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	Venezuela - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Off the Venezuelan coast are also found the Caribbean states of Aruba, the Netherlands Antilles and Trinidad and Tobago.
		The Venezuelan president is elected by a plural 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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Venezuela (2012 words)

	Observer \| American navy 'helped Venezuelan coup'
		It is also alleged that the US navy aided the abortive coup which took place in Venezuela on April 11 with intelligence from its vessels in the Caribbean.
		He said that the navy was in the area for operations unconnected to the coup, but that he understood they had assisted with signals intelligence as the coup was played out.
		Navy vessels on a training exercise in the area were supposedly put on stand-by in case evacuation of US citizens in Venezuela was required.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4403366-103681,00.html (603 words)

	Utina
		On 3 September 1971, Utina was decommissioned at Norfolk, and she was transferred, on a loan basis, to the Venezuelan Navy.
		She was commissioned as Felipe Larrazabal (R 21) and served in the Venezuelan Navy until December of 1977.
		At that time, she was returned to the United States Navy, retransferred to Venezuela on a sale basis, and her name was struck from the Navy list—all simul taneously.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/u2/utina.htm (503 words)

	The US and the Coup in Venezuela
		The Venezuelan union, the Confederation of Venezuelan Workers, led the work stoppages that galvanised the opposition to Mr Chavez.
		When elements of the Venezuelan military forced president Hugo Chavez from office last week, the editorial boards of several major U.S. newspapers followed the U.S. government's lead and greeted the news with enthusiasm.
		Although the Bush administration admits their desire to replace the Chavez government because of its opposition to U.S. policies and friendship with countries like Cuba and Iran, they now insist that they were not involved in the armed coup.
	www.thirdworldtraveler.com /South_America/US_Coup_Venezuela.html (4974 words)

	Guyanaca.com: Feature-The Trail of Diplomacy-Part 9 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On the 17 July 1982, the Commander of the Venezuelan Navy, Vice-Admiral Rafael Bertorelli, speaking at a news conference in Caracas, stated that Venezuela was not discarding the use of military force as a means of settling the territorial issue.
		The Venezuelan Foreign Minister on the 28 September, in an address to the UN General Assembly, characterised the 1899 Award as an "extraordinary farce from a so-called court arbitration without Venezuelan judges and lawyers".
		He maintained that Venezuelan claims were not based on territorial ambitions or the covetousness for the riches of others, but on the necessity of correcting a historical error perpetrated against it.
	www.guyanaca.com /features/trail_diplomacy_pt9.html (17702 words)

	Reuters AlertNet - PHOTOS: Landslides strike Venezuela again
		Venezuelan navy ships and military helicopters on Thursday evacuated thousands of people trapped along the country's coastline by torrential rains that have killed at least 14 in four days.
		Venezuelan men watch as workers clear a road flooded by a river during torrential rains in Vargas state, February 10, 2005.
		Venezuelan women hold their babies as they are evacuated by the navy during torrential rains in Vargas state, February 10, 2005.
	www.alertnet.org /thenews/photoalbum/1108145920.htm (612 words)

	U.S. Military Presence near Venezuela Raises Concerns
		Laguna said that the Venezuelan Navy detected several foreign vessels 75 kilometers northeast of the Paraguaná Peninsula in western Venezuela.
		National Assembly Deputy William Lara, one of the leaders of President Chavez's MVR party, told reporters that the U.S. presence near Venezuelan territory is part of "a plan to intimidate and provoke by the U.S." prior to the upcoming elections of the Secretary General of the Organization of American States.
		The Venezuelan leader recently accused the U.S. government of considering his assassination as one of the ways to oust him, as past attempts have failed, according to him.
	www.venezuelanalysis.com /news.php?+newsno=1528 (1184 words)

	Venezuelan navy takes control of oil tanker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Venezuelan navy Thursday seized an oil tanker held by striking crew members protesting against President Hugo Chavez, the state-owned press agency said, citing military officials.
		Chavez had earlier ordered troops to protect Venezuelan oil installation as he condemned the organizers of a four-day-old general strike to press him to stand down.
		The embattled leader told the navy and air force to reclaim all three oil tankers anchored in the Lago de Maracaibo in a protest by their crews, and gave his personal guarantee that the strike would not hold up deliveries of oil from the world's number-five exporter to other countries.
	www.spacedaily.com /2002/021205212200.fwa7udmd.html (149 words)

