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Teodoro Petkoff

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52: 631: 440:, Teodoro Petkoff launched his campaign to be the next president of Venezuela. In a short televised message he explained his reasons and asked Venezuelans to follow his lead in the construction of what he described as a new, better Venezuela. On 4 August 2006, Petkoff dropped out of the presidential race. Five days after dropping out of the race, he endorsed 462:
In an October 2012 interview, Petkoff noted that while Venezuela under Chávez retained certain democratic institutions, such as political parties and the electoral process, he described other aspects of democracy, such as "the full exercise of freedom of expression," as being "very beleaguered" under
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government program for reducing the size of the public administration, controlling inflation and stopping the currency devaluation, while administering social programs aimed at improving the population's nutritional health and providing "children-mother" services for the poorest.
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On 12 May 2012, Petkoff and his wife were mugged by an armed man on a motorcycle after leaving a Caracas restaurant. In December 2012, while on the
195:; 3 January 1932 – 31 October 2018) was a Venezuelan politician, economist and journalist. One of Venezuela's most prominent politicians on the 1002: 297: 211: 673: 616: 437: 369: 313: 309: 227: 277:
and was imprisoned on several occasions. In the 1960s, along with his brother Luben Petkoff he was a guerrilla fighter under the command of
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On 21 April 2006, after rumours indicating that a number of intellectuals and middle-class liberal activists had asked him to run in the
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democracy of sorts, a one-of-a-kind 'dictatorship.' He aims to make the armed forces the institutional base of his power."
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published a paper by Petkoff about Venezuela under Chávez, saying "Chávez's Venezuela is a
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Chávez. He said that "Chávez has more fascist than socialist elements, unless we speak of
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economic policies in the mid-1990s. He was a prominent critic of President
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In 1971, Petkoff left the PCV to found, along with other dissidents, the
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Minister of the Central Office of Coordination and Planning (Cordiplan)
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Edelman, Marc. "Venezuela's Petkoff: From Guerrilla to Congressman,"
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In 1998, Petkoff left the MAS because he was against its support of
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Political prisoners during the dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jiménez
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party of Caldera, along with other left-wing parties such as the
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Petkoff wrote several political books. In 2005 he published
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until he dropped out four months before the vote to support
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in 2000 and remained its editor until his death in 2018.
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A Former Guerrilla Reinvents Himself as a Candidate.
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( 33: and the second or maternal family name is 978:Movement for Socialism (Venezuela) politicians 226:and was a candidate to run against him in the 983:Members of the Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies 8: 421:, compared to the governments of Chávez and 386:has been outspoken in its criticism of both 532:"Por qué hago lo que hago" (Alfadil: 1997) 958:Venezuelan people of Polish-Jewish descent 50: 39: 701: 699: 697: 695: 693: 691: 574:"Hugo Chávez, tal cual" (Catarata: 2000) 379:Afterward, he founded his own newspaper, 973:Communist Party of Venezuela politicians 304:and twice an unsuccessful candidate for 661: 1023:Members of the Inter-American Dialogue 953:Venezuelan people of Bulgarian descent 943:Central University of Venezuela alumni 864: 863: 852: 340:, and other right-wing parties as the 298:Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia 212:Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia 998:Candidates for President of Venezuela 584:"Las Dos Izquierdas" (Alfadil: 2005) 190: 7: 1008:Escapees from Venezuelan detention 963:20th-century Venezuelan economists 14: 968:Government ministers of Venezuela 742:"A Watershed Moment in Venezuela" 390:and those who supported the 2002 234:. 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Later, he joined the 1038:Venezuelan journalists 948:Politicians from Zulia 448:, for the presidency. 296:(MAS), after the 1968 188:Spanish pronunciation: 988:Venezuelan guerrillas 444:, former governor of 259:Pole of Jewish origin 210:party after the 1968 199:, Petkoff began as a 184:Teodoro Petkoff Malec 92:Teodoro Petkoff Malec 758:on 23 September 2014 564:." (Grijalbo: 2000) 562:Elías Pino Iturrieta 490:Monte Ávila Editores 330:National Convergence 308:, gaining 4% in the 275:Marcos Pérez Jiménez 205:democratic socialist 1013:Venezuelan escapees 477:island of Margarita 915:Newspaper Tal Cual 740:Petkoff, Teodoro. 729:Las dos izquierdas 676:on 1 November 2018 403:Las dos izquierdas 365:'s candidacy (see 302:member of Congress 862:External link in 617:978-958-42-2581-8 609:Editorial Planeta 451:In July 2008 the 283:Rómulo Betancourt 253:His father was a 181: 180: 1045: 919: 902:Romero, Simon. 874: 873: 867: 866: 860: 858: 850: 848: 846: 837:. 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Index

Spanish name
surname

Bobures
Zulia State
Caracas
MAS
Caracas
Alma mater
Central University of Venezuela
Politician
Journalist
[teoˈðoɾopeðˈkofmaˈlek]
left
communist
democratic socialist
Movement Toward Socialism
Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Rafael Caldera
liberalization
Hugo Chávez
2006 presidential election
Manuel Rosales
Tal Cual
Bulgarian
Pole of Jewish origin
Bachelor degree
Economics
Central University of Venezuela
Marcos Pérez Jiménez

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