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	Country Narratives -- Countries Q through Z
		In the notable Montenegrin case mentioned above, the victim in question was referred to the shelter and, although she was subject to intense publicity and prolonged questioning, her treatment during the pretrial investigation appeared to proceed according to international standards and she was eventually resettled in a third country.
		Venezuelan women and girls are trafficked internally from rural to urban areas and internationally to Spain, Portugal and the United States.
		Venezuelan diplomatic officials are instructed to give consular assistance to their nationals in need overseas, but the government does not generally provide specialized training on trafficking.
	www.state.gov /g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2003/21277.htm (17224 words)

	Venezuela: Exclusion and integration- A synthesis in the building?: Discussion Papers: Publications: International ...
		The Venezuelan political system was required to confront both of these sectors right from the very outset of the regime and up to the beginning of the 1970's.
		The Venezuelan political system is now confronted with a difficult state of affairs which is exerting pressure in favour of the adoption of profound institutional changes.
		The mechanisms of institutional participation may in turn be subdivided, depending on the influence that the participative mechanism allocates to the citizen, into those that are decisive (governments are compelled to follow the decisions taken by the citizens) and those that are consultative (when the decisions are not mandatory for governments).
	www.ilo.org /public/english/bureau/inst/papers/1997/dp90/ch4.htm (12752 words)

	ZNet \| Latin America \| Class struggle looms in Venezuela
		In the meantime, the administration will be subject to legal guerrilla warfare as 'private citizens' bring case after case against the government on issues ranging from Venezuela's oil agreement with Cuba to alleged violations of the constitution.
		It certainly helps Chavez that the Venezuelan state dominates the country's oil income but the days are long gone when that pot of gold could be tapped at will to achieve the political desires of the government.
		The Venezuelan media are already preparing the ground for such an outcome with endless stories about rising concern with Chavez within the armed forces.
	www.zmag.org /content/LatinAmerica/NicholsVenezeula.cfm (2917 words)

	List of Venezuelans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan born American; Nobel Prize of Medicine in (1980).
		Marcos Pérez Jiménez (1914-2001), Venezuelan militar and Dictator (1952-1958)
		Maria Conchita Alonso, Cuban born Venezuelan citizen, actress
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Venezuelans (454 words)

	Venezuela does not advance
		Additionally, this foundation's surveys show that the origin of the Venezuelan citizen's insatisfaction with this democracy lies mainly on the overflow of corruption and on the bad administration of the country's resources it has permitted.
		Inspired by the fact that these country's citizens are the only who ought to and may decide directly which are the best alternatives to procure the foreign technologies and the capitals required to boost the development of our Government held corporations.
		In these societies where citizens are not allowed to participate with equal opportunities in the creation of wealth it will never be possible to create a nation under the rule of law, to avoid corruption, and to incorporate human creativity in the national wealth producing processes.
	www.analitica.com /archivo/vam1996.11/ie&p1.htm (1245 words)

	Latin Business Chronicle: References (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		2004 Venezuelan recall referendum on Chávez's presidency, political and social policies and developments popularly associated with the Bolivarian Revolution began to accelerate in development and number, and involved increased participation by the Venezuelan poor.
		Venezuelan Federation of Chambers of Commerce, the nation's business federation, was proclaimed president, in clear violation of Venezuela's constitution.
		Observation of the 1998 Venezuelan Elections: A Report of the Coucil of Freely Elected Heads of Government.
	www.latinbusinesschronicle.com /lbc/WikipediaBolRev.htm (3217 words)

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		Notable are the Anti-Corruption Law (Venezuela, 1982), the Drug Law (Venezuela, 1984; 1993a), the Environmental Crimes Law (Venezuela, 1992), and the Law on Violence Against Women and the Family (Venezuela, 1998a).
		Lay judges and jury members are selected from voter rolls, and must be Venezuelan citizens, over age 25, with at least a high school diploma, residents of the jurisdiction where the case is being heard, without a criminal record, and of sound body and mind.
		Citizen Attacks on Police or Justice System While there is great concern about crime and a widespread perception that governmental crime control is not very efficient, public attitudes toward the police and the justice system are not so much antagonistic as demanding.
	www.ojp.usdoj.gov /bjs/pub/ascii/wfcjsvz.txt (18043 words)