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		This navy is slightly behind the Royal Navy — the French have a carrier that operates the Rafale, which outperforms the British Sea Harrier, but the British have a larger submarine force and the Royal Navy arguably has the best personnel on a man-for-man basis.
		Ultimately, the best navy at a given task will be the one that has trained the most for that task and which has quality personnel and equipment that is up-to-date and well-maintained.
		The Israeli Navy is the smallest of the combat arms, with a peacetime strength of some 7,000 sailors, and 4,000 reservists.
	www.strategypage.com /fyeo/howtomakewar/docs/htworld.htm (16697 words)

	Chavez back...for now Abortive Venezuelan coup was made in the USA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The White House, together with the US media and the Venezuelan establishment, justified the coup as a response to violent clashes that occurred during the general strike and mass demonstration jointly organized by Venezuelan big business and the union bureaucrats.
		The Venezuelan establishment, senior military officials, the media and the US State Department all seized on the deaths to proclaim that Chavez had ordered a “massacre,” violating the constitution and justifying his ouster.
		Twice the Venezuelan people elected him—a manifestation of universal disgust with the corrupt parties of the ruling elite, Democratic Action and the Christian Democratic COPEI, which had alternated in power for four decades while 80 percent of the people remained in poverty.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2002/apr2002/vene-a15.shtml (1871 words)

	AllRefer.com - Venezuela - The Navy \| Venezuelan Information Resource
		In 1990 the navy maintained a force level of approximately 10,000, a figure that included a marine infantry corps of some 5,000 personnel.
		After years of subordination to the army, during which it struggled with antiquated equipment, the navy began to benefit from civilian democratic rule in 1960, when it purchased a submarine from the United States Navy.
		Venezuelan naval aviation was not established as a distinct element until the late 1970s.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/venezuela/venezuela93.html (409 words)

	Venezuelan navy officer joins rebellious officers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A navy officer in southern Venezuela's Bolivar state announced Sunday that he joined members of the armed forces who declared themselves in rebellion against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
		He became the second member of the armed forces in a few days to join the rebellious officers, most of whom have set up base at Plaza Altamira, a square in east Caracas that has become the rallying point for protesters demanding that Chavez step down.
		The open-ended strike entered its seventh day Sunday, amid rising tension fueled by the deaths of three people shot by at least one gunman during a protest on Friday night at Plaza Altamira.
	www.spacedaily.com /2002/021208192602.bbaxed6w.html (234 words)

	Venezuelan Navy honors NNMC officer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Ivonne Conde received a medal from members of the Venezuelan embassy in Washington D.C. for care she gave to a Venezuelan naval officer while he was a patient at NNMC.
		Ivonne Conde received an award from the commander general of the Venezuelan Navy for the care she gave to a Venezuelan Naval officer while he was receiving treatment for cancer at NNMC.
		This officer was assigned to the Embassy of Venezuela in Washington, D.C. Previous treatment he received hadn't worked and the Venezuelan Navy hoped that doctors at NNMC might have an answer they hadn't found yet.
	www.dcmilitary.com /navy/journal/7_02/local_news/13073-1.html (690 words)

	Global Exchange : Venezuelan Navy taking a close look at US military presence on Curacao
		CNN International is quoting a Venezuela's navy commander as saying that the Venezuelan navy is taking a close look at the American military presence on the nearby island of Curacao to determine the intention of US operations there
		Navy Commander Armando Laguna told reporters said the navy is "taking precautions" as it observes the presence of US Marines, along with military planes and amphibious vehicles on the island...
		He added that the US Navy often carries out exercises in southern Caribbean but this time they have patently failed to give customarily due notification to the Venezuelan Defense Department.
	www.globalexchange.org /tours/venezuela/2885.html (346 words)

	Cocaine Chronicles Continued
		But repeated requests to Venezuelan maritime authorities for permission to board, search and possibly arrest the launch were blocked on a technicality.
		The Venezuelan authorities were able to claim we were not using the right procedure.
		But we are satisfied we have now resolved the problem.' The Venezuelan government is co-operating with a huge operation by the American CIA to stop Colombian drugs being smuggled through its country.
	www.csun.edu /CommunicationStudies/ben/news/cia/961201.ven.html (388 words)

