It states " In Jordan, Freedom House worked to stem violence against women ; in Algeria, it sought justice for victims of torture ; in Uzbekistan, a brutal dictatorship, it sought to defend human rights advocates ; in Venezuela, it worked with those seeking to protect and promote human rights in a difficult political environment.

His government worked closely with the International Refugee Organization to aid European refugees and displaced persons who could not or would not return home after World War II ; his government assumed responsibility for the legal protection and resettlement of tens of thousands of refugees inside Venezuela.

Castillo subsequently worked on soap operas in different countries, such as Mexico, Peru and Venezuela.

Between 1957 and 1961, he worked in Venezuela.

He later worked on creating documentary travel videos which took him to many exotic locations, including Australia, Brazil, China, Fiji, India, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, New Zealand, and Venezuela among others.

In spite of being in charge of foreign relations, Chaderton Matos also worked on many issues of internal Venezuela politics.

For more than 15 years he worked in Germany, Venezuela and Morocco for a German chemical company, BASF, selling the same products he would later campaign against.

He also worked in Peru, Colombia, Venezuela and Bolivia.

He founded the Asociación de Escritores de Venezuela ( Writers Association from Venezuela ), and worked for the Ministry of Education.

Arria then studied at the London School of Economics, and worked for the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, D. C. until he returned to Venezuela in 1969, initially as Director of Tourism in Rafael Caldera's Ministry of Development, and later as president of the CONAHOTU ( National Corporation of Hotels and Tourism ).

He also designed railroads in southwest Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela, and worked on the legendary Madeira-Mamore Railway in Bolivia.

He later returned to Venezuela and worked as a lawyer.

Since 1989, he has worked as international scout for the Oakland Athletics, New York Mets, and the Los Angeles Dodgers, for whom he currently scouts Venezuela.

After the end of World War II, de Mohrenschildt moved to Venezuela where he worked for Pantepec Oil, a company owned by the family of William F. Buckley.

The music of the former Netherlands Antilles is a mixture of native, African and European elements, and is closely connected with trends from neighboring countries like Venezuela and Colombia and islands like Puerto Rico, Cuba, Santo Domingo, Haiti, Martinique, Trinidad, Dominica, and Guadeloupe.

On having obtained a scholarship proceeding from the Organization of American States ( OEA ) to complement his preparation in Venezuela, this teacher had the opportunity to observe and analyze closely one of the most complete and ambitious plans for the formation of musical young men.

The native tribes of the Northern Amazon are most closely related to the natives of the Caribbean ; most evidence suggests that the Arawaks immigrated from the Orinoco and Essequibo River Basin in Venezuela and Guiana into the northern islands, and were then supplanted ( and, occasionally, eaten ) by more warlike tribes of Carib Indians, who departed from these same river valleys a few centuries later.

He had been involved in countless schemes to do away with democratic leaders in neighboring countries such as President Romulo Betancourt of Venezuela.

Developed into its present form in Italy, ( where it is called bocce, the plural of the Italian word boccia which means " bowl "), it is played around Europe and also in overseas areas that have received Italian migrants, including Australia, North America, and South America ( where it is known as bochas ; bolas criollas in Venezuela, bocha ( the sport ) in Brazil ), initially among the migrants themselves but slowly becoming more popular with their descendants and the wider community.

Chile also concluded preferential trade agreements with Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador.

Without massive Soviet subsidies and its primary trading partner Cuba was comparatively isolated in the 1990s, but has since entered bilateral co-operation with several South American countries, most notably Venezuela and Bolivia.

New oil pipeline projects with Brazil and Venezuela are underway.

In addition, the already strong cross-border trade links between Colombia and Venezuela were solidified in July 2004 with an agreement to build a US $ 320 million natural gas pipeline between the two countries, to be completed in 2008.

Relations with Nicaragua and Venezuela have been strained over territorial disputes.

Bilateral committees are negotiating the dispute with Venezuela over waters in the Gulf of Venezuela.

