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VOL. 2: ISSUE. 5 15th February 2016

President Maduro celebrates anniversary of the victory of the Iranian Revolution.

BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA MINISTRY FOR PEOPLE'S POWER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMUNIQUÉ The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, on behalf of the People and the Venezuelan government, expresses his joy at the thirty-seventh anniversary of the victory of the Iranian Revolution and the founding of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The Islamic Revolution of 1979 represents the victory of the will of the Iranian people to reverse a system of alien domination formed by arrogance and imperial hegemony that caused social inequalities and shortages to the people.

The principles of the Islamic Revolution have been the base that has made possible economic, technological, social, cultural and political victories that the Iranian people enjoy today.

The People and the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ratifies their friendship, commitment and willingness to continue working with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran on mutual cooperation and building a multipolar and multicenter world needed to defeat the hegemonic ambitions that threaten the survival of humanity itself.

Caracas, February 11th, 2016 www.mppre.gob.ve

Inside this Issue!

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President Maduro celebrates anniversary of the victory of the Iranian Revolution.

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Rafael Ramirez outlaws the imposition of unilateral sanctions.

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In Venezuela about 800 thousand children have been touched by the miracle of music.

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The whole compendium of Hugo Chávez’ thought in one place

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Promoting the Unknown Africa: Nigeria projects GDP growth of 4.2% by 2017

Rafael Ramirez outlaws the imposition of unilateral sanctions.

New York, February 11th, 2016 (MPPRE) .Rafael Ramirez, Venezuela's permanent representative to the United Nations (UN) termed as illegitimate the sanctions unilaterally imposed by some countries for political purposes, considering them outside of international law and the UN Charter.

In the context of the presidency of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the United Nations Security Council, an open discussion at the ambassadorial level was carried out in which the functioning of the sanctions committees and the problems of political and economic destabilization generated in countries where these measures are imposed were analyzed.

The Venezuelan diplomat referred to the importance of having sanctions as a last resort to address the issues that threaten the peace and international security, as stated in article 41 of the Charter of the United Nations – a critical document of the organization-and in this way avoid the deviation from their central objective.

Concerning this issue, Ramirez said that despite changes in recent years in these subsidiary bodies, there continue to be negative effects in the humanitarian situation of the civilian population, high economic costs to neighboring countries and the criminalization of economic activities.

For the first time the Security Council was opened to the nations that are currently subject to the sanction regimes, including: Ivory Coast, Sudan, Libya, Central African Republic and Eritrea, as well as the Islamic Republic of Iran, a nation that has recently had sanctions lifted with regard to the development of its nuclear program.

These nations had the opportunity to express their national position and the reality their economies are going through as a result of these measures imposed by the Security Council, which sometimes tend to aggravate the internal situations in their countries.

Currently, of the 16 existing sanctions committees, 62.5% of these are applied against African countries and 9 of them have been in force for more than 10 years, of which Ramirez said that there are difficulties to end a sanctions regime once it has been created, thus becoming an injustice to the concerned nations.

The Venezuelan ambassador urged increasing the participation of the countries concerned and that the views and opinions of these are included in the report periodically made by each of the committees.

"The chairmen of the sanctions committees should stop being mere mouthpieces of the opinion of the committee members and the information provided by the panels of experts, they should have an extra prerogative and space to offer their ideas and recommendations on how to deal constructively with causes that led to the imposition of sanctions and to work hand in hand with the States concerned to establish clear criteria and steps to facilitate the lifting of the same "he said.

Moreover, Ramirez reiterated that Venezuela defends the sovereignty of nations in the management of natural resources, according to what was stated in the resolution 1803 of the UN General Assembly, which reflects the importance of using the wealth for national development and welfare of the people, so he said the Security Council cannot prejudice the sovereignty of nations.

Additionally, he said that sanctions often become punitive measures against countries and people, which serve in many cases the political interests of other countries, which impose their selection criteria in the Security Council. www.avn.info.ve

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In Venezuela about 800 thousand children have been touched by the miracle of music.

Caracas, February 13, 2016 (MPPRE) .Today Bolivar's homeland is proud to celebrate the 41st anniversary of the National System of Youth Orchestras and Children’s Choirs of Venezuela, created by maestro José Antonio Abreu, who facilitated that nearly 800 thousand children have been touched by the miracle of music.

The Minister of People's Power for Foreign Affairs, Delcy Rodríguez, so expressed it from her Twitter account @DrodriguezVen, in which she also acknowledged the work of maestro Abreu, "promoter of this wonderful movement that has earned the admiration of the whole world".

She also highlighted the work of maestro Gustavo Dudamel, "who with his simplicity and genius has represented us in the biggest stages", national and international, thus becoming one of the most decorated conductors of his generation, born from the National System.

The head of the Bolivarian diplomacy recalled that nowadays the system has expanded to the 5 continents and "it has become our most beloved ambassador of peace", so she predicted that this birthday should fill us with strength to continue bringing to the people of the world this beautiful Venezuelan project.

In context The National System of Youth Orchestras and Children’s Choirs of Venezuela, was created

by José Antonio Abreu in 1975 in order to systematize the instruction and individual and collective practice of music through symphony orchestras and choirs, as instruments of social organization and humanistic development.

The system is spread over 1681 youth and children orchestras; 166 groups of the Program Alma Llanera, 1389 children and youth choirs, 1,983 initiation musical groups and a teaching staff of more than 10,000 teachers in 24 states of Venezuela.

This educational, artistic and social model is the social responsibility program of the greatest impact in the history of Venezuela, and in turn, has inspired more than 40 countries in Europe, America, Asia, Africa and Oceania, where it has already initiated the Venezuelan model, demonstrating that it is a real and sustainable alternative of education, progress and peace.

"What the Orchestra system has achieved is a miracle in the national soul, which makes us have more faith in the destiny and future of Venezuela," the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said. www.hoyvenezuela.info 3

The whole compendium of Hugo Chávez’ thought in one place The most complete compendium of speeches, writings, allocutions, and interviews by late Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez are now available at www.todochavez.gob.ve The digital Project was created by the Institute of High Studies of Commander Hugo Chávez’ Thoughts and possesses an archive of over 6,000 documents related to the political work of the revolutionary leader.

The web page is divided in six sections each compiling a series of documents regarding the format: “Alo Presidente” gathers the transcripts of the famous presidential televised Sunday show that Chavez ran from 1999 to 2012. “Discursos y Alocusiones” (Speeches and Allocutions) contains over 1,500 transcripts of Chávez’ interventions including his speech before the National Electoral Counsel when he won de 2012 elections. www.hoyvenezuela.info

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Promoting the Unknown Africa

Nigeria projects GDP growth of 4.2% by 2017 — Finance Minister

Lagos—The Federal Government has projected rise in the country’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP, growth to 4.2 percent by 2017.

Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, made this projection when she addressed Chief Financial Officers, CFOs, at the just concluded KPMG Professional Services CFO Forum and Survey Launch in Lagos.

In her presentation on the theme; Outlook of the Nigerian Economy, she noted that the country’s GDP for 2015 was the lowest in the last 15 years, at an average of 4 percent. “Nigeria GDP, growth from 2005 to 2010 was at an average of 9 percent, and everybody was trying to announce about Nigeria saying, how fantastically we have been doing with great money in the economy. www.sweetcrudereports.com

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