	Authorities investigate terror link - Venezuelan al-Qaida operative
		The Caracas cell is involved in recruiting Venezuelan Arabs for terrorist indoctrination and military training at isolated camps in the country's interior and on islands off the coast, according to intelligence officers who claim that members of al-Qaeda are hiding out in Margarita.
		Four Venezuelan officers investigating terrorist activities on the resort island were killed in 2001 when Chavez moved to dissolve DISIP Section 11, which had targeted radical Arabs.
		According to a variety of sources, 300 to 400 Cuban military advisers coordinated by Havana's military attaché in Venezuela, navy Capt. Sergio Cardona, also are directing Chavez's elite Presidential Guard and his close circle of bodyguards, some of whom can't even sing the words to the Venezuelan national anthem.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/879051/posts (2988 words)

	ZNet \| Latin America \| American Navy 'helped Venezuelan Coup'
		navy, told the Guardian yesterday that American military attaches had been in touch with members of the Venezuelan military to examine the possibility of a coup.
		Mr Madsen also said that the navy helped with communications jamming support to the Venezuelan military, focusing on communications to and from the diplomatic missions in
		Navy vessels on a training exercise in the area were supposedly put on stand-by in case evacuation of US citizens in
	www.zmag.org /content/LatinAmerica/campbell.cfm (578 words)

	Venezuelan bank shutdown to escalate strike pressure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		¡¡¡¡CARACAS, Jan. 8 (Xinhuanet) -- Venezuelan bank workers' unions announced on Wednesday a 48-hour suspension of banking services ina bid to further press their demands for President Hugo Chavez to resign or call a referendum on his rule.
		Venezuelan Agriculture Minister Efren Andrades announced on Wednesday that the government will import about 600 tons of food from Uruguay and Colombia to meet domestic needs.
		Meanwhile, three Venezuelan Navy ships are due to arrivein the Colombian seaport of Barranquilla this week to collect rice,beans and other food staples which Venezuela is purchasing from Colombian producers.
	news.xinhuanet.com /english/2003-01/09/content_684416.htm (359 words)

	eMedicine - CBRNE - Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis : Article by Robert Derlet, MD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Background: Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) is a mosquito-borne viral disease characterized by fever and one or more of the following: severe headache, back pain, myalgias, prostration, chills, nausea, vomiting, and weakness.
		The impact caused by VEE epidemics is best illustrated by examining large Venezuelan and Colombian epidemics that occurred in 1962-63, 1967, and 1995.
		Scherer WF, Cupp EW, Dziem GM, et al: Mesenteronal infection threshold of an epizootic strain of Venezuelan encephalitis virus in Culex (Melanoconion) taeniopus mosquitoes and its implication to the apparent disappearance of this virus strain from an enzootic habitat in Guatemala.
	www.emedicine.com /emerg/topic886.htm (2751 words)

	The Trail of Diplomacy-Part 9
		On Perez' enquiring about the political situation in Guyana in the light of the up-coming elections, Jackson assured him that elections would not be held before his visit to Guyana and expressed confidence that despite economic difficulties in the country, the PNC would win the elections.
		They also agreed that cooperation between the Guyanese and Venezuelan private sectors should be further encouraged, and decided to establish a working group to examine the possibility of setting up joint ventures.
		Ratification of the treaty was delayed by Trinidad because the Venezuelan Government attached to the signed agreement a map which included the area of Guyana claimed by Venezuela and shown by the words "Zona en Reclamacion".
	www.guyana.org /features/trail_diplomacy_pt9.html (17087 words)

	VHeadline.com - British Guardian newspaper: American Navy 'helped Venezuelan coup' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Campbell's report, originally published a year ago but given very little play in the opposition-controlled Venezuelan print and broadcast media, also highlights allegations that that the US Navy aided the abortive Venezuelan coup on April 11 with intelligence from its vessels in the Caribbean...
		Madsen, an intelligence analyst, told The Guardian that American military attaches had been in touch with members of the Venezuelan military to examine the possibility of a coup.
		The US navy was in the area for operations unconnected to the coup d'etat, but that Madsen understood that "they had assisted with signals intelligence as the coup was played out...
	www.vheadline.com /readnews.asp?id=6643 (948 words)

