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  Amazonas (Brazilian state) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amazonas is the largest state of Brazil in area, located in the northern part of the country.
Amazonas' economy was once reliant almost entirely upon rubber; today it has wide and varied industries, including the farming of cassava, oranges, and other cultures.
What is today Amazonas state was first taken control of after the 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas, which essentially divided the planet (excluding, of course, Europe) between the Spanish and the Portuguese, territories west of (approximately) 46° 37' W beloning to Spain, those east of that latitude, to Portugal.
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 Venezuela
Venezuela was the site of the first permanent Spanish settlement in South America in 1522, and most of the territory eventually became part of the viceroyalty of New Granada.
Venezuela, along with what are now Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador, was part of the Republic of Greater Colombia (Gran Colombia) until 1830, when Venezuela separated and became a sovereign republic.
Venezuela is home to a wide variety of landscapes, such as the northeasternmost extensions of the Andes mountains in the northwest and along the northern Caribbean coast, of which the highest point is the Pico Bolivar at 5,007 m.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/venezuela   (1660 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Amazonas-State,-Brazil
Amazonas' economy was once reliant almost entirely upon This article is about the material rubber, for other uses see Rubber (disambiguation) Rubber is an elastic hydrocarbon polymer which occurs as a milky emulsion (known as latex) in the sap of a number of plants but can also be produced synthetically.
Maranhão is one of the states of Brazil in the north_eastern region.
Tocantins is one of the states of Brazil.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Amazonas_State,_Brazil   (2424 words)

  
 Subdivisions of Venezuela - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Venezuela is divided into 23 states (estados), 1 Capital District (Distrito Capital) and the Federal Dependencies (Dependencias Federales de Ultramar) that consist on a large number of Venezuelan islands.
Prior to the Federal War (1859–1863), Venezuela was divided in provinces, rather than states.
Venezuelan states are subdivided into "municipalities" (Spanish municipios), which may correspond to either or both of county and city in English-speaking countries.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/States_of_Venezuela   (173 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Amazonas-State,-Venezuela
Map of Venezuela Venezuela is divided into 23 states (estados), 1 Capital District (Distrito Capital) and the Federal Dependencies (Dependencias Federales de Ultramar) that consist on a large number of Venezuelan islands.
In Spanish: Estado Anzoátegui, is one of the 23 component states of Venezuela, located in the northeastern region of the country.
States of Venezuela Capital District (spanish Distrito Capital) is the capital area of Venezuela which is placed on the same rank of states.
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 Venezuela
Venezuela is a democratic republic with a freely elected president and unicameral legislature.
The COPP states that a person accused of a crime cannot be incarcerated during criminal proceedings unless that person is caught in the act of committing a crime, or a judge determines that there is a danger that the accused may flee or impede the investigation.
The IPI report stated that "the aggressive rhetoric by President Chavez has contributed to the creation of a climate of intimidation and hostility toward the press and self-censorship is becoming more common." The IPI charged that some government officials at the state and city levels also have tried to intimidate the media.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/wha/8229.htm   (16879 words)

  
 flag of Amazonas State (Venezuela) flags, Fahnen, Flaggen, FOTW bei Nationalflaggen.de
Antecedents - Amazonas State, second in extension of the Republic, is located on the South end of Venezuela and limits with Bolívar State to the North; Federative Republic of Brazil to the South and East and Republic of Colombia to the West.
The indigenous face represents the present ethnic groups in the state: their history, tradition and legends, doing special emphasis in the Yanomami ethnic group, by their cultural importance as first inhabitants of the continent and that to be on way to extinction deserves a conscience taking to help their preservation.
The Amazonas State is located to the South of Venezuela and is the second in extension of the Republic.
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 Venezuela - Biocrawler definition:Venezuela - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The name "Venezuela" is believed to have originated with the cartographer Amerigo Vespucci, when in 1499 led a naval exploration of the noroccidental coast (known today as the Gulf of Venezuela), along with Alonso de Ojeda.
Venezuela became, after the revolutionary war, along with Colombia and Ecuador part of the Republic of Gran Colombia (República de Gran Colombia) until 1830, when the country separated and became a sovereign republic.
Venezuela is home to a wide variety of landscapes, such as the northeasternmost extensions of the Andes mountains in the northwest and along the northern Caribbean coast, of which the highest point is the Pico Bolívar at 5,007 m.
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 Venezuela - States
Currently only six states have adopted officially a new flag, but other states are planning to adopt a flag in the next months.
Another state is supossed to adopt (or approve) a flag in January 1997; I have the flag design but I'm unsure about the name of the state.
All the states, the Distrito Federal and Delta Amacuro Territory have an attribued unofficial flag of white with shield.
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 Amazonas State (Venezuela) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Estado Amazonas is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided.
Amazonas State covers a total surface area of 180,145 km² and, in 2001, had a population of 70,464.
This page was last modified 13:15, 8 November 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amazonas,_Venezuela   (88 words)

