CURRENT NEWS

In order to respect the pain felt by Franklin José Brito Rodríguez’s family, to whom we express our deepest condolences for his passing, we waited until his funeral proceedings were complete to reaffirm the Venezuelan Government’s position on this terrible issue. In this respect, we would like to state the following:

1. Franklin Brito was never object of a land expropriation or a land recovery measure, nor was his property invaded by any third parties. The facts are the following:

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The National Electoral Council will send on Friday election material to embassies and consulates abroad in the framework of the parliamentary elections to be celebrated on September 26.
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Venezuelan government agencies implemented the necessary mechanisms to try to save the life of farmer Franklin Brito, who died on Monday night in Caracas as a result of a prolonged voluntary fast that deteriorated his health.
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So far in 2010, Venezuelan authorities have seized over 46 tons of drugs (46,370.56 kilograms) in different operations carried out nationwide, according to a report published by Venezuela’s National Anti-Drug Office (ONA).
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The electoral system – including voting machines and voting centers – that will be used during the upcoming September 26 parliamentary elections in Venezuela is completely ready, said Tibisay Lucena, the president of the National Electoral Council (CNE), on Sunday.
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Venezuelan security agencies seized four tons of cocaine and heroin buried at a ranch located in Guárico state, in the central plains of the country.
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Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) will employ over 1,500 voting machines nationwide in permanent and itinerant points as part of the Electoral Fair created to promote voting for the coming September 26 parliamentary elections, said Socorro Hernández, main rector of the CNE on Thursday.

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Venezuela’s telecommunications sector continues reporting significant growth through the second trimester of 2010, according to statistics published by the National Commission on Telecommunications (CONATEL).
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The electoral campaign for the coming September 26 legislative elections officially began today.
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In an interview published by the Venezuelan newspaper Correo del Orinoco on Tuesday, U.S. journalist and researcher at the Transnational Institute Saul Landau highlighted that “the body counts in Mexico and Iraq have no comparison to those in Venezuela.”
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