Other issues with Venezuela include the presence of illegal undocumented Colombians in Venezuela, and activities of Colombian narcotics traffickers, and Venezuela's support for the Guerrillas in Colombia.

In 1969, Colombia formed what is now the Andean Community along with Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru ( Venezuela joined in 1973, and Chile left in 1976 ).

In addition, it has signed free trade agreements with Chile, Mexico, and Venezuela.

Maritime boundary dispute with Venezuela in the Gulf of Venezuela ; territorial disputes with Nicaragua over Archipelago de San Andrés y Providencia and Quita Sueño Bank.

Colombia has signed free-trade agreements with Chile, Mexico, and Venezuela.

The country has a strong bilateral trade agreement with Venezuela.

Born in Venezuela, he had fought in the wars for independence with Bolívar, who had appointed him governor of Ecuador during its association with Gran Colombia.

On 5 July 2008 a meeting took place between Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador regarding a railway for freight and passengers to link the three countries, and linking the Pacific with the Atlantic also.

However, ALBA ties, especially with Venezuela and Bolivia, were strengthened.

After the dissolution of the Gran Colombia, Ecuador named Don Pedro Gual as plenipotentiary minister with the main task of resolving the debt acquired while part of the Gran Colombia union as well as to establish diplomatic relations with the New Granada and Venezuela.

As a result, Ecuador became the District of the South within the Republic of Gran Colombia, which also included present-day Venezuela and Colombia and had Bogotá as its capital.

Located about 160 kilometers north of Venezuela, at approximately 12 ° north latitude and 61 ° west longitude, Grenada and its territories occupy a total area of 433 square kilometers.

This network would have enabled easy access by road to the neighbouring countries of Brazil, Venezuela and Surinam ; reduced the costs of utilising the country's timber and natural resources, thus making them more competitive in international markets ; diversified agricultural development by making more easily available suitable areas in the hinterland, particularly in the Intermediate and Rupununi savannahs ; relieved the over-crowded coastland of a significant proportion of its population, thus improving the quality of life of the inhabitants of both the coastal and interior areas ; and made more feasible the equitable distribution of economic activity, not only in the agricultural but also in the manufacturing and small-industries sector.

* 1967 – During the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela is shaken by an earthquake, leaving approximately 500 dead.

Thus, on November 28, 1821, the national assembly was convened and it was officially declared ( through Fábrega, who was invested with the title of Head of State of Panama ) that the isthmus of Panama had severed its ties with the Spanish Empire and its decision to join New Granada and Venezuela in Bolivar's recently founded Republic of Colombia.

By July 1831, as the new countries of Venezuela and Ecuador were being established, the isthmus would again reiterate its independence, now under the same General Alzuru as supreme military commander.

Paraguay and Venezuela have restarted negotiations on an unpaid debt of $ 250 million owed by Paraguayan oil company Petropar to its counterpart Petróleos de Venezuela after the Presidents of Paraguay and Venezuela met to deal with the financing.

Some of its key military export projects include T-155 Firtina self-propelled artillery for Turkey ; K11 air-burst rifle for United Arab Emirates ; Bangabandhu class guided-missile frigate for Bangladesh ; fleet tankers such as Sirius class for the navies of Australia, New Zealand, and Venezuela ; Makassar class amphibious assault ships for Indonesia ; and KT-1 trainer for Turkey and Indonesia.

Later, waves of European groups ( Italians, Portuguese and Germans ) migrated to Venezuela in the 20th century, influencing many aspects of Venezuelan life, including its culture, language, food, and music.

There are currently two major blocs of political parties in Venezuela: the incumbent leftist bloc United Socialist Party of Venezuela ( PSUV ), its major allies Fatherland for All ( PPT ) and the Communist Party of Venezuela ( PCV ), and the opposition bloc led by A New Era ( UNT ) together with its allied parties Project Venezuela, Justice First, Movement for Socialism ( Venezuela ) and others.