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The Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Design Technology was last updated for first teaching in September 2014, with syllabus updates (including a decrease in the number of options), a new internal assessment component similar to that of the Group 5 (mathematics) explorations, and "a new concept-based approach" dubbed "the nature of science". A ...
The Capital District (Spanish: Distrito Capital) is a federal district of Venezuela.It has an area of 433 km 2 (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 Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is a federation made up of twenty-three states (Spanish: estados), a Capital District (Spanish: Distrito Capital) and the Federal Dependencies (Spanish: Dependencias Federales), which consist of many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. [1]
The period following the dissolution of Gran Colombia in 1830 (and thus succeeding the Third Republic of Venezuela) to the establishment of a "Bolivarian Republic" by Hugo Chávez on August 5, 1999, is referred to as the Fourth Republic of Venezuela by official Venezuelan historiography. The term was coined by Chávez to define the 169-year period.
The Federal Dependencies of Venezuela (Spanish: Dependencias Federales de Venezuela) encompass most of Venezuela's offshore islands in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Venezuela, excluding those islands that form the State of Nueva Esparta and some Caribbean coastal islands that are integrated with nearby states.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) now classifies eggs as a “healthy, nutrient-dense" food, according to a new proposed rule. Registered dietitians react to the change.
The "Alternatives to Detention" program is tracking more than 25,000 migrants using ankle and wrist-worn monitors, which costs taxpayers an average of nearly $80,000 each day, according to ICE data.
Prior to the Federal War (1859–1863), Venezuela was divided into provinces rather than states. The victorious forces were supposed to grant more autonomy to the individual states, but this was not implemented. Between 1863 and the early 1900s, there were numerous territorial changes, including the merger and splitting of states.