	THE UNITED STATES AND VENEZUELA ENTERING THE 21ST CENTURY:
		Venezuelan officials claimed that the goals of the two countries coincided completely, although they continued to insist that they could take care of their own surveillance over Venezuelan territory.
		Even some Venezuelans suspected that the rejection of cooperation on overflights perhaps had a darker motive in avoiding any possible scandals should trafficking activities of Venezuelan citizens be discovered, not least of all, activities of Venezuelan military personnel.
		Venezuelan decision-makers, politicians and sometimes entrepreneurs and journalists might still claim or believe that American policy somehow contributed to the nation’s ills, often because of a lack of understanding of the real difficulties faced by developing countries, especially in paying off their foreign debts.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~mmarteen/svs/lecturas/lasa2000/kelly.htm (11116 words)

	Left Turn: Notes from the Global Intifada
		He is reviled by the Bush Administration and by the Venezuelan elite, yet admired and seen almost as a savior by the jobless and underemployed living in shantytowns on the fringes of Caracas.
		Political analysts described the Venezuelan system as a "pactocracy"â”a system which kept political and economic power firmly under the control of the two parties by distributing benefits to their supporters through patronage networks that included business federations such as FedecÃ¡maras, the Church, and the CTV (Confederation of Venezuelan Workers) union federation.
		He captivated the national audience by taking responsibility for the failure of the coup (which was notable in a society where the elite never took personal responsibility for their actions) and promised that his campaign to change the political system was only lost por ahora (for now).
	www.leftturn.org /Articles/Viewer.aspx?id=355&type=M (2176 words)

	IN CHRIST Ministries, Inc. - Newsletter
		Venezuelan street children are victims of labor exploitation.
		Photos were taken from a Venezuelan newspaper showing the victimization of the street children from people willing to exploit these vulnerable little ones.
		As increasing numbers of Venezuelan children reside in the streets, they become even more vulnerable to crime, disease, physical or sexual abuse, substance abuse, or death.
	www.charityadvantage.com /icmiv/Newsletter.asp (632 words)

	Cuba - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On April 16 500 Cuban citizens left the Peruvian Embassy for Costa Rica.
		School attendance is compulsory from ages six to sixteen and all students, regardless of age or gender, wear school uniforms with the color denoting grade level.
		According to the Miami Herald, "Unlike most countries, Cuba requires its citizens to obtain exit permits when leaving the country; there are 533 Cubans with valid US visas not allowed to leave".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cuba (8266 words)

	Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Venezuela is a constitutional democracy with a president and unicameral legislature in which citizens periodically choose their representatives in free and fair multiparty elections.
		In addition, the Government requires citizens and foreigners resident in the country who are departing the country with minors to present to immigration officials proof of authorization from the minors' parents.
		The Constitution provides citizens with the right to change their government peacefully, and citizens exercised this right through periodic, free, and fair elections held on the basis of universal suffrage.
	www.embajadausa.org.ve /wwwh2084.html (18687 words)

	International Politics: Venzuela leads the world against USA
		Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is a former mid-level Army officer, proud of his indigenous roots and with an avid interest in addressing the exclusion of those on the lowest rungs of society.
		Last year, many Venezuelan citizens were killed or arrested under Chavez in clashes sparked by Chavez's authorities decision to reject a petition seeking a recall vote against Chavez.
		Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said he is about to expel a US missionary group, New Tribes Mission.
	www.canadiancontent.net /forums/about7986-60.html (3064 words)

	University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
		In that connection, the Secretary of the Confederation of Venezuelan Workers, Manuel Cova, declared that all sectors that had participated in the strike had received instructions to gradually resume their activities as of Monday, February 3 on restricted schedules to relax the national strike until it was finally ended.
		The Commission believes that this failure to apply the procedures established by the Constitution as the guarantees of domestic law for ensuring the independence of the members of the judiciary means that the institutional legitimacy of that branch of government is undermined and the rule of law is weakened.
		The Constitution establishes mechanisms and guidelines for the appointment of the top authorities of the judiciary[96] and the citizens’ branch, involving a process of nominations that are to be submitted to the National Assembly with the participation of civil society.
	www1.umn.edu /humanrts/iachr/country-reports/venezuela2003.html (15784 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Irish (In Countries Other Than Ireland)
		Gulian C. Verplanck, distinguished alike as scholar and public-spirited citizen of New York, served during twenty-three years as president of this board, and although not of Irish blood, his long and faithful service in the behalf of the Irish immigrants ought not to pass without honourable mention in these pages.
		But the troops from other states, notably Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Illinois, included in each case a large contingent of soldiers of Irish birth or descent, whose number may fairly be estimated as between one-third and one-fourth of the total number of troops supplied by those several states.
		But the wrongs committed against the Catholic Irish immigrants (at that time mostly poor and incapable of resistance), the insults and injuries put upon them because of their race and faith, and the attacks upon their persons and property, which almost without exception went unpunished by law, are an effective answer to these criticisms.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08132b.htm (15966 words)

