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Venezuela to Advise West African Sahrawi Republic on Water Management

Feb 15th 2013

(agencies)

Venezuela will provide advice to the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in the management of water resources in the context of integration policies, solidarity and complementarity, official sources said today.

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Venezuela Announces Measures to Soften Impact of Devaluation

Feb 14th 2013

Vice President Nicolás Maduro during the inauguration of a subsidized supermarket on Wednesday (Prensa Miraflores)

Venezuelan government officials announced new measures in recent days to combat price hikes and speculation as a result of the recent devaluation of the exchange rate.

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Venezuela’s Chavez Undergoing “Complex and Difficult” Treatments

Feb 14th 2013

Vice President Nicolás Maduro (EFE)

Venezuela’s Vice President, Nicolás Maduro, announced yesterday that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is undergoing “complex and difficult” treatments for his cancer.

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U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Venezuela’s Cavim Arms Company

Feb 13th 2013

Cavim bullets (Union Radio)

The U.S. imposed sanctions on a state-owned Venezuelan weapons company after it traded with Iran, North Korea or Syria, the State Department said in a statement posted on its website.

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Venezuela Debates Currency Devaluation while Impact Remains Unclear

Feb 11th 2013

The government devalued the Bolivar by 32% last Friday (Ciudad CCS)

There has been much debate in Venezuela over the causes and likely consequences of last Friday’s currency devaluation, while the concrete political and economic impact remains to be seen.

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Venezuelan Government Rejects Report From Spanish Daily ABC

Feb 11th 2013

Venezuelan Communications Minister Ernesto Villegas (EFE)

Just weeks after Spanish newspaper El País published a fake photo of Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan authorities responded to another report, this time by Spanish daily ABC, which claims that the Venezuelan president would not recover.

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Trade between Venezuela and Colombia Back on Track

Feb 11th 2013

La Guaira Port, Venezuela (Agencies)

Trade between Venezuela and Colombia increased 40.4% in 2012 compared with the previous year, Colombia’s customs and tax authority has reported.

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Venezuela Devaluates Bolivar Currency by 32%

Feb 8th 2013

Jorge Giordani and Nelson Merentes announced the measures (VTV)

The Venezuelan government has devaluated the official exchange rate between the Bolivar Fuerte and the US dollar by 32%, from 4.3 BsF to 6.3 BsF to the dollar.

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Arms Stash Found in Venezuela’s Uribana Prison after Deadly Riot

Feb 8th 2013

Prisons minister Iris Valera gave the results of authorities’ search of Uribana prison (AVN)

Venezuelan authorities have discovered 106 firearms and over 8,000 rounds of ammunition in Uribana prison, which was evicted last month after a deadly riot left 60 dead and over 120 wounded.

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Corruption Charges Shake the Venezuelan Opposition

Feb 8th 2013

President of the National Assembly’s Comptroller Committee Pedro Carreño presented formal charges to the Attorney General’s

In a heated debate before the National Assembly on Tuesday, several politicians from opposition political party Primero Justicia were accused of corruption, and one opposition legislator broke ranks with the opposition coalition.

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Celebrations and Criticisms on Anniversary of 1992 Coup Attempt in Venezuela

Feb 5th 2013

Thousands of civilians and members of the military filled the streets of Caracas on Monday in celebration of the anniversary of

Twenty-one years after Hugo Chavez launched an aborted coup and first became known on the national stage, Venezuelans are divided on how the 1992 coup attempt should be remembered today.

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Venezuelan Government Officials Increasingly Confident on Chavez Recovery

Feb 4th 2013

Showing the document bearing Chavez’s signature, Vice President Maduro declared, “we have a president governing”. (AVN)

Venezuelan government officials have sent signals of increasing confidence about President Hugo Chavez’s successful recovery from his cancer operation last 11 December.

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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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