  
 In Venezuela, Words Spread Far and Wide
Ignorant of Spanish, the tongue of the conquistadors and Venezuela's only official language, residents in Pedro Camejo, for example, could rarely ask for social assistance or healthcare when they made their way to the nearest city, Puerto Ayacucho, a two-hour drive or three-day walk beyond the mainland canoe landing.
Despite decades of disenfranchisement in a country where neither broadcasts nor ballots have been offered in anything but Spanish, many here in the crude outback of Amazonas state, Venezuela's poorest, have yet to be persuaded that learning to read and write in another language will change their lives for the better.
“Venezuela is the number one ally of the social movements”.
www.venezuelanalysis.com /articles.php/print.php?artno=1196   (2320 words)

  
 San Fernando de Atabapo - tScholars.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
San Fernando de Atabapo was the capital city of Venezuela's Amazonas State until the early 1900s.
It was ruled for a long while by Tomas Funes, a powerful caudillo who controlled the local rubber industry (derived from indigenous rubber plants) by enslaving the local native populations.
The town boasts a photograph of a United States military aircraft which was shot down and crashed into the Orinoco River around this time.
www.tscholars.com /encyclopedia/San_Fernando_de_Atabapo   (188 words)

  
 Domestication and commercialization of non-timber forest products in agroforestry systems - Indigenous enterprise for ...
Very few indigenous villages within Amazonas State have full legal title to their lands; however, some villages have been given a collective title for the right to use and enjoy the land, according to traditional customs.
The indigenous villages surrounding Puerto Ayacucho are among the largest in Amazonas State.
The indigenous peoples in Amazonas State are able to sell wild fruits because of their right to harvest, their access to transport, and the demand for the fruit from urban inhabitants; however, the availability of wild fruit trees has been declining.
www.fao.org /docrep/w3735e/w3735e15.htm   (3418 words)

  
 Amazonas, Venezuela's Forgotten State, Part II
The state of Amazonas in the south of Venezuela is the most unexplored region of the country.
He was the first one to find out that the river basins of the Orinoco and the Amazonas, two of the world’s largest rivers, are connected by a water channel: the Casiquiare, which is also called the bifurcation.
It often is unclear who is responsible for fighting the illegal mines, be it the GN, the state police, the Ministries… But it is clear that we have to stop it.
www.venezuelanalysis.com /articles.php?artno=1528   (2535 words)

  
 VHeadline.com - Amazonas State Government loser banned from leaving Venezuela   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Attorney General's Office has issued a statement, recalling that in 2000 Amazonas State 3rd Control Court ordered substitute measures of liberty for Gutierrez and in 2002 the TSJ ordered the case to be passed to Anzoategui State.
VHeadline.com Venezuela is a wholly independent e-publication promoting democracy in its fullest expression and the inalienable right of all Venezuelans to self-determination and the pursuit of sovereign independence without interference.
Our stance is decidedly pro-governance (defined as being contrary to anarchy) and pro-government to the extent that we support all and any government policies aimed at consolidating and improving the living conditions and future prosperity of ALL Venezuelans, regardless of race, color or creed.
vheadline.net /readnews.asp?id=45508   (519 words)

  
 Latvia - Travel Warning - ExpatExchange.com
The Department of State cautions U.S. citizens in Venezuela to avoid demonstrations and to take appropriate precautions to protect themselves from common crime.
Because of the continued threat of kidnapping near Venezuela's border with Colombia, the Department of State advises against travel to that region.
The State Department recommends that United States citizens avoid travel to Amazonas State, and to any area within 50 miles along the Venezuelan border with Colombia until further notice.
www.expatexchange.com /trv.cfm?networkID=70&articleID=579   (277 words)

  
 US Sees Terrorist Risk on Venezuela-Colombia Border
CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - The U.S. government is warning its citizens to avoid traveling to Venezuela's western border with Colombia because of the risk of kidnapping by Colombian "terrorist groups," the U.S. Embassy in Caracas said on Tuesday.
A State Department travel advisory for Venezuela said the risk was particularly high in the southern Venezuelan jungle state of Amazonas, where the department had received "credible information that Colombian terrorist groups are increasingly targeting U.S. citizens" for kidnapping.
Venezuela has reinforced military patrols and garrisons along its 1,380-mile western border following the renewal of hostilities last month between the Colombian government and the Marxist guerrillas of the FARC.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/654303/posts   (876 words)

  
 Venezuela Bars Researchers After Book Charges Ethnocide Indians' measles blamed on pair
Caracas, Venezuela -- Headline-grabbing allegations of ethnocide leveled at two U.S. researchers have led to a ban on all new scientific studies in indigenous regions of Venezuela.
The development is the latest fallout from Patrick Tierney's "Darkness in El Dorado," a book in which he alleges that the late geneticist James Neel and controversial anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon caused a lethal measles epidemic in the 1960s among the Yanomami Indians, an Amazonian tribe that is one of the world's most isolated peoples.
Under Venezuela's new constitution, she points out, the Indians have a right to be informed and consulted, and she asks what is perhaps the key question:
members.aol.com /archaeodog/darkness_in_el_dorado/documents/0280.htm   (1041 words)