	Corruption Eruption - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
		All salaried managers in a private corporation act as the agents of the shareholders, who are the principals; all government officials are agents for their citizens.
		Just as citizens worldwide are discovering their ability to participate in and affect politics, they are also discovering how collusive and dirty politics can be.
		In one notable instance, when the Spanish airline Iberia acquired the Argentine national airline, Aerolineas Argentinas, it listed $80 million in expenses as "costs associated with the sale." (14) The Argentine privatization system came under so much criticism that it had to be entirely revised with help from the World Bank in 1991.
	www.carnegieendowment.org /publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=648 (6778 words)

	ICONS West: International Negotiations Project Scenario
		At a minimum this includes the ability of a country's citizens to choose their own form of government, and it may also include promoting values (individual rights) and processes (democracy) in other countries that are compatible with one's own values and processes.
		In racial composition 69 percent of the Venezuelan people are of mixed Indian and European descent, 20 percent are of European descent, 9 percent are of fl descent, and 1 percent are Indian.
		U.S. citizens, who fell victim to guerrilla terrorism, including three Indian rights workers the FARC kidnapped in Colombia and murdered in Venezuela in March, were targeted because of wealth or opportunity rather than their nationality.
	www.icons.umd.edu /inp/inpscen.htm (17194 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Americas \| Viewpoints: Venezuela's future
		I find it ominous the idea that you can have a style of government in which there are no checks and balances, there is no meaningful respect for law, no separation of party and government and no separation of public and party finances.
		Citizens are already unable to leave the country in many cases (even for business) and foreign exchange is severely restricted.
		He also states: 'there is a very large section of Venezuelans who feel deeply uncomfortable with Chavez' He needs to be reminded that it was a very large section of Venezuelans who voted to retain Chavez.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/3569674.stm (2518 words)

	President Carter's Cuba Trip Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		All analysts said it was the first time in 43 years that citizens had heard any public criticism of the Cuban government, much less direct condemnation of human rights violations, a call for international inspectors, and promotion of the Varela project.
		It is based on some simple premises: all citizens are born with the right to choose their own leaders, to define their own destiny, to speak freely, to organize political parties, trade unions and non-governmental groups, and to have fair and open trials.
		A very large number of our citizens are incarcerated in prison, and there is little doubt that the death penalty is imposed most harshly on those who are poor, fl, or mentally ill. For more than a quarter century, we have struggled unsuccessfully to guarantee the basic right of universal health care for our people.
	www.cartercenter.org /viewdoc.asp?docID=528 (4013 words)

	Cleary: Conclusion: Politics and Religion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Fundamental to democracy is the capacity in a given society for citizens to debate major issues of the society in a public forum.
		Citizens, she says, believe the political system offers them a voice and a way to satisfy basic needs.
		Venezuelan Bishops Conference, "The Church Speaks for the Unemployed," (1986) and "They Will Build Their Houses and Live in Them," (1987) in Cleary, ed., Path from Puebla: Significant Documents of the Latin American Bishops since 1979 (Washington, D.C.: National Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1988), pp.
	www.dominicans.org /~ecleary/conflict/conflict10.htm (9278 words)

