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Topic: Venezuelan Federal Dependencies


  
  Venezuelan Constitution - Wikisource
There shall be no conveyance of title to vacant land existing within the federal dependencies and on islands in rivers and lakes, and the right to use the same shall be granted only in a manner that does not involve, directly or indirectly, the transfer of title to the land.
Article 17: Federal dependencies are the maritime islands which are not incorporated into the territory of a State, as well as any island that may form or appear in the territorial sea or that covering the continental sheaf.
Naturalized Venezuelans who have entered the country prior to reaching the age of seven years and have resided permanently in venezuela until reaching legal age shall enjoy the same rights as Venezuelans by birth.
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 Venezuela   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Venezuelan president is elected by a plurality vote with direct and universal suffrage and functions as both head of state and head of government.
The unicameral Venezuelan parliament is the National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional.
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.
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 Venezuela - Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Off the Venezuelan coast are also found the Caribbean states of Aruba, the Netherlands Antilles and Trinidad and Tobago.
Nevertheless, the full control over venezuelan territory was achieved after Bolivar with the help of General Jose Antonio Paez won the Battle of Carabobo in June 24th 1821, and the Admiral Padilla won the Naval Battle of the Lake of Maracaibo on July 24th 1823.
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.
encyclopedia.maksiu.info /wiki/Venezuela   (2093 words)

  
 Venezuelan Capital District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Capital District ( Spanish : Distrito Capital) of Venezuela is a federal district corresponding to the capital Caracas.
Within the federal system it shares the same rank as the states of Venezuela.
It has an area of 433 km² and there is only one administrative division ( municipio), Libertador, which contains the City of Caracas.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Venezuelan_Federal_District   (157 words)

  
 PREAMBLE
Article 14 The Federal Dependencies are those portions of the territory of the Republic not included in the States, Territories, and Federal District, and also such islands as may be formed or appear in the territorial sea or in the sea covering the continental shelf.
Article 40 Venezuelan nationality by birth is recovered when the person who has lost it becomes domiciled in the territory of the Republic and states his desire to recover it, or when he remains in the country for a period of not less than two years.
Venezuelans by naturalization who have entered the country before they reached seven years of age and have resided there permanently until they attained their majority shall enjoy the same rights as Venezuelans by birth.
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 VENEZUELAN
The Venezuelan Vice Minister for Energy and Mines, Dr. Evanan Romero Gutierrez visited India in November 1997 and had discussions with the MOS for Petroleum and Natural Gas on matters of mutual interest, including the possibility of India importing Orimulsion from Venezuela.
A joint invitation to the President of the Venezuelan Congress by Speaker of the Lok Sabha and the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha was issued in 1990 and renewed in June 1993.
Venezuelan government established Ministry of Science and Technology only in 2001 and have been in dialogue with the Embassy and the Government of India on possibilities of concluding treaties in the areas of space, information technology and biotechnology.
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 Venezuela
Venezuelan law states that a patent or trademark is the property of the individual who first registers it in Venezuela.
According to the Constitution, the Federated States are autonomous and equal as political entities, even though they are obliged to maintain the integrity of the nation and to comply with and enforce compliance of the national Constitution and the laws of the Republic (Const.
The Venezuelan Constitution is of the socalled rigid type and therefore it is the supreme source of law of the state, and all acts by public powers and private persons are subordinated to it.
www.onlinelearning.net /instructors/smurr/LatAm/sam/venz.html   (15899 words)

  
 Constitution of the Republic of Venezuela   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Federal Dependencies are those portions of the territory of the Republic not included in the States, Territories, and Federal District, and also such islands as may be formed or appear in the territorial sea or in the sea covering the continental shelf.
Venezuelan nationality by birth is recovered when the person who has lost it becomes domiciled in the territory of the Republic and states his desire to recover it, or when he remains in the country for a period of not less than two years.
Venezuelans have the duty to honor and defend their country, and to safeguard and protect the interests of the Nation.
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 lessontenculture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Throughout this period of relative prosperity and expansion of the Venezuelan economy, the volume of illegal immigration matched that of legal entry.
The Senate is made up of two senators from each state and the Federal District; a few additional senators are elected on the basis of minority representation, and former presidents are awarded lifetime seats in the chamber.
The vast inequalities in Venezuelan society are reflected in the nation's two distinctive cultural milieus one elite, modernized, and externally oriented; the other nationalistic and selectively folk-oriented.
www.linguahostel.org /lessontenculture.htm   (2408 words)

