On January 22, the Lebanese parliamentary opposition, led by the Shiite-based Hezbollah movement, organised a general strike to demand the resignation of the US-backed government of PM Fuad Siniora.
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On January 8, Venezuela鈥檚 socialist President Hugo Chavez swore in his new cabinet, including five new members, calling upon them to take an oath that they would 鈥渘ever rest arm or soul in the construction of the Venezuelan path towards socialism鈥. One the ministers sworn in was Hector Navarro, previously higher education minister and now Venezuela鈥檚 minister of science and technology.
Last November, Hu Deping, the deputy chief of the united front department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) central committee, called for a halt to the popular campaign that seeks to force mainland China聮s new class of capitalists, most of whom acquired their initial wealth from embezzling the state sector, to return their ill-gotten gains for the public benefit.
On January 22, El Salvador鈥檚 main opposition party, the Farabundo Mart铆 National Liberation Front (FMLN), held commemorative activities for the 75th anniversary of the 1932 Nahua-Pipil indigenous peasant revolt led by indigenous leader Jose Feliciano Ama and Agustin Farabundo Mart铆 Rodr铆guez , leader of the newly formed Communist Party (PCS).
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