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  Politics of Venezuela - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The citizens branch consists of three components — the prosecutor general ("fiscal general"), the "defender of the people" or ombudsman, and the comptroller general.
The holders of these offices, in addition to fulfilling their specific functions, also act collectively as the "Republican Moral Council" to challenge before the Supreme Tribunal actions they believe are illegal, particularly those which violate the Constitution.
The National Electoral Council is responsible for organizing elections at all levels.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Venezuela   (706 words)

  
 Cuba - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar led the Spanish invasion, subdued the indigenous populations, and became governor of Cuba for Spain in 1511 and built a villa in Baracoa, which became the first capital of the island and also in 1518 [1] the seat of the (Diocese) of the first bishop of Cuba.
The people nominate and elect candidates for the municipal assemblies.
They also argue that the electoral system in today's Cuba is more democratic than when Cuba was essentially a satellite state of the United States.
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/c/u/b/Cuba.html   (6241 words)

  
 The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Background   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation.
Although the violence is deadly and large swaths of the countryside are under guerrilla influence, the movement lacks the military strength or popular support necessary to overthrow the government.
However, the low turnout and allegations of electoral fraud during the most recent local elections in 2002-03 have exposed the weaknesses of formal political structures in Gabon.
aruba.noggle.com /fields/2028.aspx   (15186 words)

  
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Aruba seceded from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986 and became a separate, autonomous member of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Movement toward full independence was halted at Aruba's request in 1990.
Aruba's small labor force and low unemployment rate have led to a large number of unfilled job vacancies, despite sharp rises in wage rates in recent years.
www2.cddc.vt.edu /gutenberg/etext04/world02.txt   (2238 words)

  
 ARUBA THE FIRST INDEPENDENT STATE UNDER MAFIA CONTROL *PIC*   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
""Aruba's geographical position is a blessing and a curse at the same time"," says Eman, alluding to the pleasant climate which attracts thousands of tourists each year, and the unpleasant closeness of the Colombian and Venezuelan northern shores which makes it vulnerable for drug-traffickers.
Aruba is in the hands of some powerful families and Holland can't do anything about it, due to constitutional restraints.
Aruba's reputation as a 'Mafia island' became public in March 1993 when it was described by the Italian daily "Corriere della Sera" as 'the first state to be bought by the bosses Cosa Nostra'.
www.rumormillnews.com /cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=73301   (1641 words)

  
 The Washington Monthly
If the terrorists launch attacks, this will only make the Iraqi people hate the terrorists more because they would know the deadenders are just trying to destroy their first successful attempt at democracy.
The people in this country have a way to change this type of thinking, thinking which can be reflected by the results of polls, for example.
Peoples' opinions, can also be influenced by letting the leaders of the country know how they feel through differrent forums, specifically through anti-war marches.
www.washingtonmonthly.com /archives/individual/2005_08/006863.php   (5685 words)

  
 CARIBBEAN: Hurricane Ivan on Kill and Destroy Mission
Four people were killed in Venezuela, including a man who died when a wave crashed into his kiosk on the coast near Caracas.
Dozens of houses were damaged or destroyed, and hundreds of people have been left homeless on the coast of northwestern Venezuela, despite the fact that the epicentre of the storm passed the country more than 200 km out to sea.
The Dutch islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao were hit by heavy rains, "but we have registered no victims or major material damages," Manuel Maduro told IPS from the offices of the Curacao newspaper La Prensa.
www.ipsnews.net /interna.asp?idnews=25417   (919 words)

  
 Global Voices Online » Zimbabwe
It is a must read for people tired of Christian hypocrisy, for people interested in Africa, for Christians themselves, and for people who love to see George Bush challenged (he was there) on issues of social justice.
The people of Zimbabwe gave the ruling ZANU-PF and indeed all forms of purposeless politics their boldest affront to date as very few Zimbabweans turned up to vote during the senate elections held over the weekend.
Taurai pointed out that if people aren’t free to speak out when officials are stealing their food and misappropriating resources, they’re more likely to remain poor.
cyber.law.harvard.edu /globalvoices/-/world/honduras/Zimbabwe   (7921 words)

