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Golpe Azul
Golpe Azul (English: ''Blue Strike''), also known as Operation Jericho, was an accusation by the Venezuelan government that resulted in the arrest of several people, including the metropolitan mayor of Caracas Antonio Ledezma. The accusation consisted in an alleged coup d'état plan against the presidency of Nicolás Maduro, which reportedly would take place on 12 February 2015 and would have several targets in Caracas. The name of the plan refers to the blue uniform of the Venezuelan Air Force in which several suspects were officers. Venezuelan NGO Foro Penal declared that the accused suspects were political prisoners and that they were convicted without evidence, and its director Alfredo Romero described the sentence as arbitrary. Based on the accusations, Antonio Ledezma was arrested in his office on 19 February by SEBIN officers. According to opposition reports, ''Golpe Azul'' was the twelfth coup d'état attempt that President Maduro alleged. Plot and arrests On 12 Feb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Defense (Venezuela)
The Venezuelan Ministry of People's Power for Defense is the federal-level organization responsible for maintaining the Venezuelan armed forces. As of October 2014, this ministry is headed by General Vladimir Padrino López The ministry coordinates numerous counter-narcotics operations (''e.g.'', Operation Sierra through the CUFAN organ), helps perform various civil support and social development programs, and oversees the conventional military capabilities of Venezuela. History * 1810 Established as War and Navy Bureau * 1863 Ministry of War * 1874 Ministry of War and Navy * 1946 Became Ministry of National Defense * 1951 Name amended to Ministry of Defense * 2007 Renamed Ministry of People's Power for Defense by presidential decree Lists of Ministers of Defense See also *Cabinet of Venezuela References External links *Sitio oficial del Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Defensa de Venezuela y los Ex-Ministros*Sitio oficial del Ejército Libertador (Venezuela)*Sitio ofic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plaza Venezuela
Plaza Venezuela (Venezuela Square in Spanish) is a public square located in Los Caobos neighborhood, Caracas, Venezuela. It was inaugurated in 1940 and is situated in the geographic center of Caracas. Its place for many landmarks of Caracas, including a fountain with lights, the Christopher Columbus monument of Manuel de la Cova, the Fisicromía tribute to Andrés Bello of Carlos Cruz-Diez and the Open Solar sculpture of Alejandro Otero. Also provides access to other important places like the University City and the Botanical Garden of Caracas, the Twin Towers of Central Park, the Boulevard of Sabana Grande and the Cultural Arts Center. Between 2007 and 2009, a restoration plan was carried out in the area by PDVSA La Estancia Art Center. The fountain has undergone five projects dating from 1940 to the new opened on August 9, 2009, version, which incorporates media technology in lighting control and solid state devices. It is the first version of this source that incorporat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Ledezma (101728)
Antonio José Ledezma Díaz (born 1 May 1955) is a Venezuelan lawyer, Venezuelan opposition, opposition politician and former political prisoner. After unsuccessfully challenging for the leadership of Democratic Action (Venezuela), Democratic Action in 1999, he founded a new party, the Fearless People's Alliance. Political career After involvement in politics in his home state of Guárico in the 1970s for Democratic Action (Venezuela), Democratic Action, he served two terms in the Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies (from 1984), and was elected to the Venezuelan Senate in 1994. He then served as mayor of the Libertador Municipality (Venezuelan Capital District), Libertador Municipality (1996–2000) of the Venezuelan Capital District, having been appointed governor of the now-defunct Federal District (1992–1993) by Carlos Andrés Pérez. He also served as the head of Coordinadora Democrática (Venezuela), Coordinadora Democrática opposition coalition. In 2003, he presented the li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
