Venezuela Ends Term Limits

[Judi Lynn]

February 16, 2009
Chavez and the Washington Post
Venezuela Ends Term Limits

By PATRICK IRELAN

~snip~
In February of this year, the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) released a study of the first 10 years of the Chávez administration. Mark Weisbrot, Rebecca Ray, and Luis Sandoval wrote this report, which is called “The Chávez Administration at 10 Years: The Economy and Social Indicators.” I’ll list only a few of the details from this study.

“During the current economic expansion, the poverty rate has been cut by more than half, from 54 percent of households in the first half of 2003 to 26 percent at the end of 2008. Extreme poverty has fallen even more, by 72 percent.”

“From 1998-2006, infant mortality has fallen by more than one-third. The number of primary care physicians in the public sector increased 12-fold from 1999-2007, providing health care to millions of Venezuelans who previously did not have access.”

“There have been substantial gains in education, especially higher education, where gross enrollment rates more than doubled from 1999-2000 to 2007-2008.”

“The labor market also improved substantially over the last decade, with unemployment dropping from 11.3 percent to 7.8 percent. During the current expansion it has fallen by more than half. Other labor market indicators also show substantial gains.”

More:
http://www.counterpunch.org/irelan02162009.html

[EFerrari]

1. Thanks so much, Judi Lynn. This has great information in it!

Bookmarked!

[struggle4progress]

2. The US survived a century and a half before amending our Constitution to impose POTUS term limits

so perhaps the forthcoming hysterical shrieks are unwarranted

[EFerrari]

3. The usual suspects are screaming election fraud, oncoming dictator,

already counting the next election. Maybe it keeps them off of the streets. :)

[Joe Chi Minh]

4. YIPPEE! Viva, Ugo!