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Venezuela’s Chavez: We Must Create a New State of Law and Social Justice

Feb 5th 2012

Chavez urged the Venezuelan National Assembly to reform the country's penal code in order to create a new “social state o

This past Monday Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced that his government would make reforming the country’s penal code a priority in the upcoming year.

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Venezuela Reforms National Anti-Terrorism Laws

Feb 4th 2012

Venezuela’s National Assemly passed the reformed law on Tuesday this week (CdO)

This past Tuesday, the Venezuelan National Assembly passed new legislation reforming the country’s laws on organised crime and terrorism. The legislation widens the number of crimes under its competence and also increases maximum sentences for offenses.

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UN Praises Venezuela’s Gun Control and Disarmament Policies

Feb 3rd 2012

Venezuela's Interior and Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami (AVN)

A United Nations (UN) official praised Venezuela’s gun control and disarmament efforts as the government proceeds with several policies aimed at countering violent crime and guaranteeing citizen security.

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Venezuela Moves Ahead with Prison Reforms

Jan 28th 2012

In the Operation Cambote program inmates will decide which areas of their penitentiary facility most need improvement. (AVN).

Reforms to humanise Venezuela’s prison system moved ahead this week with the launch of a program in which inmates work to restore and improve prison facilities, while prison affairs minister Iris Valera reported progress in tackling delays in the judicial processing of prisoners.

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Attorney General Carlos Escarra Dies

Jan 27th 2012

Carlos Escarra died of a heart attack on Wednesday this week (Radio del Sur).

On Wednesday, Venezuelans were shocked at the news of Attorney General and revolutionary lawyer Carlos Escarra’s abrupt death after suffering a heart attack earlier that morning.

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Chavez Gives Annual Speech to the Nation, Announces New Security Mission

Jan 17th 2012

President Chavez highlighted the government’s success in hugely reducing poverty in Venezuela throughout the last 12 years (ps

Thousands of Venezuelans gathered outside the country's National Assembly (AN) on Saturday to hear President Chavez give his annual speech to the nation. Each year the Venezuelan president is obliged to give an "annual report" to the legislative body accounting for the management of his government and detailing its setbacks and achievements throughout the past year.

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U.S. Expels Venezuelan Consul as “Persona Non Grata”

Jan 10th 2012

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez described Noguera as a “dignified professional” who had been “humiliated and demonised”

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has condemned the United States’ decision to expel the Venezuelan consul general in Miami as “arbitrary and unjustified” this past Monday, and derided the move as “another demonstration of the arrogance of ridiculous imperialism”.  

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Families “Self-Kidnap” in Venezuelan Prison, Other Prisoners Released on Pardon

Jan 4th 2012

Minister for Prison Services, Iris Varela (archive)

Minister for Prison Services Iris Varela informed yesterday that families have “self-kidnapped” themselves in the Yare 1 prison in Miranda state in order to make political demands, while over Christmas President Hugo Chavez issued a presidential pardon for 141 prisoners.

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Venezuela’s Attorney General: Extradition of FARC Singer Conrado Shouldn’t Proceed

Dec 23rd 2011

Julian Conrado (archive)

Venezuela’s Public Ministry has formally recommended that the extradition of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) member Guillermo Torres Cueter (aka Julian Conrado) to Colombia not be carried out, on both legal and human rights grounds. 

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Venezuelan Ilich Ramirez “the Jackal” Found Guilty in France, Demands Extradition

Dec 19th 2011

Ilich Ramirez (Reuters).

After a French court sentenced him to a second life sentence, Ilich Ramirez, or the “Jackal” as the mainstream press calls him, has requested to be extradited to Venezuela.

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Venezuelan Authorities Deport Key Drug Smugglers to Colombia, U.S

Dec 16th 2011

The handover of the two drug traffickers (Roberto Gill, Venezuelan Ministry of Justice and Internal Affairs).

Yesterday Venezuelan authorities deported two Colombians accused of drug trafficking and wanted by Interpol with red alerts, the minister for justice and internal affairs, Tareck El Aissami, told press. He described the event as “one of the most important captures we have made in Venezuela”.

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Youth March Against Violence in Caracas

Nov 25th 2011

Thousands of youth participated in the march (Comisión Desarme)

Thousands of Venezuelan youth took to the streets of Caracas on Friday last week to demonstrate their desire for peace and support government measures calling for an end to the use of firearms in the streets of the South American country.

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Venezuela Deploys Crime-Fighting Unit, the People's National Guard

Nov 20th 2011

The main duties of the People's Guard will be; disarmament, control of alcohol, stopping small-scale drug trafficking, high

“The crime rate has been reduced by 52 percent in the sectors where we have deployed the Bolivarian National Police and National Guard, while the homicide rate has been reduced by 7 percent. However, we have to recognize that rising crime is one of the biggest problems we face, and not just in Venezuela.”

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Venezuelans Demand Repatriation of Ilich Ramirez “the Jackal”, Chavez Lends State Support

Nov 9th 2011

Ilich Ramirez (Reuters).

President Hugo Chavez said on Monday that the Venezuelan state can’t “permit that any Venezuelan is abused, be they accused of anything, in any part of the world” in reference to the imprisonment, torture, and trial of Ilich Ramirez (also referred to by Western media as Carlos the Jackal) in France.

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Venezuela Deepens Project to Humanise Nation’s Penitentiary System

Nov 8th 2011

Minister Varela has visited over 28 of the country’s penitentiary centres (AVN).

The Minister of Venezuela’s recently established Penitentiary Service, Iris Varela, vowed to “transform prison centres” last week as she continued to advance the national census of the country’s jails. 

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