  
 Brazil [Definition]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In a federation the self-governing status of the component states is constitutionally entrenched and may not be altered by a unilateral decision of the central government....
Federal District The Brazilian Federal District (in Portuguese, Distrito Federal) is set apart for Brasília, the capital of Brazil.
Dependencies : Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands are an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the South Atlantic consisting of two main islands known as East Falkland and West Falkland and a number of smaller islands.
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 ipedia.com: Venezuela Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Venezuelan government claims that the coup occurred with the assistance and encouragement of the US government.
The Venezuelan economy shifted after the First World War from a primarily agricultural orientation to an economy centered on petroleum production and export, which continues to dominate, accounting for roughly a third of GDP, around 80% of export earnings, and more than half of government operating revenues.
Venezuelan officials estimate that GDP grew by 2.7% in 2001.
www.ipedia.com /venezuela.html   (1665 words)

  
 Venezuela Home
The Venezuelan flag is rectangular, with three horizontal stripes of equal width: yellow, blue, and red.
Its victorious role in the War of Independence is a source of tremendous national pride and Venezuelans celebrate their independence champion Simon Bolivar as one of the continent’s greatest heroes: you won’t find a town without a Plaza Bolivar or a school without his portrait on the wall.
Almost as strong as Venezuelan’s pride in their history, is their pride in the beauty of their women, who have repeatedly won all the major international beauty contests.
www.questconnect.org /sa_venezuela.htm   (3002 words)

  
 Political division of Venezuela - - Source of Knowledge | Free Web-based Encyclopedia/Journals
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.source-of-knowledge.com /?t=Political_Division_of_Venezuela   (164 words)

  
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Although the country is considered to be a federal republic, criminal justice policy is nationally uniform.
The Venezuelan government is largely influenced by the United States Constitution and its principle of separation of powers.
Seventy-nine percent of Venezuelans support police raids into low income neighborhoods to look for delinquents, while 61% are in favor of police checkpoints to review documentation.
www.ojp.usdoj.gov /bjs/pub/ascii/wfbcjven.txt   (5971 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Venezuela - The Governmental System | Venezuelan Information Resource
While its constitutions pledged federalism and a separation of powers, political practice and custom gave an undeniable primacy to the government in Caracas and to the president, in particular.
Under its twenty-sixth constitution, adopted on January 23, 1961, Venezuela is a federal republic made up of twenty states, two federal territories (Amazonas and Delta Amacuro), and a Federal District (Caracas) (see fig.
Unlike the constitution followed in the time of the dictator Gómez, however, the 1961 constitution provides for mandatory voting for all Venezuelan citizens who are at least eighteen years old and who are not convicts or members of the armed forces.
reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/venezuela/venezuela66.html   (808 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Venezuela - Local Government | Venezuelan Information Resource
The 1961 constitution provides for a federal republic of twenty states, two federal territories, the federal district, and seventy-two island dependencies.
In 1990 the direct election of governors was still too recent to indicate to what extent the state executives, now with their own political basis, would be able to exert greater authority than they did as appointed officials.
States are divided into districts, the number of districts depending on the size of the state.
reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/venezuela/venezuela72.html   (805 words)

  
 Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Malaysia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Venezuela is a Federal Republic, comprising 72 federal dependencies, 22 states, two federal territories, and one federal district.
The Electoral Branch is in the hands of the Venezuelan Electoral Council (Consejo Nacional Electoral) with its subordinate bodies: the National Electoral Board, the Civil and Electoral Registry Commission, and the Commission on Political Participation and Financing.
The Venezuelan Electoral Council has five members with no political affiliation: three of them nominated by civil society, one by the schools of laws and political sciences of the national universities and one by the citizens' branch.
www.embavenezmalasia.org /aboutVene/gov.htm   (522 words)

  
 Venezuelan History:
The Venezuelan population is young: 12.6% are under 4 years of age; 23.6% are between 5 and 14 years, 55.5% are under 25, and 4.1% of the population is 65 or older.
Economic recovery was dependent on the revision of labor benefits, the elimination of subsidies, and government withdrawal from industry.
Due to the international financial crisis, which resulted in a decline in trade, the Venezuelan economy experienced a 5.9% drop in 1998 and 1999.
www.davidbarber.org /research/venezuela.html   (3051 words)

  
 venezuelan_coup_attempt_of_2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Venezuelan coup attempt of 2002 saw the brief deposition and arrest of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and the...
Venezuelan coup attempt of 2002 Hugo Chávez, surrounded by resolute supporters, makes a dramatic return to power on April 12, 2002 after the Venezuelan coup attempt of 2002, Information, reference...
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 facts and figures about venezuela
Venezuela is divided in 23 states, one federal district, and various federal dependencies.
The Venezuelan flag has been, with some changes, the same one than Francisco de Miranda designed in 1806.
The yellow represents the richness of the land, the blue the seas that bath the coasts and the red, the blood shed by the National Heroes on the war of independence.
www.embavene.fi /eng/aboutvenezuela.html   (559 words)