  
 Sampler
Her movement began in the shadows and on the Internet, but burst out of a roadside ditch in Crawford, Texas, and, right now, actually seems capable of changing the political map of America.
People in the state of New York, for instance, should look at their senators and say, if you don't come out for bringing our troops home as soon as possible, we're not going to reelect you.
She called the Prosecutor on Aruba and was told that once again, the woman was either on vacation or on leave and Beth never received a call-back.
kysor.blogspot.com /2005_09_01_kysor_archive.html   (14962 words)

  
 CNN.com - Top news events: Your picks - Feb 15, 2005
Hilary Ludwig: I know it may not seem the same to people of the past generations, but for me, there was no "JFK Day" in history, but I know exactly where I was the moment I heard that Princess Diana, her royalty, had been killed in an automobile accident.
I still think of all the people that were killed and the grief their families had to go through, and are still going through.
War wasn't about the big weapons and number of people within the military, it was about commitment to a cause and dying for that cause and dying for that cause.
cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /2005/US/01/14/email.news.events   (5164 words)

  
 HarryTho 10/17 Early Evening Natalee Holloway Update And Commentary: A Briefing On Aruba, Jossy Mansur, And Crime ...
The island (of Aruba) is used as a base for bulk transhipment of cocaine to the US and Europe, through its Free Trade Zone.
For years Aruba was the most important coffee exporter, while there is no coffee-plant to be found on the island"." Aruba is also the biggest exporter of Philip Morris cigarettes and every imaginable kind of whisky.
On Aruba it is all imported and exported according to the rules.
www.hyscience.com /archives/2005/10/harrytho_1017_e.php   (9107 words)

  
 The Landless Workers' Movement : News and Updates
Leading activists from the movement met with the minister for Justice, Márcio Thomaz Bastos on the 16th of September, in Brasilia, to discuss the increase in violence in the countryside and the action of armed militias.
And there are many people without land.�There are around 15 million people wandering the roads and camps, daring to dream that with so much idle land they may find the piece of earth that may redeem them from poverty and the risk of ending up in a favela in the city.
The groups and social movements demand that a plebiscite be carried out as a form of dialog and full participation of the population and they struggle for the strengthening of solidarity and cooperation amongst the people of the continent.
fmst.typepad.com /fmst/news_and_updates   (20809 words)

  
 History of Pakistan
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), founded and led by Ayub Khan's former Foreign Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, won a majority of the seats in West Pakistan, but the country was completely split with neither major party having any support in the other area.
Although Pakistan did not formally join the Non-Aligned Movement until 1979, the position of the Bhutto government coincided largely with that of the non-aligned nations.
Following the October 12 ouster of the government of Prime Minister Sharif, the military-led government stated its intention to restructure the political and electoral systems.
infotut.com /geography/Pakistan   (2392 words)

  
 Hugh Hewitt: August 21, 2005 - August 27, 2005 Archives
Her replacement matters a lot to center-right conservatives, and Arnold's choice will be a huge deal to the center-right troops whom he will need in the fall of '06 if he declares for re-election.
The good news is that the American electorate isn't stupid, and that new media exists where it didn't in 1969.
Now, one of the things that was interesting is the American people had had a generation of experience in governing themselves in their colonial legislatures.
hughhewitt.com /archives/2005/08/21-week/index.php   (10861 words)

  
 Common Ground Common Sense > Aruba's reputation as a 'Mafia island'
The two main political parties — the "Arubaanse Volkspartij" (AVP, Aruban Peoples Party) led by Eman and the "Moviemento Electoral di Pueblo" (MEP, People's Electoral Movement) led by Nelson Oduber — accused each other of permitting the "expletive deleted"rera's to infest Aruba and both claim to have kicked them off the island.
The Italian police was following the movements of Giuseppe Bono, the middleman between the American buyers of the Gambino and Bonanno Family and the Sicilian clans who organized the heroin traffic to the US, and had tapped his telephone.
It was imperative they could not contact people on the outside who could have used their political connections to stop the expulsion.
commongroundcommonsense.org /forums/lofiversion/index.php/t34725.html   (9312 words)

