Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) is impeccable before the eyes of Latin America and the world and continues to grow stronger each day, having found 0% error in all the results so far of the third cycle of the audit of the results of the last presidential elections, said former CNE rector Germán Yépez on…
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro called on the member countries of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) to develop joint actions based on the new forms of economic, political and cultural thought in the region in order to continue strengthening the regional bloc. He said that the region has acquired the elements of a new…
The president of Venezuela’s National Institute of Statistics (INE), Elías Eljuri, said last Wednesday, June 5th in a televised interview that around 4.5 million jobs have been created throughout the country during the 14 years of the Bolivarian government. “The country’s working-aged population grew from 58.7% to 66.6% and this tells us that there are…
During the last week of May, at the 66th Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, Venezuela presented its achievements in the area of health that have been made possible by massive social investments. Venezuelan Health Minister Isabel Iturria offered details on health indicators related to the eight Millennium Development Goals put…
On May 27, Chevron signed an agreement with Venezuela’s state oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), to increase production by committing to a $2 billion investment in the joint venture known as Petroboscán, which has been operated by the two companies 2006 at the Boscán oil field. The agreement is tied to an increase in…
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elías Jaua announced Saturday that in the coming days, Venezuelan Chargé d’Affaires in Washington Calixto Ortega will meet with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson to discuss an exchange of ambassadors between the countries. Minister Jaua said: “the designation of a Venezuelan ambassador in the United States…
Marilyn Di Luca, director of the National Institute of Nutrition, stated on Wednesday that Venezuela is on track to eradicate hunger by 2015, having reduced the proportion of the population suffering from hunger from 11% in 1990 to just 2% in 2010. These results show Venezuela has achieved progress far beyond the expectations of the…
In November this year Poland will play host to the 19th ‘Conferences of the Parties’ (COP19) where all members will meet to discuss the ‘United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’ (UNFCC), and devise a new agreement to replace the Kyoto Protocol in 2015. Ahead of this event the Polish Special Envoy for Climate Change,…
April 27th saw over 250 people pack the University of London Union for a VSC national conference; Venezuela, Hugo Chavez’s Legacy & The threat of Right-Wing Destabilisation. The day opened with a rousing welcoming address by VSC Chair Colin Burgon, who introduced discussion of both Hugo Chavez’s “towering legacy” and told us how plans were…
By TAMARA PEARSON Merida, May 22nd 2013 (Venezuelanalysis.com) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro put out a call this morning to reactivate the national party and movement coalition, the Great Patriotic Pole (GPP). His call comes among speculation that there could be municipal elections in November, as well as a push by social movements to be included…