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Venezuela becomes Mercosur's full member
By signing the Adhesion Protocol, Venezuela starts to participate actively in Mercosur's negotiations and in the decision making process. This will make it possible to continue boosting the integration process. |
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva |
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Lula in Caracas to sign Venezuela's adhesion to Mercosur
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva travelled to Caracas, in order to take part in the extraordinary summit where Venezuela is to initial the protocol of adhesion to the Southern Common Market (Mercosur). |
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World Bank: Venezuela decreased poverty
'Venezuela has achieved substantial improvements in the fight against poverty. The statistical evidence that we have compiled shows that from 1995 to 2005 the number of homes under the poverty line has decreased',stated the World Bank. |
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President Chávez hosts 141st OPEC meeting in Caracas
From the offices of the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum in Caracas, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez launched the 141st (Extraordinary) OPEC Meeting, where he welcomed the various international delegations and declared that OPEC 'has always represented a flag of freedom for the third world.' |
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Brazil's Foreign Affairs Minister Celso Amorim |
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Brazil supports Venezuela for UN Security Council
Brazil's Foreign Affairs minister Celso Amorim said it was only 'natural' that his country should support the candidacy of Venezuela, instead of Guatemala, to the United Nations Security Council. |
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Argentina's Foreign Affair Minister Jorge Taiana |
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Argentina supports Venezuela to Security Council
Argentina supports Venezuela as non permanent member of the United Nations Security Council representing Latino America and the Caribbean confirmed Argentina's Foreign Affair minister Jorge Taiana in Caracas. |
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PDVSA and Petrobras make big find at Venezuela heavy oil block
State-run oil firms Petroleo Brasileiro SA and Petróleos de Venezuela SA have found a large deposit of oil sands at the Carabobo 1 block of the Orinoco river basin, marking the first solid results in a campaign to book recoverable reserves in the area, PdVSA President Rafael Ramírez said. |
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Orinoco projects could double output in 2-3 years
The CVP affiliate of Venezuela's state oil firm PDVSA that oversees contracts with domestic and foreign oil companies has reiterated its plan to increase its present stake in four Orinoco extra-heavy crude projects to 60% and said once negotiations are completed it will seek to double production there to 1.2 million barrels a day (Mb/d). |
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Venezuela and Caribbean nations sign oil deal
An oil trading initiative offered by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez as an alternative to free trade deals backed by the United States has received final approval from Caribbean leaders amid rising world fuel prices. Chávez and the leaders of nine nations signed accords that set out the details of the Venezuelan leader's Petrocaribe initiative, which could help some of the more fragile economies in the region survive the shock of higher fuel prices. |
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Dutch Foreign Minister Ben Bot |
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Dutch Foreign Minister to visit Venezuela
Dutch Foreign Minister Ben Bot will visit Venezuela, Brazil and the Netherlands Antilles.
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President Chávez awarded by Spanish magazine 'Cambio 16'
The Spanish magazine 'Cambio 16' granted President Hugo Chávez the 2005 International Cambio Adward in recocognition of 'his passionate fight against poverty and his active social police'. |
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Venezuela's Electoral Council agrees to opposition petition
Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) unanimously approved a petition by three presidential candidates to observe the audit of the voter registry. The three candidates that submitted the petition were Teodoro Petkoff, Julio Borges, and Manuel Rosales, who are considered to be the three strongest candidates to challenge President Chávez in the presidential election of December 3, 2006. |
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CNE president Tibisay Lucena |
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Venezuela invites European Union to witness presidential election
The National Electoral Council (CNE) sent a formal invitation to the European Union to take part as electoral observer in next December 3rd presidential election. |
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CNE ready to elect members of boards for elections
As scheduled, the National Electoral Council (CNE) is to conduct a public ballot to choose the members of regional, municipal and parish boards ahead of the elections for president next December 3rd. |
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Venezuela: unemployment rate drops 2,4% in 2006
According to the Venezuelan National Statistics Institute (INE, Spanish acronym), there is a considerable reduction in the unemployment rate in Venezuela in relation to May 2005. There are 249,502 fewer unemployed people this year than in 2005. |
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Venezuela allocates 8% of its GDP for education
Over USD $ 160 million were allocated for the building of 88 schools that will meet a demand of 68,000 students in Venezuela.
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Great Projects for the People of Venezuela
Interview with Ramón Carrizalez, Venezuela's Minister of Infrastructure |
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Odebrecht signs US$991mn Orinoco bridge contract
Venezuela's national government has signed a US$991mn contract with Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht to build 115km of highway and a 2.4km bridge across the Orinoco river. |
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Iran to invest $9 billion in Venezuela
The Iranian Vice-Minister of Light Industry, Mohsen Shaterzadeh, announced this week that the Islamic Republic of Iran is planning to invest more than $9 billion in 125 development projects in Venezuela as part of bilateral cooperation agreements between the two countries. |
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Italian companies sign contracts worth US$2.2bn for railway construction
Italian companies Astaldi, Ghella and Impregilo have signed two railway construction contracts with Venezuela's state rail institute IAFE, according to a joint press release from the companies involved. |
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Movistar expects mobile market to reach 16 million users
The Venezuelan mobile market is expected to end 2006 with at least 16 million users, newspapers quoted Luis Malvido, president of the local unit of Movistar as saying. |
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COHA Report
The State Department Human Trafficking Report: raw ideology rather than bona fide research |
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Misión Arbol: Reforesting Venezuela
On June 4th, President Chávez launched 'Mision Arbol' (Tree Mission), an attempt to combat the desforestation of Venezuela, with a vision of generating in the Venezuelan population an environmental consciousness about the importance of the forest and ecological equilibrium. |
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Venezuela is second most proud country
According to a survey of the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, Venezuela is the second country with the most patriotism.
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