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Venezuela has more than 90 institutions of higher education, with 860,000 students in 2002. Higher education remains free under the 1999 Constitution and was receiving 35% of the education budget, even though it accounted for only 11% of the student population. More than 70% of university students come from the wealthiest quantile of the ...
The Venezuelan Ministry of Popular Power for Education (Spanish: Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Educación, MPPE) is the federal-level department responsible for organising the education system of Venezuela. In 2001 it was the Ministry of Education, Sport and Culture, with responsibility for Culture and Sport being assigned to separate ...
Despite significant progress, education remains a challenge in Latin America. [1] The region has made great progress in educational coverage; almost all children attend primary school and access to secondary education has increased considerably. Children complete on average two more years of schooling than their parents' generation. [2]
Reuters reported that "Maduro says there is no crisis and no need for humanitarian aid, blaming U.S. sanctions for the country's economic problems." [175] Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza did not respond to a letter asking for Venezuela's "views regarding the extent of the crisis and the policies it was implementing to address it ...
The Universidad Central de Venezuela was founded in 1721 as the "Universidad Real y Pontificia de Caracas", as a result of a Royal Decree signed by Philip V of Spain. [1] The Universidad Politécnica de la Fuerza Armada Nacional was established in 1974 by a resolution of the ministry of defense and the president of Venezuela, Rafael Caldera. [9]
A lawyer for Machado's Vente Venezuela party said earlier in the day the staffers have always acted correctly. The wife of Roberto Abdul, a member of the commission which planned the primary where Ma
The Biden administration on Thursday sanctioned a Venezuelan gang allegedly behind a spree of kidnappings, extortion and other violent crimes tied to migrants that have spread across Latin America ...
According to the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects [3] [4] the total population was 28,199,867 in 2021, compared to only 5,482,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 29.5%, 64.9% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 5.6% was 65 years or older.