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Tue Jun 24, 2014, 02:56 PM Jun 2014

Venezuelan ex-President Ramón J. Velásquez dies in Caracas

Source: El Universal (Caracas)

On his Twitter account @hramosallup, Henry Ramos Allup, the head of opposition Acción Democrática party, informed of the death of former President Ramón José Velásquez Mujica on Tuesday in Caracas.

Velásquez was born in San Juan de Colón, Andean Táchira state, on November 28, 1916. He was a politician, jurist and historian.

He took over as provisional president, designated by the Venezuelan Congress, in 1993-1994. He was 97 years old.

Read more: http://english.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/140624/venezuelan-ex-president-ramon-j-velasquez-dies-in-caracas



Longer article from the same publication in Spanish.
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