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    Venezuelan Jockeys in the “Run for the Roses”

    Published: 05/04/2012

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    Two prominent Venezuelan jockeys will be competing Saturday in the Kentucky Derby, the annual horse race also known as the “Run for the Roses.” Ramon Dominguez will be riding Hansen, while Javier Castellano will be riding Gemologist.

     

     

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    President Chávez Marks Two Years on Twitter

    Published: 04/27/2012

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    “Hey, what’s up? I showed up just like I said: at midnight,” was the first message to appear on @chavezcandanga, the official Twitter account of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, on April 28, 2010. Today, he has written over 1,500 twitter…

     

     


    President Chávez Nears 3 Million Followers on Twitter

    Published: 04/24/2012

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    The official twitter account of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, @chavezcandanga, gained 14,000 new followers last week to reach a total of 2,814,860 followers.

     

     


    Venezuela’s Greivis Vasquez Leads New Orleans Hornets to Victory

    Published: 04/18/2012

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    Greivis Vasquez, a Venezuelan-born NBA player with the New Orleans Hornets, scored 20 points on Monday night to help his team eke out a 75-67 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats.

     

     


    Venezuela’s Return to Democracy Celebrated in Washington, DC

    Published: 04/16/2012

    A sizeable group of embassy officials, representatives of U.S. social organizations, Latin Americans and Venezuelans attended an event last Friday organized by the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the U.S. capital to celebrate the tenth anniversary of…

     

     


    Embassy of Venezuela in Washington Celebrates 10th Anniversary of the Popular Restoration of Democracy

    Published: 04/11/2012

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    This week, the Bolivarian government and its diplomatic missions abroad will host a series of activities to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the popular restoration of democracy when the Venezuelan people rescued President Hugo Chávez from a coup d’état orchestrated…

     

     


    Venezuelan Pitcher Johan Santana Donates to Skin Cancer Research

    Published: 04/10/2012

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    The Venezuelan baseball player Johan Santana, starting pitcher for the Mets on opening day this year, announced today that he will donate $100,000 to support research on skin cancer treatment at New York University’s Langone Medical Center, reported The Wall…

     

     


    Venezuela’s Citgo Petroleum Corp. Gives Back to Community in Atlanta

    Published: 04/04/2012

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    A lubricants plant in Atlanta that is part of CITGO Petroleum Corporation, the U.S.-based subsidiary of Venezuela’s national oil company PDVSA, is giving back to the community by providing local high schools with laboratory equipment to be used in science…

     

     


    El Sistema USA Helping Give Children “A Bold New Future”

    Published: 04/03/2012

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    By now, Venezuela’s revolutionary youth music program “El Sistema” is well known abroad, but not so well known is the fact that “El Sistema has spread like wildfire throughout the U.S.,” as John M. Eger points out in a Huffington…

     

     


    Venezuela is the Fifth Happiest Country in the World

    Published: 03/30/2012

     
    On Friday, the Washington Post highlighted a global happiness survey released last year by the polling firm Gallup, which found that Venezuela is the fifth happiest country in the world. According to the poll, 64 percent of Venezuelan respondents…

     

     

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