Caracas appointed a former education minister as ambassador in Havana, according to Venezuelan news agency AVN.Edgardo Ramírez, a professor of international politics at Universidad Central de Venezuela, was education minister from February 2010 to January 2011.His predecessors in Havana have included a brother of President Hugo Chávez and a former oil and energy minister.">Caracas appointed a former education minister as ambassador in Havana, according to Venezuelan news agency AVN.Edgardo Ramírez, a professor of international politics at Universidad Central de Venezuela, was education minister from February 2010 to January 2011.His predecessors in Havana have included a brother of President Hugo Chávez and a former oil and energy minister.">

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Venezuela appoints new ambassador

Caracas appointed a former education minister as ambassador in Havana, according to Venezuelan news agency AVN.

Edgardo Ramírez, a professor of international politics at Universidad Central de Venezuela, was education minister from February 2010 to January 2011.

His predecessors in Havana have included a brother of President Hugo Chávez and a former oil and energy minister.

Thanks to a more than decade-old oil-for-services agreement, Venezuela is Cuba’s largest trade partner. Cuba and Venezuela signed 284 cooperation agreements last year.

Source: www.cubastandard.com/2011/05/12/venezuela-appoints-new-ambassador/

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