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Any announcements or news about Venezuela will be posted on this thread.

Timeline of Recent Events

2006: Hugo Chavez is reelected for another six-year term with 64% of the vote. Turnout ratings are at record lows with only about 25% of eligible voters voting. Some domestic watch groups question the legitimacy of these elections, but they are largely ignored.

2006: After a bill passed in the leglislature endorsed by Chavez the oil industry comes under even more government control.

2007: Two Year War begins and Venezuela exports more of its oil to the US since Saudi Arabia cannot supply as much because of the war.

2008: The leglislative elections are a considered a joke in Venezuela because of Chavez's control over them so voter turnout is at 15%. Chavez's party, The Fifth Republic Movement(MVR) wins 90% of the seats in the leglislature with its allies controlling the other 10%. Most other political parties boycott the vote.

2008: Venezuela's first satellite, Simon Bolivar, is launched marking the beginning of Venezuela's space program. Several satellites are launched later that year.

2009: Drug Trafficking increases with drugs going from Columbia through Venezuela to the MS-13 gang in the US.

2010: In another round of leglislative elections the voter turnout climbs to 30% while the MVR and its allies lose ground, controlling only 85% of the seats. A coalition between the Justice First Party and the Civil Resistance Party control the other 15% of the leglislature. The Democratic Action Party failed to gain any seats because supporters though it was boycotting the election again.

2011: After the US hits Pakistan with the largest nuclear payload ever, Chavez tells the US that he might be forced to stop oil shipments if this continues, though this doesn't happen mainly because the Venezuelan economy would crash. Anti-US sentiment reaches an all time high in Venezuela.

2011: A constitutional amendment is passed so that Chavez can run for president for more than just 2 terms. There is widespread opposition throughout the country and many riots. Chavez's approval rating drop.

2011-2012: Suicide rates climb in Venezuela since there is no sunlight for a whole year.

2012: Amazingly, Chavez wins the presidency again with 54% of the vote, though the election is considered by everyone to be faked since before the election an independent group had put Chavez's approval ratings at 30%. In the leglislature, the MVR's coalition drops to 48% of the seats, the Justice First and Civil Resistance coalition gets 40% of the seats and the Democratic Action Party gains 12%. So for the first time in 12 years the MVR cannot pass a bill alone.

2013: After the oil market crashes on Black Monday, the Venezuelan economy, closely tied to the US economy, goes spiraling downward.

2013: Riots break out and there are calls for Chavez's resignation, but El Presidente declares martial law. There are rumors of a coup and bloodshed is widespread.

2013: A coup backed by every political party except for MVR overthrows Chavez. Upon hearing of this celebrations break out in most cities.

2013: A special election is called for to bring in a new president. Civil Resistance's candidate: Raul Gallegos wins with 51% of the vote. His main goals are to limit the government and open up the economy towards the free-market. He also tells people that he will find other industries to fuel the economy other than oil.

2014: The economy begins to return to normal conditions yet with less dependence on the exportation of oil.

2014: In another round of legislative elections Civil Resistance gets 39% of the vote(65 seats), Justice First 32%(54 seats), Democratic Action 15%(25 seats) and Movement Towards Socialism(MAS) 14%(23 seats).

Facts

Population:
29,281,235

Head of State and Government:
Raul Gallegos, The President of Venezuela

Majority Party:
Civil Resistance 39%

Government Type:
Federal Republic

Official Religion:
No "official" religion, although 96% of the population are Roman Catholics

Official Language:
Spanish

Venezuela is a member of the UN and the LSAN.

GDP: 298.7 Billion US dollars

GDP (Real-Growth Rate): 9.6%

Military

Army

Personnel:
38,000?

Small Arms:
FN/Browning M-1935GP Sidearm
SIG Sauer P226 Sidearm
FN/IMI Uzi Submachine gun
FN FAL Assault Rifle
FN FNC Assault Rifle
FN FAP Rifle

Manned Arms:
FN Minimi Light machine gun
FN MAG Light machine gun
FN/Browning M2 Machine gun
M-60 machine gun
CAVIM M-66 Cazador mortar
M-19 mortar
M-29A1 mortar

AT Arms:
Bofors AT4 rocket launcher
Bofors Carl Gustav recoilless rifle
M-40 recoilless cannon
IMI MAPATS 2 rocket system

Tanks and Combat Vehicles:
T-90 Main Battle Tanks
AMX-30V Main Battle Tanks
Scorpion 90 Light Tank
Dragoon 300 LFV

