Paraguay鈥檚 new government, which came to power in a 鈥減arliamentary coup鈥 that removed elected President Fernando Lugo, has cut relations with Venezuela after accusing it of meddling in Paraguay鈥檚 internal affairs.
However, several Latin American diplomats and media sources have cast doubt on the allegations.
Paraguay's foreign ministry announced the withdrawal of its ambassador to Venezuela and declared Venezuela鈥檚 envoy to Asuncion a 鈥減ersona non grata鈥 due to 鈥渟erious evidence of intervention 鈥 in the internal affairs of the Republic of Paraguay鈥 by Venezuelan officials.
Ewan Robertson
Venezuela suspended oil shipments and withdrew its ambassador from Paraguay as part of a regional wave of condemnation against the ouster of leftist Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo on June 22.
鈥淲e are absolutely not going to support this state coup, not directly, neither indirectly,鈥 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on June 24.
Self-employed and informal sector workers in Venezuela are to be included in the nation鈥檚 social security system, after an announcement by President Hugo Chavez on April 21.
The Law of Social Security will be changed to allow informally employed workers to register with the Venezuelan Institute of Social Security (IVSS) and make social security payments.
Venezuela鈥檚 national minimum wage is to rise 32.25% this year, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on April 7.
In a televised address from Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Chavez said the wage rise would take place in two phases, 鈥 first on May 1 and then a further rise on September 1.
The Venezuelan government returned more than 15,800 hectares of ancestral lands to the indigenous Yukpa people on October 12, as Venezuela celebrated 鈥淚ndigenous Resistance Day鈥 with public events and marches across the country.
Originally designated by then-US president Franklin Roosevelt as 鈥淐olumbus Day鈥 in 1937, October 12 is the date that Christopher Columbus first 鈥渄iscovered鈥 the Americas.
The anniversary was re-named 鈥淒ay of Indigenous Resistance鈥 by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in 2002 to commemorate indigenous struggle against European invasion and colonisation.
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