Published: 09/08/2010
The number of pensioners in Venezuela increased by 259% over the past 10 years, compared with the number of beneficiaries that existed in 1999.
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Published: 09/07/2010
The president of the National Assembly’s Commission of Interior Policy, Tulio Jiménez, said on September 7 that the Venezuelan legislature will approve in the coming days the draft of the Law on Disarmament and Arms and Munitions Control.
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Published: 09/03/2010
“During the last six years, after the oil strike and the 2002 coup d’état, which left a 29 percent extreme poverty index in our country, the figure has shown a remarkable improvement, reaching 7 percent by the end of 2009, exceeding by 20 points,” said the Minister of People’s Power for Labor María Cristina Iglesias, during a visit to the Pérez de León Hospital, in Caracas.
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Published: 09/02/2010
The government of Venezuela has paid more than $356 million to 235,364 account-holders of the seized Banco Federal, representing 71 percent out of the almost $500 million of the guaranteed deposits to be paid.
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Published: 09/01/2010
The construction of a new container terminal in Puerto Cabello, Carabobo state, on Venezuela’s northern coast, will allow the dock to enter ships up to 70,000 DWT (Deadweight Tons). The dock currently receives 30,000 DWT ships.
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Published: 08/31/2010
According to the latest figures published by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Venezuela is a leader in Latin America and the Caribbean in the implementation of policies to fight illiteracy.
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Published: 08/27/2010
Venezuela’s Mission Barrio Adentro has saved over 292,000 lives since the integral health care program was created, informed Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez.
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Published: 08/26/2010
The banks that make up Venezuela’s financial system must implement an integral system of risk management by September 13 to prevent money laundering and guarantee transparency in electronic transactions.
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Published: 08/24/2010
The Venezuelan government has paid savings guarantees amounting to $343 million to 225,000 account-holders of the seized Banco Federal, representing 69 percent of the total amount to be paid, informed on Tuesday the State Minister for Public Banking, Humberto Ortega Díaz.
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Published: 08/20/2010
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez informed on Thursday that the state-owned company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) will issue $2 billion in bonds through the new Public Stock Exchange established in the new Stock Market Law.
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