Published: 02/09/2010
A delegation of members and former members of the Swiss Parliament visiting Venezuela to analyze the country’s domestic reality expressed that there is a high level of democracy and freedom of speech in Venezuela.
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Published: 02/07/2010
More than 58 percent of the Venezuelan population supports President Hugo Chávez’s performance, according to the report issued by the Venezuelan Institute of Data Analysis (IVAD). The report also says that if there were presidential elections in the near future, the Venezuelan president would be elected with a majority.
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Published: 02/06/2010
Venezuelan National Assembly representative and lawyer Carlos Escarrá on Friday rejected an argument presented by TV station RCTV International claiming that it did not have to observe the Law of Social Responsibility on Radio and Television. RCTV stated that it considers that the technical norms established by the National Telecommunications Commission (CONATEL) violate the principle of non retroactivity.
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Published: 02/04/2010
The construction of new pipelines is one of the priorities of the 2010 investment plan of Venezuela’s state-owned oil company PDVSA, called PDVSA Exploration and Production, Orinoco Oil Belt Division.
The projects, to be developed in the states of Monagas and Anzoátegui in northeastern Venezuela, include an investment of about US $175 million. Furthermore, the projects will contribute to the construction of an important pipeline network that will allow oil extracted from the Orinoco Oil Belt to be transported to storage areas in Venezuela’s southeast.
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Published: 01/26/2010
On January 26 Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) and Italy’s ENI signed a memorandum of understanding for the development of an integrated production project in the Junín 5 Block of the Orinoco Oil Belt.
The Executive President of ENI, Paolo Scaroni, and the President of the Venezuelan Oil Corporation (CVP) and Vice President of Exploration and Production of PDVSA, Eulogio del Pino, signed the deal.
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Published: 01/19/2010
Twelve oil companies have formally indicated to the Venezuelan government that they intend to place bids on the Carabobo heavy oil project in the Orinoco Oil Belt, Reuters reported.
“We’re very happy with the results,” said a source close to the process, who asked not to be identified.
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Published: 08/31/2009
On Sunday, the president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez recalled that during the last ten years of his presidency, statistics indicate that levels of poverty and extreme poverty have been considerably reduced since 1999.
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Published: 08/28/2009
Since Mission Miracle began in October of 2004, more than 980,000 patients, among them Venezuelans and foreigners, have had their sight successfully restored through surgical intervention.
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Published: 08/24/2009
The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, stated this Sunday the importance of the Bolivarian Government’s project for the construction of the Petrochemical Complex Navay.
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Published: 08/14/2009
In a session on Thursday, the National Assembly (AN) approved the Organic Law for Education, with reforms proposed by legislators and the Commission that wrote the law.
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