With more than 1300 recorded bird species within its boundaries, Venezuela promises some of the best bird watching in South America. Its flora and fauna are spectacular too, but rapid growth in the bird-watching industry has taken many by surprise.
One species that you won’t have a hard time sighting is the Turpial, Venezuela’s national bird.
The [...]
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Posted in The Region, tagged ALBA, Bank of the South, Bolivia, Cuba, economic development, IMF, Nicaragua, South America, venezuela, Venezuela economy, World Bank on January 26, 2008 | Comments Off
By now you’ve probably heard it said that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez likes nothing more than to “snub” the United States whenever possible.
What you may not have heard is that, most of the time, his policy initiatives are considered genuine attempts at fostering economic development for Venezuela and other countries in the region.
One such effort, [...]
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Venezuela is known for its baseball players as well as its benevolence, both of which are featured in a New York Times article about Johan Santana of the Minnesota Twins.
Santana is a legendary pitcher and, according to the Times, “the most coveted player on the trade market.” But it is in his hometown of Tovar, [...]
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Today, Venezuelans celebrate the 50th anniversary of the overthrow of the notorious dictator General Marcos Pérez Jiménez. The Caracas newspaper El Universal reports that marches and rallies will be held, and the National Assembly is holding a special session to promote historical awareness.
In honor of the event, we provide the following analysis of [...]
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At a glance, Latin American literature can seem dominated by magical realism, the genre synonymous with Gabriel García Márquez and his momentous novel, 100 Years of Solutide. Venezuela never had its major author of the Latin “boom” period, but that doesn’t mean the country lacks literary traditions worthy of export.
One of Venezuela’s many under-appreciated authors, [...]
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The Caracas-based newspaper El Universal reports today that Colombian refugees in Venezuela will soon be eligible for micro-financing loans through a new program run jointly by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the government-run Banco del Pueblo Soberano (Sovereign Bank of the People).
William Spindler of the UNHCR announced the signing of the new micro-financing agreement [...]
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Venezuela’s new Minister of Telecommunications, Socorro Hernández, pledged to support the expansion of an innovative project that is putting Indigenous-produced content onto public radio in Venezuela. The Bolivarian News Agency (ABN) reports today that Hernández responded to a request for assistance from The Ministry of Indigenous Affairs, which is headed by Nicia Maldonado. The program [...]
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New York City has a big Venezuelan population – over 10,000 people – but it is a community that has lacked representation in the arts. Finally, the Modern Museum of Art is paying homage to the Venezuelan roots of modernism in the exhibit, “New Perspectives in Latin American Art, 1930–2006: Selections from a Decade of [...]
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