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Venezuela Government 1996
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Administrative divisions:
21 states (estados, singular - estado), 1 territory* (territorio), 1 federal
district** (distrito federal), and 1 federal dependency*** (dependencia
federal); Amazonas*, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolivar, Carabobo,
Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Dependencias Federales***, Distrito Federal**,
Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa,
Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Yaracuy, Zulia
the federal dependency consists of 11 federally controlled island groups
with a total of 72 individual islands
Independence Day, 5 July (1811)
based on Napoleonic code; judicial review of legislative acts in Cassation
Court only; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
18 years of age; universal
chief of state and head of government:
President Rafael CALDERA Rodriguez (since 2 February 1994); election last
held 5 December 1993 (next to be held NA December 1998); results - Rafael
CALDERA (National Convergence) 30.45%, Claudio FERMIN (AD) 23.59%, Oswaldo
ALVAREZ PAZ (COPEI) 22.72%, Andres VELASQUEZ (Causa R) 21.94%, other 1.3%
Council of Ministers; appointed by the president
bicameral Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la Republica)
elections last held 5 December 1993 (next to be held NA December 1998);
results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (53 total) AD 18, COPEI 15,
Causa R 9, MAS 5, National Convergence 6; note - 3 former presidents (2 from
AD, 1 from COPEI) hold lifetime senate seats
Chamber of Deputies (Camara de Diputados):
elections last held 5 December 1993 (next to be held NA December 1998);
results - AD 27.9%, COPEI 26.9%, MAS 12.4%, National Convergence 12.9%,
Causa R 19.9%; seats - (203 total) AD 55, COPEI 53, MAS 24, National
Convergence 26, Causa R 40, other 5
Supreme Court of Justice (Corte Suprema de Justicia) Roberto YEPES,
President
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Political parties and leaders:
National Convergence (Convergencia), Jose Miguel UZCATEGUI, president, Juan
Jose CALDERA, national coordinator; Social Christian Party (COPEI), Luis
HERRERA Campins, president, and Donald RAMIREZ, secretary general;
Democratic Action (AD), Pedro PARIS Montesinos, president, and Luis ALFARO
Ucero, secretary general; Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), Gustavo MARQUEZ,
president, and Enrique OCHOA Antich, secretary general; Radical Cause (La
Causa R), Pablo MEDINA, secretary general
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Other political or pressure groups:
FEDECAMARAS, a conservative business group; Venezuelan Confederation of
Workers (CTV, labor organization dominated by the Democratic Action);
VECINOS groups
AG, BCIE, CARICOM (observer), CDB, CG, ECLAC, FAO, G-11, G-15, G-19, G-24,
G-77, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO,
IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, MINURSO, NAM,
OAS, ONUSAL, OPANAL, OPEC, PCA, RG, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO,
UNIKOM, UNMIH, UNPROFOR, UNU, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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Diplomatic representation in US:
Ambassador Pedro Luis ECHEVERRIA
1099 30th Street NW, Washington, DC 20007
Boston, Chicago, Houston, Miami, New Orleans, New York, San Francisco, and
San Juan (Puerto Rico)
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US diplomatic representation:
Ambassador Jeffrey DAVIDOW
Avenida Francisco de Miranda and Avenida Principal de la Floresta, Caracas
P. O. Box 62291, Caracas 1060-A; APO AA 34037
three equal horizontal bands of yellow (top), blue, and red with the coat of
arms on the hoist side of the yellow band and an arc of seven white
five-pointed stars centered in the blue band
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