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country located at the northern end of South America. It occupies a roughly triangular area that is larger than the combined areas of France and Germany. Venezuela is bounded by the Caribbean Sea and ...
Venezuela
Venezuelans elected Hugo Chavez to a second consecutive six-year presidential term on Dec. 3, 2006. Chavez received 63% of the balloting, with the largest number of votes coming from his Fifth ...
Venezuela
Area: 912,050 sq km (352,144 sq mi)Venezuela
Political turbulence rocked Venezuela during 1999. Hugo Chavez Frias's (see Biographies) decisive victory in the December 1998 presidential elections ended 40 years of domination by political parties ...
Venezuela
The regional and municipal elections held on Oct. 31, 2004, gave Pres. Hugo Chavez Frias unprecedented control over Venezuela. His Fifth Republic Movement and its allies captured 20 of the 22 ...
VENEZUELA
A republic of northern South America, Venezuela lies on the Caribbean Sea. Area: 912,050 sq km (352,144 sq mi). Pop. (1993 est.): 20,609,000. Cap.: Caracas. Monetary unit: bolivar, with (Oct. 4, ...
VENEZUELA
A republic of northern South America, Venezuela lies on the Caribbean Sea. Area: 912,050 sq km (352,144 sq mi). Pop. (1994 est.): 21,177,000. Cap.: Caracas. Monetary unit: bolivar, with (Oct. 7, ...
Venezuela
Pres. Hugo Chavez (see Biographies) continued reshaping Venezuela in 2005. He increased his political control, weakened his critics in the private sector, and widened the breach with the United ...
Venezuela
In the July 30, 2000, presidential elections, Hugo Chavez Frias defeated Lieut. Col. Francisco Arias Cardenas, once his closest collaborator, by a popular vote margin of 59% to 38%. The election ...
Venezuela
On Nov. 2, 2007, Venezuela's National Assembly approved modifications to the 1999 constitution that would increase the power of the national executive and central government. One measure created new ...
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