The Capital District ( Spanish : Distrito Capital ) is a federal district of Venezuela . It has an area of 433 km (167 sq mi) and there is only one administrative division ( municipio ), Libertador , which contains about half of Caracas , the Venezuelan capital city , which is also the seat of the three branches of the federal government of Venezuela. The population in 2004 was 2,073,768. The District borders on the states of Vargas and Miranda .
9-1522: Benavides can refer to: People [ edit ] Antonio José Benavides , Venezuelan Major General Benavides (singer) , Venezuelan singer Brad Benavides , American-Spanish-Guatemalan racing driver César Benavides , Chilean Army general Freddie Benavides , American baseball player and coach Jesse Benavides , American former professional boxer José Benavides (director) (1911–1945), Mexican film director José María Benavides (1945–2024), Spanish sailor Kevin Benavides , Argentine rally raid motorcyclist Marta Benavides , Salvadoran activist Miguel de Benavides , Spanish clergyman Óscar R. Benavides , 20th century Peruvian president Osvaldo Benavides , Mexican actor and filmmaker Patricia Benavides , Peruvian lawyer Plácido Benavides (1810–1837) Mexican-born settler in De Leon's Colony, Victoria County, Texas. Prudencio Benavides , Cuban baseball player Ramiro Benavides , Bolivian former professional tennis player Roque Benavides , Peruvian businessman Santos Benavides , Confederate colonel Ismael Benavides Ferreyros , Peruvian politician Places [ edit ] Benavides, Texas Benavides, León in Spain Business [ edit ] Farmacias Benavides Topics referred to by
18-1024: A "threat to its national security" and ordered the United States Department of the Treasury to freeze property and assets of seven Venezuelan officials. The U.S. held the seven individuals, including Benavides, responsible for "excesses committed in the repression of the demonstrations of February 2014 that left at least 43 dead" including "erosion of human rights guarantees, persecution of political opponents, restrictions on press freedom, violence and human rights abuses in response to anti-government protests, arbitrary arrests and arrests of anti-government protesters, and significant public corruption" according to BBC Mundo . Canada sanctioned 40 Venezuelan officials, including Benavides, in September 2017. The sanctions were for behaviors that undermined democracy after at least 125 people will killed in
27-697: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Antonio Jos%C3%A9 Benavides Antonio José Benavides Torres (born 13 June 1961) is a Venezuelan Major General and former commander of the Venezuelan National Guard . As of 2015, Benavides was head of the Central Integral Defense Strategic Region for the National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela . Benavides
36-464: The 2017 Venezuelan protests and "in response to the government of Venezuela's deepening descent into dictatorship". Canadians were banned from transactions with the 40 individuals, whose Canadian assets were frozen. The European Union sanctioned seven Venezuela officials, including Benavides, on 18 January 2018, singling them out as being responsible for deteriorating democracy in the country. The sanctioned individuals were prohibited from entering
45-724: The Maduro administration, including Benavides, and prohibited them from entering Mexico. Capital District (Venezuela) Formerly it had its own local government with a governor, but the constitutional reform of 1999 abolished the district government and created instead the Metropolitan District of Caracas , with jurisdiction over the territory of the District and also four adjacent municipios (Baruta, Chacao, el Hatillo and Sucre) in Miranda which all together form
54-724: The city. On 13 April 2009, the National Assembly passed a law creating the figure of a head of government for the district which would be designated by the President. On 14 April 2009, Jacqueline Faría became the first Head of Government of the Capital District. During the 2017 Venezuelan protests , General Antonio José Benavides Torres of the National Guard was appointed to be the Head of Government of
63-541: The nations of the European Union, and their assets were frozen. In March 2018, Panama sanctioned 55 public officials, including Benavides, and Switzerland implemented sanctions, freezing the assets of seven ministers and high officials, including Benavides, due to human rights violations and deteriorating rule of law and democracy. On 20 April 2018, the Mexican Senate froze the assets of officials of
72-506: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Benavides . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Benavides&oldid=1253638659 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
81-631: Was Head of Government of the Capital District . Benavides took a one-year course from the United States Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation in Georgia in 2000. Benavides has been sanctioned by several countries . The U.S. sanctioned Benavides for his role in the 2014 Venezuelan protests . U.S. President Barack Obama issued a presidential order in 2015 declaring Venezuela
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