  
 Snoedel_Sjoernaal | ----------- | punt.nl: Je eigen gratis weblog, gratis fotoalbum, webmail, startpagina enz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
So many colorful qualities in people!  Share and enjoy without forgetting who you are and what you came here to do.  Find your role in the expression of Love in the Universe and fulfill it.  That is what you long to do. 
There are options that you are aware of that will allow for people to continue to stay in a 3D environment.
SOME PEOPLE, ERRONEOUSLY, believe that all healing work is done for free in Native way.
snoedel.punt.nl /?id=248962&r=1&tbl_archief=   (3910 words)

  
 Global Voices Online » South Africa
Johannesbury is in the midst of a building boom as people from across the country and from outside flock to the city.
This study argues that the exacerbation of the crisis in housing is as a result of the overall shift towards market-oriented policies, which shapes the approach of housing authorities.
In a career spanning over 40 years, Miriam Makeba, still regal at 73, is marking the end of her performing years with a 14-month farewell tour she says to thank the people in the countries where she has performed.
www.globalvoicesonline.org /-/world/sub-saharan-africa/south-africa   (9446 words)

  
 Embajada de Cuba en Holanda
We must reveal the terrorist nature of the alliance that, against the interests of the American people, the Bush dynasty has established with the Miami mob and which dishonours the memory of those who perished on 11 September 2001 and in the name of a supposed war on terrorism.
The US people, who mobilized against fascism in World War II and contributed to ending the Vietnam war, who supported the civil rights struggle and the return of Elián González to Cuba, must be informed, through all the mass media, about the criminal actions of its government.
This is a march for life and peace, or our people and the brotherly people of the United States, states Fidel shortly before the landmark protest began.
www.embacuba.nl /terror.htm   (3457 words)

  
 TNI Publications   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The 'Philip Morris people' are Alex and Eric Mansur and a member of the Lopesierra Family (Santa Lopesierra belongs to the Samper faction in the Liberal Party).
Aruba's Attorney General at the time, the Dutchman Jan Zwinkels, expressed his surprise over the allegations about the the Mafia's influence on the island.
Aruba has its own independent juridical system and apparatus, but often Dutch trained juridical personal head the office of the Public Prosecutor.
www.tni.org /archives/tblick/aruba.htm   (17342 words)

  
 Factbook -- Field Listing - Political parties and leaders
People's Front for Democracy and Justice or PFDJ, the only party recognized by the government [Afworki ISAIAS]; note - a National Assembly committee drafted a law on political parties in January 2001, but the full National Assembly had not yet debated or voted on it as of December 2001
Concerned Citizens Movement or CCM [Vance AMORY]; Nevis Reformation Party or NRP [Joseph PARRY]; People's Action Movement or PAM [Lindsey GRANT]; Saint Kitts and Nevis Labor Party or SKNLP [Dr. Denzil DOUGLAS]
People's Democratic Movement or PDM [Derek H. TAYLOR]; Progressive National Party or PNP [Washington MISICK]; United Democratic Party or UDP [Wendal SWANN]
www.hrd1.org /world/fields/2118.html   (3588 words)

  
 Search Results for 'Venezuela'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The President of Venezuela is elected for a six-year term by the people.
Venezuela has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
Spanish period At the time of the Spanish arrival, the indigenous people were mainly agriculturists and hunters living in groups along the coast, the Andean mountain range, and along the Orinoco River.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/V/Venezuela.htm   (711 words)

  
 World Fact Book
Anguilla United Movement or AUM [Hubert HUGHES]; The United Front or UF [Osbourne FLEMING, Victor BANKS], a coalition of the Anguilla Democratic Party or ADP and the Anguilla National Alliance or ANA; Anguilla Patriotic Movement or APM [Quincy GUMBS]; Movement for Grassroots Democracy or MFGD [Joyce KENTISH, John BENJAMIN]
People's Front for Democracy and Justice or PFDJ, the only party recognized by the government [ISAIAS Afworki]; note - a National Assembly committee drafted a law on political parties in January 2001, but the full National Assembly has not yet debated or voted on it
People's Democratic Movement or PDM [Derek H. TAYLOR]; Progressive National Party or PNP [Michael Eugene MISICK]; United Democratic Party or UDP [Wendal SWANN]
factbook.wn.com /admin/listing.php?field=Politicalparties   (3961 words)

