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President Chavez orders investigation into slain student leader

Politics Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez has ordered authorities to investigate into the murder of Julio Soto, a student leader who was gunned down while he was driving a vehicle in the western state of Zulia, as reported on Thursday by Higher Education Minister Héctor Navarro.

"There is strong willingness to clarify this case as soon as possible, regardless of the perpetrators of the crime and regardless of the consequences entailed by the investigations of the authorities responsible for solving the murder," said Navarro.

Navarro said that the Venezuelan president urged security agencies to solve the case as soon as possible. "Those who killed Julio Soto must be brought to justice," said the minister, as reported by the state-run news agency Agencia Boliviariana de Noticias (ABN).


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Worsening chronic poverty in Venezuelan households

11:00 AM. Economy. Based on the official data, more and more families failed to get out of poverty in 2008; the exclusion status of more people moved faster and fewer people are on their way to overcome this situation. According to the data provided by the official National Statistics Institute (INE), last year the poorest homes in the country recorded an average monthly income of USD 401.82, whereas the food basket amounted to 417.77

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