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Eighth Annual Citgo-Venezuela Heating Oil Program Launched

Feb 4th 2013

The program was launched at the Night of Peace Family Shelter in Baltimore (CITGO)

It is estimated that this year the program will help more than 100,000 families in 25 states plus the District of Columbia, including members of more than 240 Native American communities and more than 200 homeless shelters.

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Venezuela Continues to Search for Solutions to High Crime Rate

Feb 2nd 2013

Caracas at night (Photo: Leo Ramírez/AFP)

A surge in violent crime in recent years has given Venezuela one of the highest murder rates in the world, and is forcing the country to search for solutions as the crime rate continues to remain high.

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Early Release Request for Perpetrator of Venezuelan 2002 Coup Violence Rejected

Feb 1st 2013

Vice President Nicolas Maduro with victims of the April 2002 coup (Prensa Presidencial)

Venezuelan Vice-president Nicolas Maduro has publicly rejected an early release request for a jailed police commissioner convicted for his role in civilian killings during the short-lived 2002 coup against the Chavez government.

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Venezuelan Film Industry Beginning to Flourish

Feb 1st 2013

A community film showing (AVN)

The rise in the quantity and profile of Venezuelan films comes after a spectacular collapse in the industry in the 1990s.

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United Socialist Party of Venezuela Announces Primary Elections

Jan 29th 2013

PSUV vice-president Diosdado Cabello announcing the party’s primary election procedures yesterday. (Ciudad CCS)

The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), will hold internal elections to choose its candidates for the mayoral and municipal council elections, to be held on 14 July.

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CELAC Strengthened by Second Annual Summit

Jan 29th 2013

Raul Castro (middle), the Cuban president and new president pro tempore of CELAC shakes hands with the previous one, Sebastian P

The recently formed Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) met last weekend with the European Union (EU) for a Business Summit, before holding its own annual summit over Sunday and Monday.

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Massacre in Venezuelan Prison Reignites Criticism of Prison System

Jan 28th 2013

Outside the Uribana prison complex where dozens were killed in a massacre on Friday (El Impulso)

A massacre in a Venezuelan prison that resulted in more than 60 dead and 120 wounded on Friday has generated a flurry of criticism of the Venezuelan government for the situation in the country’s prison system.

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Chavez Overcomes Respiratory Infection, Venezuelan Government Says

Jan 28th 2013

Venezuelan minister of communication, Ernesto Villegas (VTV)

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has beaten his respiratory infection and his recovery continues to be favourable, the Venezuelan government has reported.

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Venezuela’s Canaima Computer Project Progresses to Next Stage

Jan 28th 2013

(CaracasDigital.com)

One of the most successful projects of the government of Hugo Chavez took another leap forward last week, with the announcement that Venezuela is expected to produce 1,200,000 Canaima computers this year.

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Venezuelan Government to Pursue Legal Action over El País’ False Chavez Photo

Jan 25th 2013

A copy of El País on sale yesterday with the false image on the front page (EFE/Orlando Barría)

The Venezuelan government has announced that it will pursue legal action against Spanish newspaper El País for the publication of a fake photograph purporting to show President Hugo Chavez undergoing medical treatment. 

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Census Figures Show Reduction in Poverty in Venezuela over Last Decade

Jan 25th 2013

Elías Eljuri, president of Venezuelan’s National Institute of Statistics (Informe21)

Representatives from Venezuela’s National Institute of Statistics (INE) officially revealed some of the most important conclusions from the 14th National Census of Population and Housing to the Venezuelan public this week.

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Divisions Emerge in Venezuela’s Opposition As Some Claim Government is “Illegitimate”

Jan 24th 2013

Henrique Capriles (top), Lara Governor Henri Falcon (left), Maria Corina Machado (center), Diego Arria (right) (Photo: Noticias

Divisions have emerged among Venezuela’s opposition leaders in recent days as some have called for taking a more hardline position against a government they claim to be “illegitimate”.

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Huge March Defends Venezuela’s Democracy and Revolution

Jan 23rd 2013

A very small part of the Caracas march, with the barrio in the background (AVN).

The vice-president and ministers marched with up to a million people today to defend the Bolivarian revolution on Democracy Day, while the opposition march turned out to be a small rally. Further, sectors of the far right have called on the armed forces to resist what they referred to as the “invasion” of “Castro-communism” in Venezuela.

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Venezuelan Authorities Implement Law against Forgetting, Find One Disappeared Person

Jan 22nd 2013

Attorney General Luisa Ortega talking to the press on Saturday (AVN)

Luisa Ortega, Venezuela’s attorney general, announced on Saturday that the remains of disappeared student Noel Rodriguez have been found.

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Despite Shortages, Venezuelans Are Eating Better Statistics Say

Jan 21st 2013

The Venezuelan government distributes subsidized food through government-run supermarkets such as Mercal and Pdval (AVN)

Shortages of certain food items in Venezuela have generated much criticism in recent weeks, yet the National Institute of Statistics and government authorities assure that the country eats better now than before the Chavez government came to power in 1999.

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