	Human Rights Watch: South America
		Yet protecting Brazil's children and adolescents—and particularly the most common targets of violence: poor, fl or dark-skinned adolescent boys—from violence cannot and should not wait for the solutions to other entrenched social problems, particularly when it is apparent that the police, either on- or off-duty, are responsible for a significant proportion of the killings.
		Peru’s citizens now live under a sustained state of emergency: in effect governed by the military, they lack basic protections against arbitrary arrest, incarceration, or extrajudicial execution by the armed and police forces or the paramilitary groups that are tolerated.
		Impunity exaggerates the distrust that citizens feel toward the government, leading them to suspect that officials have acted improperly and to mistrust any explanation that is given for official behavior, thus making it more difficult for the government to strengthen its legitimacy and institute reforms.
	www.hrw.org /doc?t=south_america&document_limit=420,20 (2510 words)

	Arthur Shaw: 5 million AK47s is just about the right number for Venezuela (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		One of the notable legislative successes of the NRA-ILA is the passage of the US law (cited as 18 USC 925A) that gives Joe Six Packs the right to sue if Six Pack is denied a firearm based of erroneous information...
		By the way, the NRA, the parent group, is compulsively and obsessively GOP or, in other words, goose-steppers for the Bush regime.
		I heard it said that even the Venezuelan citizenry is better armed than the Venezuelan military.
	www.vheadline.com /printer_news.asp?id=33240 (705 words)

	Venezuela: Participatory Democracy or Government as Usual? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Also, with regard to Venezuelans’ satisfaction with democracy, Venezuela is only outranked by Uruguay and Costa Rica, with 42% of Venezuelans saying that they are satisfied with it and 45% of Uruguayans and 48% of Costa Ricans.
		While poor Venezuelans identify with his folksy way of speaking, most Venezuelans from the middle and upper classes consider his manners to be unworthy of a president.
		The interference in Venezuelan affairs came to a head with the April 2002 coup, in which the U.S. was one of the only countries in the world to welcome the two-day coup regime.
	venezuelanalysis.com /articles.php?artno=1478 (10085 words)

	Venezuela's coup d’état \| www.vcrisis.com
		The citizens began to demonstrate their condemnation of the institutional breakdown.
		Also notable is the case of Tarek Wiliam Saab, a National Assemblyman of the Fifth Republic Movement Party, who was arrested by the political police (DISIP) without a warrant and was rescued by the Municipal Police of Hatillo after a group of people, presumably from the opposition, surrounded his residence threatening his personal safety.
		As indicated previously, the Truth Commission can make a very important contribution to Venezuelan democracy in terms of guaranteeing that the investigation on the April events is conducted in such a manner that its conclusions be accepted by all, and that those responsible are punished accordingly.
	www.vcrisis.com /index.php?content=letters/200403200620 (1784 words)

	SOA Watch
		Proponents of the school insist it is necessary to provide for the safety of ordinary citizens in countries of the western hemisphere.
		Notable former students include dictators Manuel Noriega of Panama, Juan Velasco Alvarado of Peru, and Guillermo Rodriguez of Ecuador.
		One briefing brought the encouraging news that Hugo Chavez has ended Venezuelan involvement at the school, pulling out students who are Venezuelan citizens as well as any political or financial support.
	www.soaw.org /new/newswire_detail.php?id=976 (954 words)

	Daily Press Briefing for Jan. 5 -- Transcript
		ERELI: Four U.S. citizens were among those killed in the plane crash of the Egyptian charter aircraft on January 3rd.
		There are some reports coming from Latin America that the Cuban and Venezuelan Governments have been jointly creating and funding an effort to cultivate anti-American sentiment in the region.
		I would note that the Castro regime, as is well known, has a long history of attempting to undermine democratic governments throughout the region, and for that reason, the close ties between the Government of Venezuela and the Government of Cuba raise concerns among Venezuela's democratic neighbors.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/prs/dpb/2004/27689.htm (5869 words)

	FrontPage magazine.com :: Who's Losing Latin America? by Frank J Gaffney Jr.
		Unfortunately, if present political, economic and social trends continue south of our border, there will likely be many more immigrants coming here unlawfully in search of better lives, and to flee increasingly hard ones in their own countries.
		The two authoritarians have adopted a new strategy, born of the realization that radical anti-American leftists can be brought to power throughout the hemisphere the same way Chavez was - by ballots, rather than bullets.
		The consequence of all these elections may well be the complete undoing of Ronald Reagan's legacy of successfully countering and, with the notable exception of Castro's Cuba, defeating totalitarianism in our hemisphere.
	www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=22282 (982 words)

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