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Venezuela Denies Arms Smugglers Caught in Colombia Belong to its Military

A dispute has erupted over whether one of the Venezuelans arrested for smuggling AK-47 ammunition to the FARC Friday is a National Guardsman, and what the real events were leading up to his arrest. (Colombian Attorney General's Office)

June 9, 2008 ... were captured in a flagrant act, from whom 40,000 AK-47 cartridges were confiscated,” Iguarán told the press ...

Venezuela On Track to Achieve Millennium Development Goals in Education

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The Venezuelan literacy program, Mision Robinson, in session. (RNV)

November 14, 2008 ... females. High school graduation rates have increased from 47% to 66%, and university enrollment has increased from ...

Venezuelan McDonald’s Closed Two Days for Tax Irregularities in

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October 10, 2008 October 10, 2008 (venezuelanalysis.com)-- Venezuela's tax and customs enforcement office, SENIAT, forced a 48-hour closure of all 115 McDonald's restaurants in the country on Thursday as a punishment for tax irregularities. The McDonald's restaurants, which are operated by three separate franchises in Venezuela, Alimentos Nasif, Alimentos Arcos Dorados, and Compañía Operativa de Alimentos, will be allowed to open again on Saturday at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.

Summit of the Bolivarian Alternative (ALBA) Concludes in Venezuela

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Conclusion of the ALBA Summit in Caracas (Telesur)

January 27, 2008 ... as the beginning of a program to reintegrate the country's 47,000 street kids. The three day summit involved a series of ...

Venezuela To Control at Least 60% of Nationalized Cement Companies

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Venezuela's Minister of energy and Petroleum, Rafael Ramirez (Prensa Presidencial)

April 9, 2008 ... its Venezuela branch indicate that exports were reduced by 47% in 2006 and 51% in 2007 “in order to attend to the ...

Venezuelan Military and Civilians Test-Run Defense Operations

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez said Venezuela's missile testing and military exercises last weekend were in preparation for a "war of resistance" against possible foreign invasion.

June 10, 2008 ... arms transfers to South America between 2003 and 2007 was 47% higher than in the period 1998-2002, according to SIPRI. ...

Youth Wing of United Socialist Party of Venezuela Born

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Delegates at the Founding Youth Congress of the PSUV

September 15, 2008 ... well as the development of the revolution. In a total of 47 working groups the delegates discussed the statutes of the ...

Venezuelan Day Of Indigenous Marked With Launch Of Services

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Hugo Chavez speaking on the Day of Indigenous Resistance. (VTV)

October 14, 2008 ... stage will supply drinking water for the first time to 47,000 inhabitants of San Rafael del Mojan. The government ...

Venezuelan Political Leaders React Positively to Regional Election Results

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Mario Silva, loosing PSUV candidate for the state of Carabobo, talks to the press. (YVKE)

November 25, 2008 ... PSUV candidate for the state of Trujillo, who won with 59.47% of the vote, said that he was satisfied with the popular ...

Venezuela Launches New Social Program for Poor Children

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Participation and Social Protection Minister Érika Farías announced that the Negra Hipólita mission plans to open an eco-rehabiliation camp in the state of Lara in the coming year.

June 17, 2008 ... Farías explained. President Chávez also allocated 47 million bolivars (US$21.9 million) for the purchase of ...

Sidor Contract Workers In Negotiations for Bonus, Following Brief Strike

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A worker at the Sidor steel factory. (Archive)

November 5, 2008 ... was that the minister had been meeting into the late hours of the night with the presidents of Sidor to fine-tune ... in mid-October the contract workers went on strike for 90 hours and blocked traffic on the main road because Sanz had ...