  
 Political Overview
He was driven back by the Spanish, but the cacao boom and a tradition of rebellion against the mercantilist policies of the Bourbon dynasty sparked the fight for independence, a struggle which required several years of brutal fighting.
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is a Presidential democracy of 22 states, one Metropolitan District and 11 federally controlled island groups with 72 individual islands near the Venezuelan coastline which are Federal Dependencies.
The Venezuelan Constitution guarantees the freedom to create political parties when states that "competing political parties have the right to guide national policy through democratic methods".
www.venezuela-emb.org.au /political_overview.html   (1009 words)

  
 The Cyber Circle
The State, with the solidary participation of families and society, guarantees them respect for their human dignity, equality of opportunity and satisfactory working conditions, and shall promote their training, education and access to employment appropriate to their condition, in accordance with law.
It shall be presided over by the Executive Vice-President* and shall consist of the Cabinet ministers, the Governors*, one Mayor* from each State and representative s of organized society, in accordance, with law.
The Federal Council on Government, based on regional unbalances, shall discuss and approve annually the resources to be allocated to the Interterritorial Compensation Fund and the priority investment areas to which these resources are to be applied.
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 College Life Missions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It is comprised of 22 states, a Federal District, and federal dependencies (a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea).
The Venezuelan population is young: 12.6% are under 4 years of age; 23.6% are from 5 to 14 years, and 55.5% are under 25.
In 1994, 27.3% of the Venezuelan population had unmet basic needs and 21.6% lived in extreme poverty.
www.collegelife.org /venezuela/Venezula1.htm   (467 words)

  
 Venezuela - Enpsychlopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
For Vespucci, this was a clear reminiscent of the city of Venice, and as a result, the region was named Venezuela, which means Little Venice.
Venezuela is subdivided into 23 states ( estados), one capital district ( distrito capital) and the federal dependencys ( dependencias federales):
Venezuelan Picture Gallery ( http://www.turpial.org) Pictures of cities, landscapes, animals and plants.
www.grohol.com /psypsych/wiki/Venezuelan   (2178 words)

  
 Venezuela - www.catalogofcasinos.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
As oil prices have soared in the wake of the second Iraqi war and booming Chinese demand, oil-rich Venezuela has had the opportunity to refuse loans and aid from the US, in its effort to distance Venezuela from the United States.
Chávez's program has sought to decrease exclusive reliance on the United States and to diversify diplomatic and economic ties with governments throughout the world, such as Cuba, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, among many other Latin American countries, as well as China, Iran and India.
Venezuela : Country Studies - Federal Research Division, Library...
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 MisionVenezuela.org - Venezuela in Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Venezuela is divided in 23 states, one capital district, and various federal dependencies.
In the early colonial period, what is today Venezuela were different provinces that depended alternatively from the Crown in Madrid, the Viceroyalty of New Granada or the Royal Audience of Santo Domingo and had certain autonomy.
This situation ended with the Federal War, fought between 1859 and 1863, which devastated the country, leaving it in very precarious economic and social conditions.
www.misionvenezuela.org /index.php?option=displaypage&Itemid=53&op=page&SubMenu=   (1417 words)

  
 Venezuelan - www.guideofcasinos.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Venezuelan Genealogy Resorces / Recursos de Genealogía en Venezuela
Venezuelan Summer League - The Official Site of Minor League...
Read about Venezuelan in the free online encyclopedia and dictionary.
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 Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Government: Federal Republic comprising 22 States, one Federal District and 72 islands which are Federal Dependencies.
The climate varies from tropical humid to alpine depending on elevation, topography and prevailing winds.
The British Council's work in Venezuela covers the arts, English language teaching and education, and the administration of the Chevening scholarship programme under which Venezuelan students postgraduate level studies are funded.
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 Government, Politics, Law: Venezuela   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The most important source for bibliography of books and articles concerning Venezuela is the annual Handbook of Latin American Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/) produced by over 130 contributing editors under the editorship of the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress.
Another site one should especially note is the site prepared by the Law Library of the Library of Congress for legal, political, and general information on their Guide to Law Online (http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/venezuel.html).
The Economist Newspaper Ltd. presents information on the political structure of Venezuela. The Economist discusses the country's executive, national legislature, legal system, national elections, and main political organizations. Venezuela is a federal republic that consists of 72 federal dependencies,; 23 states, two federal territories, and one federal district.
www.loc.gov /rr/international/corc.oclc.org/WebZ/XPathfinderQuerye0f9.html   (523 words)

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