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| | Human Rights Watch: Americas : Venezuela |
 | | Venezuelas National Assembly, which has been voting article by article on the law, known as the Law of Social Responsibility in Radio and Television, is expected to approve it today. | | | Venezuela: HRW Reiterates Concern Over New Supreme Court Law | | | Venezuela's Supreme Court Upholds Prior Censorship and "Insult Laws" |
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| | Venezuela - Columbia Encyclopedia article about Venezuela |
| | A constitution establishing a strong president with a six-year term in office and the ability to run for immediate reelection and a unicameral National Assembly was approved in referendum in December; the new constitution also reduced civilian control of the military and increased the government's control of the economy. | | | In 1999, Hugo Chávez Frías Chávez Frías, Hugo Rafael, 1954–, Venezuelan political leader, president of Venezuela (1999&;). | | | In July, 2000, Chávez won election to the presidency under the new constitution; his coalition, the Political Pole, won 99 of the 165 seats in the assembly, short of the two-thirds majority needed to rule without constraints. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Venezuela |
| | In Venezuela they exercised their ministry with fruitful results; and when the conquest was completed, they still continued their mission with the greatest zeal. | | | This see was transferred to Caracas in 1637, and elevated to archiepiscopal rank by a Bull of Pius VII 24 November, 1803. | | | No sooner was the Colombian nationality constituted than the State, by the Law of 28 July, 1824, assumed to the fullest extent those prerogatives over the Churches of America which, under the name of Patronato, the popes had conferred upon the Catholic kings. |
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| | News - Venezuela - Hugo Chavez - Information - Human Rights Violations - PDVSA www.vcrisis.com |
| | Venezuela is becoming the leading transit country through which the bulk of the worlds cocaine is smuggled to the US and Europe, according to foreign law enforcement officers. | | | The students of the University of Buenos Aires, for the third time in a row, have not allowed the convening of a meeting of its General Assembly to elect and appoint the University's new head (the "Rector") to replace the present one, whose statutory mandate is now overdue. | | | Venezuela: Impact of Hugo Chavez and Regional Security |
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| | TRINICENTER.COM - Venezuela and Chávez |
| | Venezuela's president, Hugo Chávez, accuses the US of planning to invade his country to take control of its vast oil reserves. | | | Venezuela's Defense Minister Admiral Orlando Maniglia and Spanish Defense Minister José Bono signed the deal at a ceremony earlier today. | | | Short-lived April 11-13 coup against Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez |
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| | Venezuela (03/06) |
| | However, international electoral observation missions carried out by the Organization of American States and the Carter Center found no indication of systemic fraud. | | | In December 1998, Hugo Chavez Frias won the presidency on a campaign for broad reform, constitutional change, and a crackdown on corruption. | | | The Venezuelan embassy in the United States is located at 1099 30th St. NW, Washington, DC 20007 (tel. |
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| | Venezuela News |
| | Venezuela defends expulsion of US missionary 10/15/2005 The News, Pakistan: "Venezuelas vice president defended a decision to expel a US-based Christian missionary group from the country on Thursday, saying members of the New Tribes Mission had links to the CIA, a charge the organization strongly denied. | | | Venezuela defends Aljazeera tie-up 2/2/2006 Al Jazeera: "On Thursday, Connie Mack, a Florida Republican, criticised the agreement between Aljazeera and Telesur to share content and co-operate in gathering news. | | | Chávez taunts US with oil offer 8/25/2005 Guardian: "President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela hit back vigorously at calls by an ally of President George Bush for his assassination by offering cheap petrol to the poor of the US at a time of soaring fuel prices. |
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| | Encyclopedia: Venezuela |
| | Hugo Chavez in 1999, as President of Venezuela Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (born July 28, 1954) is the President of Venezuela. | | | Diosdado Cabello, Vice President of Venezuela, became president as dictated by the constitution. | | | Venezuela is home to a wide variety of landscapes, such as the northeasternmost extensions of the Andes mountains in the northwest and along the northern Caribbean coast, of which the highest point is the Pico Bolívar at 5,007 m. |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Venezuela
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| | Venezuela: Map, History and Much More From Answers.com |
| | Diosdado Cabello, Vice President of Venezuela, became president as dictated by the constitution. | | | The Venezuelan president is elected by a plural vote, with direct and universal suffrage, and functions as both head of state and head of government. | | | Venezuela is home to a wide variety of landscapes, such as the northeasternmost extensions of the Andes mountains in the northwest and along the northern Caribbean coast, of which the highest point is the Pico Bolívar at 5,007 m. |
