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The Massacre of El Amparo was a massacre of 14 fishermen that took place near the village of El Amparo, in Venezuela's western state of Apure, on 29 October 1988. [16] [17] A joint military-police unit claimed the fishermen (who had no police records and were not known to either Venezuelan or Colombian military intelligence) [18] were a group of guerillas who attacked them with guns and ...
Spanish: Constitución de los Estados Unidos de Venezuela) was a constitution sanctioned on June 16, 1874, by a Congress dominated by Antonio Guzmán Blanco. It was similar to the previous constitution , with few modifications, such as: it obliged voters to sign the ballot, abolished the Appointees, reduced the constitutional period to 3 years ...
On 28 April 2016, the Supreme Court announced it would hear the case. The lawsuit sought to declare Article 44 of the Civil Code unconstitutional because it stated that marriage was only legally valid between a man and a woman in Venezuela. [11] In June 2016, Venezuela's opposition announced that it would work on a civil union bill. A prominent ...
Venezuela was one of the first export customers for the F-16, which arrived in 1983 for the newly formed Grupo Aéreo de Caza 16 at El Libertador Airbase. [3] [4] In the 1992 Venezuelan coup d'état attempts, elements of the Venezuelan Air Force were key participants in the rebellion. FAV units at El Libertador Air Base under the command of ...
Guaidó had earlier seized control of Venezuelan government assets held in the United States, including Citgo, the US-based subsidiary of the state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA). [19] 22 April – An Iranian Airbus A340-642 lands in Paraguaná Peninsula. There is speculation that the flight may be related to drug trafficking ...
UCOCAR (Unidad Naval Coordinadora de los Servicios de Carenado de la Armada) is responsible for the repair, maintenance and construction of ships, equipment, systems, helmet and structures up to 1,000 tonnes, in support of the armed forces, public firms and private sector entities.
The Venezuelan Fiscal General estimated 2900 cases per prosecutor in 2004, rising to 4000 in 2006. [3] In 2012 Venezuela banned the possession of firearms in public places. [4] In addition, it banned the commercial sale and private import of firearms and ammunition, following a public consultation showing strong support for the measure. [5]
The General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence [1] (Spanish: Dirección General de Contrainteligencia Militar, DGCIM) is the military counterintelligence agency of Venezuela, whose function is to prevent intelligence or espionage internally and externally by military and civilians. The unit is led by Iván Hernández Dala.