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    National Electoral Council:
    Over 96% of Venezuelans Are Registered to Vote

    Published: 02/07/2012

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    A total of 18,338,913 people in Venezuela – 96% of voting-age citizens – have enrolled in the electoral registry in order to exercise their right to vote in the next presidential election on October 7, 2012.

     

     

    National Institute of Statistics:
    Venezuela to Achieve the UN Millennium Goals Ahead of Schedule

    Published: 02/06/2012

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    Venezuela presented at the United Nations last weekend the successful model of humanist social development that has made that country the least unequal in the region, according to data from the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.…

     

     


    Venezuelan Government Intensifies Strategies to Fight Crime

    Published: 02/02/2012

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    Venezuelan law enforcement agencies will create an Anti-Extortion and Kidnapping Command this year as part of new measures to fight criminality in the country. A series of meetings on the issue began this week in Caracas.

     

     


    Currency Administration to Reform Procedures for Venezuelan Students Abroad

    Published: 02/01/2012

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    Venezuela’s ministries of education and university education are working together with experts from the Currency Administration Commission (CADIVI) to create new administrative procedures for requests for currencies to facilitate academic activities abroad, said CADIVI President Manuel Barroso.

     

     

    Congressman Freddy Bernal:
    Mission Safety to Guarantee Peace for All Venezuelans

    Published: 01/31/2012

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    Venezuelan lawmaker Freddy Bernal, who leads the National Assembly’s Joint Commission for Disarmament, said Tuesday that a new state-funded social program known as “Mission Safety” “is aimed at deepening and coordinating policies among the government, the state, and people’s power…

     

     


    UN Highlights Progress by Venezuela’s Disarmament Plan

    Published: 01/30/2012

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    William Godnik, coordinator of the United Nations Regional Center for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, praised initiatives by the Venezuelan government to guarantee peace through disarmament efforts.

     

     


    Venezuela and England Train Police on Gay Rights

    Published: 01/27/2012

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    On Thursday in the state of Guárico, the governments of Venezuela and England held their first ever Workshop on the Promotion of Human Rights for Homosexuals and Transgendered People, an event directed toward Venezuelan law enforcement agents.

     

     


    Venezuela’s National Electoral Council is Prepared for Elections in 2012 and 2013

    Published: 01/26/2012

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    After the conclusion of this year’s first special session of Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE), the president of that entity, Tibisay Lucena, presented at a press conference a review of CNE activities in 2011, offering details about the achievements of…

     

     


    Indigenous Families Receive Aid Through “Sons of Venezuela” Mission

    Published: 01/25/2012

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    In the name of President Hugo Chávez, Minister for Indigenous Peoples Nicia Maldonado handed over on Tuesday the first economic benefits to indigenous families in the state of Zulia in northwestern Venezuela.

     

     


    Inmates to Help Rebuild Venezuela’s Penitentiaries

    Published: 01/24/2012

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    Operación Cambote begins today in Venezuela, an initiative allowing inmates to become involved in the restoration of the penitentiary centers throughout the country, according to the minister of penitentiary services, Iris Varela.

     

     

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