Agencia Venezolana de Noticias (AVN) is the national news agency of
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
. It is part of the
Ministry of Popular Power for Communication and Information
The Ministry of Popular Power for Communication and Information (Minci) is a public ministry of the Government of Venezuela dedicated to communication, informing the Venezuelan public and promoting the Venezuelan government.
Structure
*Minister o ...
(MINCI), but is run as an autonomous service.
It reports on national and regional issues, as well as on
Latin America
Latin America or
* french: Amérique Latine, link=no
* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...
in general.
History
AVN was re-founded in 2005 by the Ministry of Communication and Information (MCI) as the ''Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias'' (ABN). Its predecessor was the news agency Venpres,
which had been founded on 23 May 1977.
In October 2008, Venezuelan minister
Andrés Izarra
Andrés Izarra (born 26 May, 1969 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan politician, journalist and former Minister of Tourism of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Previously, he held various positions in the media area and in Venezuelan poli ...
declared in an interview at Radio Nacional de Venezuela that the ABN would be converted into a state owned corporation under the name ''Agencia Venezolana de Noticias''. He stated this was the result of an investigation about the working conditions, and that rebranding the agency should increase the chances of ABN employees on the job market.
On 20 June 2010, ABN renaming was formally announced as AVN.
See also
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List of newspapers in Venezuela
This is a list of newspapers in Venezuela, both national and regional. It also includes newspapers with other languages and themes.
National
Regional Anzoátegui state
Apure state
Aragua state
Barinas state
Bolívar state
Carabobo sta ...
References
News agencies based in Venezuela
Bolivarian Communication and Information System
Organizations established in 1977
1977 establishments in Venezuela
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