The government has questioned proposals put forward by Cemex, the Mexican cement giant whose Venezuelan operations are being taken over by the state, on the choice of who should audit the value of those assets for purposes of compensation. At issue, it's said, is a string of supposed doubts about the sale of interests Cemex Venezuela held in Panama, Guadalupe, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Enrique Naime of the Social Christian opposition party Copei, claimed that the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) "hadn't paid a cent" in fees to the National Electoral Council (CNE) for assistance it provided during the party's primary elections for regional election candidates on June 1. Naime said he expected responses from the CNE, the scientific and investigative police, Cicp, and the Attorney General's Office.
Air Force Commander Luis Jose Berroterán Acosta said that the fleet of operational aircraft had been doubled last year, although it was still short of 100 percent capacity. The fleet had only been 25 percent operational when he took up office in 2007, and this figure had been raised to "about" 50 percent, he claimed, as reported by the newspaper El Universal on Sunday.
There was no regular Sunday broadcast by President Hugo Chavez this weekend, perhaps to the relief of some reporters who have to hang on every word to make sure they don't miss something that's new. Officials said Alo Presidente had been ceded in support of a volleyball match between Venezuela and Brazil, which was due to start at the Poliedro in Caracas at 2:30 in the afternoon. Cynical minds suspected that the no-show might have had more to do with the parallel football clash on television between Spain and Germany in the Euro Cup. In other words, folks might have switched over in large numbers.
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