say a strict confidentiality provision prevents them and their clients from talking about how they're doing or how much money they've received....
BALTIMORE (AP) -- A harshly critical Justice Department report says Baltimore police officers routinely discriminate against blacks, use excessive force and are not adequately disciplined for misconduct....
BALTIMORE (AP) -- A harshly critical Justice Department report says Baltimore police officers routinely discriminate against blacks, use excessive force and are not adequately disciplined for misconduct....
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) -- Gunshots rang out after a car struck a protester during a demonstration in Ferguson, Missouri, on the second anniversary of Michael Brown's death, disrupting what had been a peaceful gathering but apparently striking no one....
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) -- Gunshots rang out after a car struck a protester during a demonstration in Ferguson, Missouri, on the second anniversary of Michael Brown's death, disrupting what had been a peaceful gathering but apparently striking no one....
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- It is one of Rio's most renowned favelas, the Cidade de Deus made infamous in a film that helped cement a stereotype of the other side of the "Marvelous City" that is host of the Olympic Games - one where ghettos are ruled by drug lords and baby-faced criminals shoot to kill....
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- It is one of Rio's most renowned favelas, the Cidade de Deus made infamous in a film that helped cement a stereotype of the other side of the "Marvelous City" that is host of the Olympic Games - one where ghettos are ruled by drug lords and baby-faced criminals shoot to kill....
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Michael Phelps sat alone, thoroughly exhausted. He put his head in his hands and then motioned at his neck as though he had nothing left to give....
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Michael Phelps sat alone, thoroughly exhausted. He put his head in his hands and then motioned at his neck as though he had nothing left to give....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Following a lengthy tug-of-war with Capitol Hill, the Pentagon has given a senator the first-ever, unclassified report detailing the suspected militant backgrounds of more than 100 detainees at or recently released from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay - a report that will likely spur more debate over shutting it down....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Following a lengthy tug-of-war with Capitol Hill, the Pentagon has given a senator the first-ever, unclassified report detailing the suspected militant backgrounds of more than 100 detainees at or recently released from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay - a report that will likely spur more debate over shutting it down....
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- As a high school senior, Hwang Yu-mi went to work bathing silicon wafers in chemicals at a Samsung factory that makes computer chips for laptops and other devices. Four years later, she died of leukemia. She was 22....
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- As a high school senior, Hwang Yu-mi went to work bathing silicon wafers in chemicals at a Samsung factory that makes computer chips for laptops and other devices. Four years later, she died of leukemia. She was 22....
BRISTOL, Va. (AP) -- On the defensive once again, Donald Trump is blaming faulty interpretations and media bias for an uproar over his comments about the Second Amendment. He's insisting he never advocated violence against Hillary Clinton, even as undeterred Democrats pile on....
BRISTOL, Va. (AP) -- On the defensive once again, Donald Trump is blaming faulty interpretations and media bias for an uproar over his comments about the Second Amendment. He's insisting he never advocated violence against Hillary Clinton, even as undeterred Democrats pile on....