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| | Technorati Tag: venezuela |
| | CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez constantly warns Venezuelans a U.S. invasion is imminent. | | | CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez constantly warns Venezuelans a U.S. invasion is imminent. Now he’s begun training a civilian militia... | | | Venezuela Adventure Travel and Ecotours Natoura specializes in safe and exciting tours throughout the beautiful and diverse country of Venezuela. |
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| | Index of Economic Freedom 2004 - Countries |
| | President Hugo Chávez has succeeded in strangling Venezuelas private sectorthe source of much of his opposition. | | | Negotiations continue for a referendum to recall Chávez from office; but despite the requisite number of signatures and encouragement from the Organization of American States, Chávez seems determined to block any attempt at removal, even if it means ignoring the constitution he promulgated in 1999 to help ensure his longevity in power. | | | Venezuelas fiscal burden of government score is 0.2 point worse this year; in addition, its government intervention is 0.5 point worse, its monetary policy and banking and finance scores are 1 point worse, and its capital flows and foreign investment score is 2 points worse. |
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| | Encyclopedia: Venezuela |
| | Diosdado Cabello, Vice President of Venezuela, became temporary president as dictated by the constitution. | | | The Venezuelan president is elected by a popular vote, with direct and universal suffrage, and functions as both head of state and head of government. | | | Venezuela is home to a wide variety of landscapes, such as the north-easternmost extensions of the Andes mountains in the northwest and along the northern Caribbean coast, of which the highest point is the Pico BolÃvar at 5,007 m. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Venezuela |
| | In Venezuela they exercised their ministry with fruitful results; and when the conquest was completed, they still continued their mission with the greatest zeal. | | | The administration of this Church, as of most of the Venezuelan Churches, was formerly regulated by the synodal constitutions enacted at Caracas in 1687; at present all the dioceses are governed under the Pastoral Instruction promulgated by the Venezuelan episcopate in the Conference of 23 May to 27 July, 1904. | | | The coast of Venezuela was discovered by Christopher Columbus during his third voyage, on 1 August, 1498. |
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| | Rómulo Betancourt: Information From Answers.com |
| | Venezuela's political life after 1959 was uninterrupted civilian constitutional rule. | | | Later president Rafael Caldera rejected the doctrine, which he thought had served to isolate Venezuela in the world. | | | This led the Venezuelan government to take its case against Trujillo to the OAS. |
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| | Docs 300-326 |
| | Trujillo's death leaves Joaquin Balaguer in key position as continuing President and head of recognized Dominican State. | | | After the assassination of Generalissimo Trujillo, his son Ramfis moved swiftly and effectively to establish control over the armed forces and to pledge his backing of President Balaguer in the latter's program for gradual reform and liberalization of the Trujillo system. | | | Balaguer has also appointed a reputable cabinet, indicated his willingness to consider the return of the OAS investigating subcommittee, and declared that he was prepared to have OAS representatives observe the national elections scheduled for May 1962. |
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| | Oil Wars |
| | This week, I traveled to Venezuela to meet with President Hugo Chavez and address the National Assembly. | | | Yesterday, while Robertson was issuing his half-baked Chavez clarification, the Venezuelan president was in Montego Bay, Jamaica, where he announced a new oil agreement with that country's prime minister, P.J. Patterson. | | | The AP caption read: An unidentified supporter of President Hugo Chavez is covered in blood after being hit in the head with a stone during a clash between members of the opposition and Chavez supporters in downtown, Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2005. |
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| | Hands Off Venezuela - Home |
| | On Monday March 27, the British Channel 4 screened a documentary on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez that can only be described as scandalous. | | | Hands off Venezuela in Germany played a decisively role in some successful public meetings with Che Guevara's daughter, Aleida Guevara, last week. | | | The exhibit, "Now-Time Venezuela", is the first in a six-part cycle exploring the revolutionary changes taking place in Venezuela, and the intersection between revolutionary social change and art. |
