21.   Indeed, the Venezuelan government has designated all of Los Roques as a tightly protected natural preserve.

22.   Josefina Valera remembers the last time a Venezuelan government embarked on economic reforms.

23.   On Friday, the Barranquilla-based cement company won a bid to buy the Cementero Monay cement complex from the Venezuelan government.

24.   Pequiven is a wholly owned unit of PDVSA, which in turn is owned by the Venezuelan government.

25.   PepsiCo Inc. asked the Venezuelan government to intervene in an agreement that its bottler in that nation reached with archrival Coca-Cola Co.

26.   Peruvian and American law enforcement agencies and diplomats worked closely to bypass the Venezuelan government, which officials said they believed had been protecting Montesinos all along.

27.   Since then, the Venezuelan government has allowed its currency to float as part of a preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund for new credits.

28.   The project is also part of an effort by the Venezuelan government to open up a portion of its oil industry to foreign investment.

29.   The Venezuelan government began registering buyers for the sale of a cement making complex in western Trujillo state in its latest move to sell off state assets.

30.   The Venezuelan government took control of state electric company CA de Administracion y Fomento Electrico and replaced its directors with a temporary board, government officials said.