	Cuba. RHC News Update-23 April 2001
		Just before his departure, Vice-Admiral Hector Ramirez, General Staff Chief of the Venezuelan Navy's Higher Academy, announced the upcoming visit to Cuba next July 24th of the Venezuelan Navy's School ship Simon Bolivar.
		During its stay on the island, the Venezuelan official naval mission visited Havana's Government Office and the Armed Forces Ministry.
		Also on the itinerary were the General Maximo Gomez Armed Forces Academy and the Granma Naval Academy as well as the National Defense School where visiting Venezuelan military and Cuban navy sailors shared a baseball game.
	www.mail-archive.com /kominform@lists.eunet.fi/msg06902.html (2187 words)

	Venezuelan navy troops board striking oil-tanker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Venezuelan navy troops Saturday boarded an oil tanker whose captain had joined a week-old strike staged to press demands for the resignation of President Hugo Chavez.
		Local television showed troops boarding the Pilin Leon, which was anchored in Lake Maracaibo, 600 kilometers (375 miles) west of Caracas, with 280,000 barrels of oil on board.
		Venezuela is the world's fifth largest oil exporter and petroleum exports make up about half the government's income.
	www.spacedaily.com /2002/021207193045.rw31ko7l.html (164 words)

	Political (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Venezuelan coup'," a Venezuelan congressman accused Charles Shapiro,
		For instance, two of the troublesome dots are Venezuelan military men
		American affairs, and former Venezuelan ambassador in 1986.
	www.asianoutlook.com /dots.htm (1331 words)

	Velkommen til vort nyhedsbrev (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Venezuelan Navy works with some autonomy companies who are in charge to give services in different naval areas.
		In October 16th 1975, DIANCA became an Anonymous Company and the Venezuelan Inversion Fund was his principal shareholder.
		Activities: Reduction (at least) of the quip of crashes in Venezuelan waters, protecting the living of humankind, the average habitat and the corporal property.
	latinamerika.biz /news_item.asp?NewsID=224 (522 words)

	Venezuela News
		Venezuelans demand US turn over Cuban for bombing trial 5/24/2005 AP: "Venezuelan troops stood guard outside the embassy, while some protesters held a towel printed with the American flag upside down, then let it fall to the ground, trampling on it.
		Venezuelan government to hand over 90,000 homes this year 1/7/2005 Granma: "Venezuela’s Ministry of Housing and Habitat has promised to hand over 90,000 houses in 2005 as part of an official plan to reactivate uncompleted projects and develop new ones.
		Venezuelan Police Kill Bombing Suspect 11/24/2004 Reuters: "A Venezuelan lawyer suspected in last week's bombing murder of a top state prosecutor was killed in a gunfight with police Tuesday after he tried to ram detectives with his car and opened fire on them, officials said.
	www.afrocubaweb.com /news/venezuelanews.htm (4876 words)

	Venezuelan Navy Submarine Work and Plans (July 2004) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Venezuelan Navy has begun on overhauling the first of its two Type 209 submarines, the Sábalo.
		Work on the submarine is being done at the state-owned and Navy-run Dianca shipyard, with the original builder, the German company HDW, providing direct assistance.
		The overhauls are part of the service's submarine fleet plans that call for the Type 209s to remain in service until 2020, and three new-generation submarines to join the fleet between 2008 and 2010.
	www.forecast1.com /archive/sa/0059.htm (185 words)

	Primagraphics wins contract to supply tracking systems to Venezuelan Navy
		Engineers at Elbit Systems will integrate Primagraphics' VME-based radar tracking sub systems with its own specialized command and control systems which are being installed on the Venezuelan Navy's Lupo class frigate as part of a major upgrade program.
		Primagraphics' tracker ( CAT Track), which utilizes the power of its CAT image processing and display system, uses adaptive algorithms running in software, along with comprehensive engineering tools, to provide a powerful system that can be easily configured to meet different requirements.
		NAWC-AD is the U.S. Navy's full spectrum research, development, test and evaluation, engineering and fleet support center.
	www.primagraphics.com /pr/elbit.html (563 words)

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