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| | Venezuelan recall referendum, 2004 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Venezuelan recall referendum of 15 August 2004 was a referendum to determine whether Hugo Chávez, the president of Venezuela, should be recalled from office. | | | The recall mechanism was introduced into Venezuelan law in 1999 under the new Constitution drafted by the National Constituent Assembly and sanctioned by the electorate in a referendum. | | | The recall referendum was announced on 8 June 2004 by the National Electoral Council after Chávez opponents had succeeded in collecting the number of signatures required by the 1999 Constitution to force a vote. |
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| | global.doc4.html |
| | From them she learned the name of a contact in Venezuela, who is highly placed in the government, and who might be willing to smooth the way for Worldwide's efforts to develop business there, Dr. Juan Trujillo. | | | The young executive could only refer him to one of the senior executives that Krause had failed to secure an appointment with on the previous day. | | | At that point, the executive listened only briefly before politely excusing himself and walking off with his assistant and bodyguard at his heels. |
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| | Recall election - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Along with the initiative and referendum, it was one of the major electoral reforms advocated by leaders of the Progressive movement in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. | | | A recall election is a procedure by which voters can remove an elected official from office. | | | In 2003, several million citizens petitioned the government for a gubernatorial recall election. |
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| | Venezuela - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch |
| | The Venezuelan president is elected by a plural vote, with direct and universal suffrage, and functions as both head of state and head of government. | | | Diosdado Cabello, Vice President of Venezuela, became president as dictated by the constitution. | | | Venezuela is home to a wide variety of landscapes, such as the northeasternmost extensions of the Andes mountains in the northwest and along the northern Caribbean coast, of which the highest point is the Pico Bolivar at 5,007 m. |
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| | Amazonas (Brazilian state) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | This includes the department Amazonas in Colombia, as well as the Amazonas State, Venezuela (it does not border the Peruvian Amazonas Region). | | | The state of Amazonas was officially created by Dom Pedro II in 1850. | | | By the late 1800s, the Brazilian rubber monopoly was slowly dying, as British and Dutch plantations in South-East Asia were producing cheaper, superior quality rubber, and by 1900 the Amazonas state had fallen into serious economic decline because of this. |
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| | The next passing of the new law of the Political-Territorial Division of the Amazonas State |
| | The next passing of the new law of the Political-Territorial Division of the Amazonas State, Venezuela, by the Legislative Assembly | | | -That the rights of the Indigenous communities be respected in the new law of Political-Territorial Division of the state of Amazonas as agreed to by the Supreme Court of Justice. | | | *Ask that the rights of the Indigenous communities be respected in the new law of the Political-Territorial Division of the state of Amazonas in accordance with what was indicated by the Supreme Court of Justice. |
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| | Venezuela States |
| | As related to the pre-1819 divisions, Apure department corresponded roughly to Barinas province; Orinoco department to the provinces of Barcelona, Cumaná, Guayana, and Margarita; Venezuela department to Caracas province, and Zulia department to the provinces of Coro, Maracaibo, Mérida, and Trujillo. | | | 1856-04-28: Law of Territorial Division divided Venezuela into 21 provinces: Amazonas, Apure, Aragua, Barcelona, Barinas, Barquisimeto, Carabobo, Caracas, Cojedes, Coro, Cumaná, Guárico, Guayana, Maracaibo, Margarita, Maturin, Mérida, Portuguesa, Táchira, Trujillo, and Yaracuy. | | | Venezuela is divided into 23 estados (states), one dependencias federales (federal dependencies), and one distrito capital (capital district). |
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| | Carter Center |
| | The Carter Center monitored elections in Venezuela beginning with the fall 1998 regional and presidential elections, continuing through the work of the constitutional assembly in 1999, and concluding with an international delegation for the July 2000 elections and observation of recounts and appeals resolution. | | | The final report from the Carter Center's observation of the 2000 Venezuela elections and the 1999 constitutional assembly calls for reforms to electoral procedures to build voter confidence in the process and avoid deficiencies that flawed the July 2000 elections. | | | Evaluating the overall strength of democracy in Venezuela, the report said that, although the government repeatedly consulted citizens in the past two years on national questions, the public perception that partisan choices were made for justices and election authorities in 2000 weakened institutional independence and citizen confidence. |
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