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Acarigua Prison Riot
A group of inmates were involved in a prison riot on 24 May 2019 in the police station cellblocks in Acarigua, Portuguesa state, Venezuela. The riot allegedly began when inmate Wilfredo Ramos was killed following ten days of protests against the denial of visits by relatives. Background Prisons in Venezuela are largely overpopulated; many prisons are supposedly under gang control and subject to violence. However, the prison of this uprising was actually the holding cells of the police headquarters at Centro de Coordinación Policial José Antonio Páez (PoliPáez). A police document accessed by Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported that the prison cells were designed to hold 60 prisoners, but actually held about 500. Nobody is meant to be held in the cells for more than 48 hours, but many have been there much longer. Humberto Prado of the NGO Observatorio Venezolano de Prisiones (''English'': Venezuelan Prison Observatory; OVP) told Reuters that for "several days" before the u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acarigua
Acarigua (), founded as San Miguel de Acarigua, is a city in northwestern Venezuela, in the northern part of the state of Portuguesa. Formerly the state capital, it is a major commercial center for the northern Llanos region of South America. It is contiguous with the neighboring city of Araure. Demographics The city's population was 116,551 in 1990 and was estimated at 208,495 in 2008. Religion Its Cathedral ''Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Corteza'' is the episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Acarigua–Araure. Climate Ecology Fauna The ''Thysania agrippina'' is one of the world's largest moths, with wings in size. Flora The saman or ''Samanea saman'' is the most widespread tree throughout the city. Protected areas * Parque Musiu Carmelo * Parque Mittar Nakichenovich * Balneario Sabanetica * Balneario el Mamón * Parque Curpa, popularly known as José Antonio Páez Park. Production Acarigua is a principal commercial center of the northern porti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zair Mundaray
This is an incomplete list of places, lands, and countries mentioned in the Bible. Some places may be listed twice, under two different names. Only places having their own Wikipedia articles are included: see also the list of minor biblical places for locations which do not have their own Wikipedia article. A * Absalom's Monument * Achaia * Ai * Akko * Akkad – Mesopotamian state * Ammon – Canaanite state * Attalia – In Asia Minor * Antioch – In Asia Minor * Arabia – (in biblical times and until the 7th century AD Arabia was confined to the Arabian Peninsula) * Aram/ Aramea – (Modern Syria) * Arbela (Erbil/Irbil) – Assyrian city * Archevite * Ariel * Armenia – Indo-European kingdom of eastern Asia Minor and southern Caucasus. * Arrapkha – Assyrian City, modern Kirkuk * Ashdod * Ashkelon * Ashur/Asshur/Assur – Capital city of Assyria * Assyria – Mesopotamian Semitic state B * Baal-hazor – Canaanite city * Babel * Babylon/Babylonia – Mesopotamian state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iris Varela
María Iris Varela Rangel ( San Cristóbal, Táchira, Venezuela, March 9, 1969) is a Venezuelan leftist politician, activist, criminologist, corrupt, member of the board of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) and Minister of Popular Power for the Prison Service. Political life Varela was a founding member of the Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement (Movimiento Bolivariano Revolucionario200). She served in the state of Táchira as a coordinator for Fifth Republic Movement, the party founded in 1997 to support the candidacy of former president Hugo Chávez. On April 21, 2013, Varela was reaffirmed as Minister of Correctional Services for the Bolivaran Government of Venezuela for the government of Nicolás Maduro. In 2016, Varela was appointed by Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro to restructure PSUV in Táchira. National Assembly of Venezuela Iris Varela was elected constituent to the Constituent Assembly in 1999, which was primarily aimed at drafting a new const ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massacre