  
 Homeland Security Newsline
Venezuela: -- President Hugo Chavez, emboldened by his 2004 referendum victory, is likely to adopt a more confrontational approach, bringing greater state intervention in the economy.
Assets and personnel are at constant risk from violence or theft by state or non-state actors OR there is a high risk of collateral damage from terrorism or other violence.
The following conditions may apply: the economy has collapsed; law and order has broken down and state bodies ceased to function; there is a state of war or civil war; non-state actors cause suspension of operations; or the state is actively hostile to foreign business and expropriation of assets is likely.
www.primezone.com /hs/news.html?d=67863   (1366 words)

  
 Amazonas: Venezuela’s Forgotten State, part I
It is hard to imagine that this place used to be the capital of Amazonas state until 1928.
Amazonas consists of more than of dozen different groups in total.
In Venezuela, if the GN catches you with the gold, you are sure to lose it.” The Brazilian does not see a future for him in this village anymore.
www.venezuelanalysis.com /articles.php?artno=1516   (3019 words)

  
 Fatal Yellow Fever in a Traveler Returning from Venezuela, 1999
On September 28, 1999, a previously healthy 48-year-old man from California sought care at a local emergency department (ED) and was hospitalized with a 2-day history of fever (102 F [38.9 C]), chills, headache, photophobia, diffuse myalgias, joint pains, nausea, vomiting, constipation, upper abdominal discomfort, and general weakness.
CDC is required to notify WHO of all YF cases in the United States within 24 hours.
Since September 1, 1977, CDC has delegated to state and territorial health departments the responsibility to designate and supervise nonfederal YF vaccination centers within their jurisdictions.
www.cdc.gov /mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4914a3.htm   (1305 words)

  
 Community Conservation Enterprises: Grant Recipients - 1997   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
ORPIA was given a grant of $500 to conduct an emergency meeting of their general assembly.
The group received financial assistance from several groups and brought together 200 indigenous people in Amazonas state in Venezuela.
The group met to discuss and propose an alternative territorial plan to the government that took into account ethnic boundaries and lands of individual communities and then proposed a plan of action to counter a previous government legislation that was not amenable to the indigenous situation.
www.rainforest-alliance.org /programs/cce/recipients97.html   (780 words)

  
 The next passing of the new law of the Political-Territorial Division of the Amazonas State
The next passing of the new law of the Political-Territorial Division of the Amazonas State, Venezuela, by the Legislative Assembly
After the sentence, the Legislative Assembly utilized different mechanisms to evade what was established by the Court and in the month of November of 1997 it approved the first discussions of a law project that does not take into account the Indigenous proposal.
-That the rights of the Indigenous communities be respected in the new law of Political-Territorial Division of the state of Amazonas as agreed to by the Supreme Court of Justice.
www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/41/183.html   (596 words)

  
 Forbes.com: Venezuela's Chavez says mining revocations "legal"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Guaniamo Mining, which has been operating in the western corner of mineral-rich Bolivar state that borders on Amazonas state, disputes the allegations of unpaid taxes and is still planning to start mining later this year.
De Beers, which is 45 percent owned by Anglo American Plc, suspended all exploration in Venezuela and denied allegations by the ministry that it had failed to fulfill aspects of the accord and had acted illegally.
Referring to the revoked Amazonas diamond concession, which he did not clearly identify, Chavez said its operators had built jungle airstrips and flown in planes.
www.forbes.com /business/newswire/2003/10/26/rtr1123153.html   (703 words)

  
 CAMTURAMA, Campamento Turístico Amazonas, Paisajes
Camturama Amazonas Resort, is located in Venezuela, Amazonas State, South América.
CAMTURAMA AMAZONAS RESORT is the ideal setting where you can live an unforgettable Amazonian fantasy.
Office in Caracas: Street San Pedro, Quinta Olivia, La Trinidad, Caracas 1080, Venezuela.
www.angelfire.com /va/camturama/indescrip.html   (261 words)

  
 The contemporary political history of Native Americans in Venezuela
Hartford Web Publishing is not the author of the documents in World History Archives and does not presume to validate their accuracy or authenticity nor to release their copyright.
Because of the nullification of the law of the Political-Territorial Division of Amazonas, the Legislative Assembly moved to refuse the rights of the Indigenous communities that make up for more than 50% of the total population of Amazonas.
A recent historic victory by Venezuela's indigenous peoples, the direct selection of three representatives to sit on a Constituent Assembly to rewrite the constitution, is in jeopardy of being distorted by
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 International Travel News: Venezuela overview - News Watch - dangers for American travelers - Brief Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Following the April 11-14 attempt to remove President Chavez from power, the political situation remains fluid in Venezuela, but there has been some improvement in the political and security situation, according to the State Department.
Colombian terrorist groups are openly targeting U.S. citizens in Venezuela's Amazonas State for kidnapping, specifically near the border with Colombia.
avoid travel to Amazonas State and to any area within 50 miles along the Venezuelan border with Colombia until further notice.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3648/is_5_27/ai_87742969   (310 words)

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