ELECTION 2012

Capriles: The country will elect between life and death on October 7

The presidential candidate vowed to finish with "prison leaders" during his government (Handout photo)

ELECTION 2012. During the introduction of his Security Plan, challenger Henrique Capriles Radonski promised to resolve the jail issue "within one year"

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  . Chávez: "We do not have the date yet"

OPINION

Excerpts of column "Runrunes" (Rumors) released on May 29

OPINION. High THE BUSES. There are six of them. They are at the headquarters of state-run oil holding Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa) located in La Campiña (east Caracas). Through a fiduciary broker they were bought for USD 300,000 from Holiday Wor (...)

ELECTION 2012

Chávez suggests constitutional reform for welfare

The Head of State asked Congress Speaker Diosdado Cabello to boost (...)

ELECTION 2012. He intends to face up to "the little trap" of the Mission Law prompted by challenger Capriles

ELECTION 2012

He pledged to prepare the "attack lines"

Chávez: "We do not have the date yet"

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ELECTION 2012. He recommended the opposition to acknowledge the election results

ENVIRONMENT

Trucks throw trash and debris in the beaches of Vargas state

The garbage dump in Paso de Caballos (Passage of Horses), (...)

ENVIRONMENT. The governor's office of coastal Vargas state (central Venezuela) authorized debris trucks to dump waste into an area known as Paso de Caballos (Passage of Horses), in the Caraballeda area. Three other underground garbage dumps are operating in the zone. The tides spread the garbage over the eastern beaches of the state

INTERVIEW

Andrés Pastrana, Colombia's ex-president

"I had never evidence of FARC in Venezuela"

Andrés Pastrana spoke of Colombia-Venezuela affairs (Photo: Enio (...)

INTERVIEW. "Interestingly, (ex Colombian President Álvaro) Uribe waited for almost eight years to reveal the OAS (Organization of American States) the presence (in Venezuela) of the FARC (Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces)

ECONOMY

Unemployment in Venezuela hits 1,152,522 people in April

The total of employed people in April was 12,278,610 people (File (...)

ECONOMY. Venezuela's unemployment rate stood at 8.6% in the fourth month of 2012

COOPERATION

The contribution amounts to USD 13 million

Petrocaribe funds program to help poor mothers in Haiti

COOPERATION. The name of the plan that seeks to aid 100,000 Haitian mothers is "Dear mommy" ("Ti manman cherie"). The Caribbean women will receive between USD 9.15-19 per month to meet their basic needs

ECONOMY

According to opposition deputy

One thousand car bodies deteriorate in Venezuelan-Iranian auto plant

ECONOMY. The National Assembly is investigating whether the Venezuelan-Iranian auto plant Venirauto is causing "property damage" to the South American country

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  . A hundred and one auto dealers have closed since 2008

URBAN SPACES

Cinemas that formed part of the city life

The facade of the old Rex cinema was painted recently (Photo: Nicola (...)

URBAN SPACES. Not long ago, each Caracas parish had its own movie theater. They were the barrio cinemas