Venezuelan Government Information

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Venezuelan Government Information
Topic Started: Oct 19 2008, 06:52 AM (106 Views)
India	Oct 19 2008, 06:52 AM Post #1
Established member Posts: 70 Group: Members Member #46 Joined: Oct 16, 2008	Venezuela Quick Facts President: Hugo Chavez Vice President: Roman Carrizales Capital: Caracas Population: 28 million GDP (PPP)2007 estimate Total:$334.850 billion Per capita: $12,176 Military Budget: 15.7 billion % of GDP: 1.5% Major Exports: petroleum, bauxite and aluminum, steel, chemicals, agricultural products, basic manufactures Major Export Partners: US 46.2%, Netherlands Antilles 13.5%, China 3.2 Major Imports: raw materials, machinery and equipment, transport equipment, construction material Major Import Partners: US 30.6%, Colombia 10.2%, Brazil 10.1%, Mexico 5.9%, China 4.9%, Panama 4.8% GDP Growth: 8.3% (2007) Edited by India, Nov 9 2008, 05:03 AM.



India	Oct 19 2008, 11:45 AM Post #2
Established member Posts: 70 Group: Members Member #46 Joined: Oct 16, 2008	03/31/08 Caracas, Venezuela - President Chavez announced in a speech to the nation today his, "Uno en Cinco", or One in Five compulsory military service campaign starting next year for the estimated 250,000 males reaching the age of 18. The proposed length of service would be thirty months, with most of the draftees going to the expanding Army and Navy branches of the armed forces. According to the speech, President Chavez stated that upon successful completion of conscription, draftees would receive 25,000 Bolivar Fuertes, or about $US 12,000. The "Uno en Cinco" campaign will increase the armed forces to nearly 150,000 by 2010. Chavez also stated his desire to boost the officer core by offering college graduates nearly 18,000 Bolivar Fuertes, or about 75% of the average Venezuelan salary along with government subsidized housing with amenities including the payment of car loans. After seven years, an officer will earn the national average until retirement. Also according to the plan, Chavaz stated that upon retirement officers would receive a yearly pension that would be equal to 80% of their final year's salary. Edited by India, Oct 22 2008, 12:39 PM.



India	Oct 22 2008, 09:50 AM Post #3
Established member Posts: 70 Group: Members Member #46 Joined: Oct 16, 2008	03/31/08 Caracas, Venezuela - The Venezuelan military officially broke ground on a new naval base just outside Punto Fijo. "In five years, we will finish the construction of breakwaters and piers," Venezuelan Navy Commander Admiral Ceasar Ramano said. "As a result, the base will be able to accommodate up to 100 ships of the Bolivarian Armada and those of visiting allies." Venezuela has allocated about $480 million for the construction of the new base between 2008 and 2013 under a targeted federal program. Ramano said, although today was the official groundbreaking ceremony, three piers have already been constructed and work was underway on building breakwaters. The construction of other infrastructure at the base, including facilities for coastal troops, aviation and logistics units, will continue beyond 2012, the admiral said. In addition to the main base, the Punto Fijo base will also maintain two airfields and a ship re-supply facility. Edited by India, Oct 22 2008, 12:41 PM.



India	Oct 30 2008, 11:43 AM Post #4
Established member Posts: 70 Group: Members Member #46 Joined: Oct 16, 2008	June 9th, 2008 Moscow, Russia The foreign ministers of the Russian Federation and Venezuela have agreed on plans for joint naval exercises sometime in November in the Caribbean. Russian naval vessels and combat helicopters will be stationed at the Punto Fijo naval base during the exercises. A state visit by Russian President Dmitri Medvedev will coincide with the naval war games. Edited by India, Nov 1 2008, 06:09 PM.



India	Nov 7 2008, 08:56 PM Post #5
Established member Posts: 70 Group: Members Member #46 Joined: Oct 16, 2008	Mérida, July 14, 2008 -- By 2009, the Venezuelan government plans to nationalize the Las Cristinas gold mine, which is estimated to have the largest gold deposits in the country and is currently conceded to the Canadian company Crystallex, the Minister of Basic Industries and Mining (MIBAM), Rodolfo Sanz, announced Tuesday. Sanz said the state also plans to nationalize and industrialize several diamond mines in the Guaniamo zone. This is all part of the government's broader plan, announced after Chávez's re-election in 2006, to take control of what it says are strategic industries. So far, the government has nationalized or purchased controlling shares of joint venture oil production projects, its largest steel plant, the third largest bank, and the cement, telecommunications, and electricity industries.



India	Nov 10 2008, 11:17 AM Post #6
Established member Posts: 70 Group: Members Member #46 Joined: Oct 16, 2008	Mérida, August 9, 2008-- It was announced today that Venezuela's Satellite Simon Bolivar, also known as Venesat-1, is on schedule for its launch in late October in Xichang, China. It will be used to improve telecommunications and facilitate social and education projects. One of the main aims of the satellite is to bring communication, medicine, and education services to the most isolated communities. "We want the entire country, the population in its entirety, to have access to communication and Internet," said Gladys Maggi, vice minister of Development in Science and Technology. The satellite should broaden the transmission of radio and TV education and cultural channels, support internet connectivity in areas currently without access, bringing it to infocenters (government internet centres), CBIT (Bolivarian centres of computing and telematics), and libraries.



India	Nov 12 2008, 10:15 AM Post #7
Established member Posts: 70 Group: Members Member #46 Joined: Oct 16, 2008	BBC Mundo Reporting from Caracas - Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and his colleagues from Argentina and Brazil spoke about Latin American integration and Chavez threw an ambitious idea out: a train that would connect Venezuela's capital (Caracas) with Argentina's (Buenos Aires), and cities in between. Even though he admitted this was an utopia, now the idea could be more than a dream. According to BBC Mundo, last week the Venezuelan government published a press release that mentioned, "the beginning of activities to achieve the Southern train." The release referred to a reunion between specialists from Venezuela and Argentina, who shared ideas about how to pull off the connection between South America's extremes. BBC Mundo informs the representatives that gathered in this reunion recognized there are many difficulties, but some were hopeful about the project. "We're sure this is going to become a reality sooner than later, and that this is going to unite Latin America," said Michel Douaihy, president of the Venezuelan Train Institute. The train would cover 6,200 kilometers (3,852 miles) from Mar del Plata (on the coast of Buenos Aires) to the Caribbean. Now there are 2,400 operational kilometers of railways (1,491 miles) that go from Buenos Aires to Santa Cruz in Bolivia, which would be the initial segment of the project. From there on, there are two options: to go directly to the south of Venezuela through Amazon territory, or to follow the eastern slope of Los Andes mountains until Venezuelan land. The first is the shortest and could include social benefits for the communities it goes through, but involves a strongest ecological impact. The Andean way could be useful for communities that are more established, but its construction would be more expensive because it would go through mountain areas. Utopia or reality? The specialists who gathered in Caracas agreed that between governmental coordination and preliminary studies, the project could take shape in three or four years. Only then it would be visible if this could be a reality and the task of finding financial resources would begin.



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