A massacre is the killing of a large number of people or animals, especially those who are not involved in any fighting or have no way of defending themselves. A massacre is generally considered to be morally unacceptable, especially when perpetrated by a group of political actors against defenseless victims. The word is a loan of a French term for "butchery" or "carnage". A "massacre" is not necessarily a "crime against humanity". Other terms with overlapping scope include war crime, pogrom, mass killing, mass murder, and extrajudicial killing. Etymology The modern definition of ''massacre'' as "indiscriminate slaughter, carnage", and the subsequent verb of this form, derive from late 16th century Middle French, evolved from Middle French ''"macacre, macecle"'' meaning "slaughterhouse, butchery". Further origins are dubious, though may be related to Latin ''macellum'' "provisions store, butcher shop". The Middle French word ''macecr'' "butchery, carnage" is first recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Vanguardia
' (; , Spanish for "The Vanguard") is a Spanish daily newspaper, founded in 1881. It is printed in Spanish and, since 3 May 2011, also in Catalan (Spanish copy is automatically translated into Catalan). It has its headquarters in Barcelona and is Catalonia's leading newspaper. Despite being mostly distributed in Catalonia, ' has Spain's fourth-highest circulation among general-interest newspapers, trailing only the three main Madrid dailies – ', ' and ''ABC'', all of which are national newspapers with offices and local editions throughout the country. Its editorial line leans to the centre of politics and is moderate in its opinions, although in Francoist Spain it followed Francoist ideology and to this day has Catholic sensibilities and strong ties to the Spanish nobility through the Godó family. History and profile ''La Vanguardia'''s newspaper history began in Barcelona on 1 February 1881 when two businessmen from Igualada, Carlos and Bartolomé Godó, first published th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grenade
A grenade is an explosive weapon typically thrown by hand (also called hand grenade), but can also refer to a shell (explosive projectile) shot from the muzzle of a rifle (as a rifle grenade) or a grenade launcher. A modern hand grenade generally consists of an explosive charge ("filler"), a detonator mechanism, an internal striker to trigger the detonator, and a safety lever secured by a cotter pin. The user removes the safety pin before throwing, and once the grenade leaves the hand the safety lever gets released, allowing the striker to trigger a primer that ignites a fuze (sometimes called the delay element), which burns down to the detonator and explodes the main charge. Grenades work by dispersing fragments (fragmentation grenades), shockwaves (high-explosive, anti-tank and stun grenades), chemical aerosols (smoke and gas grenades) or fire ( incendiary grenades). Fragmentation grenades ("frags") are probably the most common in modern armies, and when the word ''gren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tattoo
A tattoo is a form of body modification made by inserting tattoo ink, dyes, and/or pigments, either indelible or temporary, into the dermis layer of the skin to form a design. Tattoo artists create these designs using several Process of tattooing, tattooing processes and techniques, including hand-tapped traditional tattoos and modern tattoo machines. The history of tattooing goes back to Neolithic times, practiced across the globe by many cultures, and the symbolism and impact of tattoos varies in different places and cultures. Tattoos may be decorative (with no specific meaning), symbolic (with a specific meaning to the wearer), or pictorial (a depiction of a specific person or item). Many tattoos serve as Rite of passage, rites of passage, marks of status and rank, symbols of religious and spiritual devotion, decorations for bravery, marks of fertility, pledges of love, amulets and talismans, protection, and as punishment, like the marks of outcasts, slaves and convicts. E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Repubblica
''la Repubblica'' (; the Republic) is an Italian daily general-interest newspaper. It was founded in 1976 in Rome by Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso (now known as GEDI Gruppo Editoriale) and led by Eugenio Scalfari, Carlo Caracciolo and Arnoldo Mondadori Editore. Born as a leftist newspaper, it has since moderated to a milder centre-left political stance, and moved further to the centre after the appointment of Maurizio Molinari as editor. History Foundation ''la Repubblica'' was founded by Eugenio Scalfari, previously director of the weekly magazine ''L'Espresso''. The publisher Carlo Caracciolo and Mondadori had invested 2.3 billion lire (half each) and a break-even point was calculated at 150,000 copies. Scalfari invited a few trusted colleagues: Gianni Rocca, then Giorgio Bocca, Sandro Viola, Mario Pirani, Miriam Mafai, Barbara Spinelli, Natalia Aspesi and Giuseppe Turani. The cartoons were the prerogative of Giorgio Forattini until 1999. Early years The newspaper first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Guard Of Venezuela