  
 ENVIRONMENT-CARIBBEAN: Ships Dump Tonnes of Waste in Turquoise Waters
The Wider Caribbean encompasses the region's islands and the coastal areas of the mainland Latin American countries, from Mexico to French Guyana, as well as El Salvador, even thought its shoreline is on the Pacific Ocean.
Its institutional manifestation is the Association of Caribbean States, created in 1994, with 25 independent states as full members, plus Aruba, Dutch Antilles and France (on behalf of Guadeloupe, French Guyana and Martinique).
According to Caribbean Environment Outlook, a publication prepared by the United Nations Development Program for the Jan. 10-14 Mauritius meeting of small island states, the nine-member Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is reporting ”harmonised policies and legislation for both shore and ship generated waste.”
www.ipsnews.net /interna.asp?idnews=27082   (950 words)

  
 Country Reports
Austrian People's Party or OeVP [Wolfgang SCHUESSEL, chairman]; Communist Party or KPOe [Walter BAIER, chairman]; Freedom Party of Austria or FPOe [Susanne RIESS-PASSER]; Liberal Forum or LF [Heide SCHMIDT]; Social Democratic Party of Austria or SPOe [Viktor KLIMA, chairman]; The Greens or GA [Alexander VAN DER BELLEN, party spokesman]
Movement for National Reconstruction or MNR [Percival Austin BRAMBLE]; National Development Party or NDP [leader NA]; National Progressive Party or NPP [Reuben T. MEADE]; People's Progressive Alliance or PPA [Bertrand OSBORNE]
Concerned Citizens Movement or CCM [Vance AMORY]; Nevis Reformation Party or NRP [Joseph PARRY]; People's Action Movement or PAM [Dr. Kennedy SIMMONDS]; Saint Kitts and Nevis Labor Party or SKNLP [Dr. Denzil DOUGLAS]
www.classbrain.com /cb_cr/fields/political_parties_leaders.html   (3187 words)

  
 ºÓ±±µÚ¶þ»úе¹¤ÒµÓÐÏÞ¹«Ë¾ - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Political parties and leaders   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Cook Islands People's Party or CIP [Geoffrey HENRY]; Democratic Alliance Party or DAP [Terepai MAOATE]; New Alliance Party or NAP [Norman GEORGE]; Cook Islands National Party or CIN [Teariki HEATHER]
Democratic People's Party or DPP [leader NA]; Grand National Party or GNP [PAK Hui-t'ae, chairman]; Millennium Democratic Party or MDP [CHONG Tae-ch'ol, chairman]; People's Party for Reform or PPR [KIM Won-ung, chairman]; United Liberal Democrats or ULD [KIM Chong-p'il, president]
Juvento [Monsilia DJATO]; Movement of the Believers of Peace and Equality or MOCEP [leader NA]; Rally for the Support for Development and Democracy or RSDD [Hanay OLYMPIO]; Rally of the Togolese People or RPT [President Gnassingbe EYADEMA]; Union for Democracy and Social Progress or UDPS [Gagou KOKOU]
www.hbej.com /factbook/fields/2118.html   (3635 words)

  
 The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Political parties and leaders   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Brunei People's Party or PRB (banned in 1962) and Brunei National Democratic Party (registered in May 1965, deregistered by the Brunei Government in 1988)
Citizen and Republican Movement or MCR [Jean Pierre CHEVENEMENT]; Democratic and European Social Rally or RDSE (mainly RAD.
Paul M'BA-ABESSOLE]; People's Unity Party or PUP [Louis Gaston MAYILA]; Rally for Democracy and Progress or RDP [Pierre EMBONI]; Social Democratic Party or PSD [Pierre Claver MAGANGA-MOUSSAVOU]; Union for Democracy and Social Integration or UDIS [leader NA]; Union of Gabonese People or UPG [Pierre MAMBOUNDOU]
armenia.noggle.com /fields/2118.aspx   (2910 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Legislative branch
Election results includes the percent of vote and/or number of seats held by each party in the last election.
unicameral People's Assembly or Kuvendi Popullor (140 seats; 100 are elected by direct popular vote and 40 by proportional vote for four-year terms)
bicameral Supreme Council or Zhogorku Kenesh consists of the Assembly of People's Representatives (70 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) and the Legislative Assembly (35 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2101.html   (11200 words)

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