APCs:
AMX-13 VTT-VCI
Transportpanzer 1
Dragoon 300 APC
V-100/V-150 Commando

Artillery:
LAR-160 Multiple rocket launcher
AMX-13 Mle F.3 self propelled howitzer
M-114A1 howitzer
M101A1 howitzer
Oto Melara M-56 howitzer
Thomson Brandt MO-120 howitzer

Navy

Personnel:
18,300(7,800 marines)

Equipment:
Type 42 Destroyers:2
Type 22 Frigates:2
Missile Frigates:6
Nuclear Attack Submarines:2
Diesel Electric Submarines:2
Patrol Boats:6
Amphibious Transport Ships:4
Supply Ships:1
Oceanographic Ships:1

Coast Guard

Equipment:
Frigates:2
Patrol Boats:30?

Air Force

Personnel:
8000?

Aircraft:
12 Jaguar GR3 Fighters
12 Tornado F3 Fighters
24 F-16 Fighters
Mirage 50EV/DV Fighters
NF-5A/B Freedom Fighters
Su-27 Fighters
Su-30 Fighters
J-10 Fighters?
Transport Aircraft

Helicopters:
24? Mi-17 Military Helicopters
12? Mi-26 Military Helicopters
12? Mi-35 Military Helicopters
Transport Helicopters

If I could say, this is by far the best made newsthread history yet, would you like to become a Global Mod?

thanks, and sure i'll be a global mod

thanks, and sure i'll be a global mod
Alright, it is you global mod. Me and Philanchez the Admins. You now need to appoint your undermods, like tech, history, econ, population and war mods, as well as an official timekeeper

yeah I was wondering what's the rate of time going to be like? 1 week RL=1 year IC or something else?

yeah I was wondering what's the rate of time going to be like? 1 week RL=1 year IC or something else

I was thinking about one week to a year

Sounds good but some of those undermod positions will have to wait a while, at least until we get some more active RPers.

Sounds good but some of those undermod positions will have to wait a while, at least until we get some more active RPers.
tell me about it
you are the first mod worthy player we have gotten, all the others are n00bs

Yeah, other than Philanchez, you, and me there are only 2 people(still RPing) who have posted history threads and they're not exactly mod material.

do you have AIM

Yeah, I'll send you a telegraph with my username.

Venezuelan News Channel 3

A bill was introduced in the legislature today by the Civil Resistance Party. The bill deals mainly with liberalizing the economy and opening up the economy to the free market. Some of the industries nationalized by Chavez would be held for sale to Venezuelan companies at low costs. The bill also plans to greatly reduce the business tax in an effort to keep the economy growing. Many of the laws restricting companies would be abolished. The bill would also enact measures to try and bring back foreign investment to Venezuela after Chavez's reign scared many investors away. To balance the budget after the tax cuts many of the social programs enacted by Chavez would be abolished. The Civil Resistance Party says that these programs were "corrupt and inefficient anyways so they will not be missed." The bill is expected to face stiff opposition from MAS and Accion Democratica though whether or not it passes or fails will depend on whether or not it is supported by the Justice First Party.

The bill introduced by Civil Resistance has passed.

Ground is being cleared for the LSAN Particle Accelerator and Collider. It will be contained in a circular underground tunnel of circumfrence 32 km, making it (when completed) the Largest Particle Accelerator in the world. It will be a massive project undertaken by all LSAN members and the current budget is 3.2 billion US dollars. It is estimated to take 8-10 years to finish. The Protons will each have an energy of 8.5 TeV, yielding a collision energy of 17 TeV. This is expected to further our understanding of particle physics and look at even smaller particles than the LHC produces. There will be a total of 6 particle detectors, 2 for general purposes, and 4 specialized to look for different types of particles.

Some of the questions that will hopefully be answered by this are:

-What is the nature of 96% of the universe's mass which is presently unnacounted for?

-Why is gravity so many magnitudes weaker than other forces in the universe?

-Are there more dimensions and can we "see" them?

-Do particles have supersymmetric partners?

-Why are their violations of the symmetry between matter and antimatter?

It is also expected to either provide further evidence for string theory or disprove it.

A research facility for the fusion project headed by Venezuela is under construction. Countries that as of now have promised support for the project are:

Venezuela
Brazil
Saudi Arabia
USA

Scientists from both Brazil and Venezuela continue to work out the design of the first LSAN shuttle.