The Bolivarian National Guard of Venezuela ( es, Guardia Nacional Bolivariana de Venezuela - GNB), is one of the four components of the National Armed Forces of Venezuela. The national guard can serve as gendarmerie, perform civil defense roles, or serve as a reserve light infantry force. The national guard was founded on 4 August 1937 by the then President of the Republic, General-in-Chief Eleazar López Contreras. The motto of the GNB is ''"El Honor es su divisa"'' ("Honor is its emblem"), slightly different from the motto of the Spanish Civil Guard ''"El Honor es mi divisa"'' ("Honor is my emblem"). The branch is recognized for its human rights violations under the Bolivarian government and its alleged involvement in international drug trafficking through the Cartel of the Suns. History The National Guard traces its roots to the gendarmerie and rural police formations organized in 1811 by the National Government and in the subsequent National Police Guard raised in 1841 by Pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Araure
Araure () is a town in the Venezuelan state of Portuguesa. This town is the shire town of the Araure Municipality and, according to the 2001 Venezuelan census, the municipality has a population of 111,908. History Araure was founded on July 6, 1694, as Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Araure. Demographics The Araure Municipality, according to the 2001 Venezuelan census, has a population of 111,908 (up from 75,811 in 1990). This amounts to 15.4% of Portuguesa's population. The municipality's population density is . Government Araure is the shire town A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is in use in Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, Taiwan, and the United States. The equivalent term shire town is used in the US st ... of the Araure Municipality in Portuguesa. The mayor is José Rafael Vásquez, elected in 2004 with 44% of the vote. He replaced Armando Rodriguez shortly after the last municipal ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pran
Pran most often refers to , the concept of a "life force" in Hindu philosophy. Pran may also refer to: People *Pran Kishore Kaul, Kashmiri actor *Pran Nath Lekhi (1924/1925–2010), Indian lawyer *Pran Nath (musician) (1918–1996), Hindustani classical singer *Pran Nath (physicist) (born 1939), Kashmiri American physicist *Pran Nevile (1922–2018), Indian writer *Pran Kumar Sharma (1938–2014), commonly known as ''Pran'', Indian cartoonist *Pran (actor) (1920–2013), born Pran Krishan Sikand, Indian film actor *Pran Nath Thapar (1906–1975), Indian military commander *Dith Pran (1942–2008), Cambodian photojournalist, subject of ''The Killing Fields'' Places *Pranburi (other), several places in Thailand * Pran Buri District, district in Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Thailand Other *PRAN-RFL Group PRAN-RFL Group ( bn, প্রাণ-আরএফএল গ্রুপ) is a Bangladeshi multinational consumer goods company with headquarters in Dhaka. It is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Pitazo
''El Pitazo'' is an independent Venezuelan multimedia franchise. The name " pitazo" refers to whistleblowing. It is part of the Latin American media Rebel Alliance, with ''Tal Cual'' and Runrunes. They also collaborate with NGOs to be more informed on diverse groups of people in the nation. According to ''El País'', the aims of ''El Pitazo'' are to bring news to the most isolated areas. The company director is César Batiz. In 2019 it won the Ortega y Gasset Award for Best Multimedia Coverage, for a report on starving children, "''La generación del hambre''"" ( en, The generation of hunger). The report can be found aConnectas According to Batiz, this is the first time a Venezuelan media outlet has won the award. Censorship Reporters on an ''El Pitazo'' press pass have been denied access to events, particularly covering government activities and elections; a security guard told one reporter he barred from the National Electoral Council that the order "came from above". Actions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
