Bank Official Is New Vice President
From Times Wire Reports
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez appointed Adina Bastidas as vice president, three days after the nation’s congress chose departing Vice President Isaias Rodriguez as the new attorney general. Chavez made the announcement during his weekly radio program, “Hello President.” Bastidas, a graduate of the Central University of Venezuela, worked the last year in Washington, D.C., as Venezuela’s representative to the Interamerican Development Bank.
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