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Foreign Policy (blog)
April 9, 2018
The anthropologist, who conducted years of fieldwork on Brazil's border with Venezuela, says he heard stories about child killing, which were difficult and ... Suzuki may have believed her actions were altruistic, but they triggered a recommendation by the public prosecutor's office in the state of Amazonas inÃâà...
UNHCR
April 6, 2018
Jobless, hungry and destitute in her native Venezuela, Nayebis Carolina Figuera left for the uncertainty of life on the street in neighbouring Brazil. ... June last year, UNHCR has increased its humanitarian response to the influx by opening offices in Boa Vista and Manaus, in neighbouring Amazonas state.
Reliefweb
April 6, 2018
In Brazil, an ongoing measles outbreak is in progress, with 316 suspected cases reported (103 in Amazonas State and 213 in Roraima State). Of these cases ... His rash onset was on 28 March and he traveled from Caracas (Venezuela) to Quito (Ecuador) by land during the incubation period. He enteredÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
April 2, 2018
Relatives grieve Friday during the funeral of some of the victims of the prison fire in Valencia, Venezuela, in central Carabobo state. (Juan Carlos Hernandez / AFP/Getty Images). Overcrowding has been blamed in a series of prison riots over the years in Venezuela. A disturbance in the Amazonas stateÃâà...
ZlotoNews
March 31, 2018
A fire at a police station in the Venezuelan city of Valencia, in Carabobo state, has left 68 people dead, government officials say. The blaze reportedly ... August 2017: A riot in police holding cells leaves 37 dead in Amazonas state ... Many police stations in Venezuela are being used as de facto prisons.
Los Angeles Times
March 31, 2018
All but seven of the 68 people killed in this week's prison riot and fire in central Venezuela had been identified by Friday as the government continued to remain silent about how the conflagration ... There have been several riots in recent years, including one at the Amazonas state prison that left 38 dead.
The Sentinel
March 30, 2018
CARACAS, Venezuela — As relatives waited for officials to hand over the remains of loved ones killed in a jailhouse fire, anger flared again in this economically pressed county as residents and activist groups demanded an explanation for one of the worst catastrophes in the nation's notoriouslyÃâà...
Venezuelanalysis.com
March 29, 2018
Merida, March 26, 2018, (venezuelanalysis.com) – Venezuelan authorities are investigating a fire which has caused the death of at least 66 males and 2 ... In August last year, clashes between gangs and prison officials at Puerto Ayacucho in Amazonas State Prison left 37 dead and 14 wounded, andÃâà...
Firstpost
March 29, 2018
Caracas: A fire allegedly set during an attempted jailbreak from Venezuelan police holding cells killed 68 people on Wednesday, the country's top ... In August 2017, a riot left 37 dead and 14 wounded in police cells in the southern state of Amazonas, while an April 2017 clash between rival gangs left 12Ãâà...
World Socialist Web Site
March 28, 2018
A two-day strike took place last week in Carabobo, Venezuela, where teachers struck for two days to demand large wage increases, prompting impromptu protests in the city of Valencia, two hours outside of Caracas. A strike of teachers in the Brazilian state of Amazonas began on Monday over wages andÃâà...
War Is Boring
February 28, 2018
John 40 is likely based in the Venezuela state of Amazonas, on the tri-border area between Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela. Reports of ex-FARC elements working with the ELN to traffic cocaine in Venezuela point to John 40's direct involvement. Two of the other expelled commanders, alias “GiovannyÃâà...
War Is Boring
February 23, 2018
Suely Campos had warned about the increase of crime in the state due to an influx of Venezuelan migrants, and requested that Pres. ... The governor specifically referred to the road between Venezuela's state of Amazonas and Brazil's Roraima as being “used as a bona fide corridor for drugs and weaponsÃâà...
Insightcrime.org
February 21, 2018
In August 2017, Roraima Governor Suely Campos had warned about the increase of crime in the state due to an influx of Venezuelan migrants, and ... The governor specifically referred to the road between Venezuela's state of Amazonas and Brazil's Roraima as being “used as a bona fide corridor for drugsÃâà...
Sci-News.com
December 28, 2017
... some of which are thought to be up to 2,000 years old, in the Amazonas state of Venezuela. Aerial photograph of monumental Cerro Pintado petroglyphs. Image credit: Philip Riris, doi: 10.15184/aqy.2017.152. The Venezuelan petroglyphs are located in the Atures Rapids area of the Amazonas state,Ãâà...
War Is Boring
December 31, 1999
Suely Campos had warned about the increase of crime in the state due to an influx of Venezuelan migrants, and requested that Pres. ... The governor specifically referred to the road between Venezuela's state of Amazonas and Brazil's Roraima as being “used as a bona fide corridor for drugs and weaponsÃâà...
Prensa Latina
December 31, 1999
Caracas, Feb 24 (Prensa Latina) The Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), in a civil-military alliance with the Venezuelan people, is carrying out the ... the FANB seized four clandestine drug laboratories in the western region of Venezuela, while in the southern state of Amazonas a gasoline traffickingÃâà...
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