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Confederacin De Trabajadores De VenezuelaThe Confederacin de Trabajadores de Venezuela (CTV, English: Confederation of Workers of Venezuela) is a federation of labor unions in Venezuela. CTV was the major trade union body in the country for many years. It has close links to the Accin Democrtica party. CTV is generally identified as a part of the political oligarchy in the country. The union federation has been a consistent and key opponent of Venezeulan President Hugo Chvez. In the year 2001, two years after his first election to President, Chvez's government ordered the union federation to undertake its first-ever direct leadership elections. Although the Venezeulan Supreme Court refused to certify the results, the winner Carlos Ortega assumed the presidency. Since that date, the CTV has participated in four general strikes in an attempt to dislodge Chvez from power, including one which resulted in a coup attempt. When business leader Pedro Carmona assumed the presidency during the coup attempt, Ortega greeted him warmly. In 2002 and 2003, the CTV received funding from the United States' National Endowment for Democracy via the American Center for International Labor Solidarity. In 2003, a new union federation, the Union Nacional de los Trabajadores (UNT, National Union of Workers) was started to challenge the CTV's hegemony in the Venezuelan labor movement, and many unions disaffiliated with the CTV and affilated with the UNT. External links * CTV Homepage
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