Word: venezuela
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Poverty is unacceptable in a country like Venezuela that has so much economic potential," said Fernandez. "We should distribute that [oil] wealth in a better...
Eduardo Fernandez, general secretary of Venezuela's Christian Democratic Party (COPEI), referred to President John F. Kennedy's call for Americans to work for social, political and economic reforms...
...forum addressed a wide range of issues facing Venezuela, which has been a democracy for more than 30 years...
...Although Venezuela is one of the world's leading oil producers, it has been in virtual economic freefall for the past decade, said Dr. Pablo Pulido, president of the Metropolitan University Foundation in Venezuela. While 37 percent of Venezuelans lived in poverty in 1981, 80 percent are now officially considered poor, he said...
...part of the pressure on the Haitian junta, there is talk of a possible multilateral OAS military operation to put Aristide back in charge. The ousted Haitian President says he does not favor it, but some countries are not feeling constrained. Venezuela apparently meant what it said about taking the "most severe measures." General Fernando Ochoa Antich, the Venezuelan Defense Minister, announced after the OAS meeting that he had been ordered to prepare for possible multilateral action in Haiti. "The armed forces," he said, "are right now carrying out the planning of a possible regional military operation." President Perez promised...