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==Ranch expropriation== |
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[[File:HaciendaLaCarolina.jpg|thumb|left|''La Carolina'' one month before the expropriation.]] |
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On April 30, 2010, Arria's ranch "La Carolina" in [[Yaracuy State]] was taken over by the Venezuelan government. Minister of Agriculture [[Elias Jaua]] "declared that lawyers and historians working for the National Lands Institute (INTI) ha[d] not been able to find continuity of ownership deeds in the national register and therefore the lands are "fallow" and return to the State".<ref>Vheadline.com, 13 May 2010, [http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=91793 It's final: Arria farm declared social property after failure to trace title deeds]</ref> According to government officials the ranch was unproductive and was a case of idle lands; according to Arria, the farm had 300 cattle and 90% of it was under some form of agricultural development.<ref>{{es}} ''[[El Universal (Caracas)|El Universal]]'', 2 May 2010, [http://www.eluniversal.com/2010/05/02/eco_ava_prohiben-a-propietar_02A3843051.shtml Prohíben a propietarios ingresar a finca La Carolina]</ref> ''[[Correo del Orinoco (2009)|Correo del Orinoco]]'', a state-owned newspaper, reporting their claims that Arria's declarations about expropriation and loot by the Ministry of Agriculture are "subversive and tend to urge the homicide of [[Hugo Chavez]]".<ref>{{es}} ''[[Correo del Orinoco (2009)|Correo del Orinoco]]'', 10 May 2010, [http://www.correodelorinoco.gob.ve/impacto/declaraciones-diego-arria-son-subversivas-e-instan-al-magnicidio/ Declaraciones de Diego Arria son subversivas e instan al magnicidio]</ref> According to Arria, the expropriation was a reaction to Arria's participation in the [[Oslo Freedom Forum]], where he stated: "Chavez will have to face International Justice one day for his 'crimes' against Venezuelan people".<ref>{{es}}, elnuevodiario.com.do, 11 May 2010, [http://elnuevodiario.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=198546 "Ex embajador de Venezuela dice Chávez le quitó finca por venganza política"]</ref> |
On April 30, 2010, Arria's ranch "La Carolina" in [[Yaracuy State]] was taken over by the Venezuelan government. Minister of Agriculture [[Elias Jaua]] "declared that lawyers and historians working for the National Lands Institute (INTI) ha[d] not been able to find continuity of ownership deeds in the national register and therefore the lands are "fallow" and return to the State".<ref>Vheadline.com, 13 May 2010, [http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=91793 It's final: Arria farm declared social property after failure to trace title deeds]</ref> According to government officials the ranch was unproductive and was a case of idle lands; according to Arria, the farm had 300 cattle and 90% of it was under some form of agricultural development.<ref>{{es}} ''[[El Universal (Caracas)|El Universal]]'', 2 May 2010, [http://www.eluniversal.com/2010/05/02/eco_ava_prohiben-a-propietar_02A3843051.shtml Prohíben a propietarios ingresar a finca La Carolina]</ref> ''[[Correo del Orinoco (2009)|Correo del Orinoco]]'', a state-owned newspaper, reporting their claims that Arria's declarations about expropriation and loot by the Ministry of Agriculture are "subversive and tend to urge the homicide of [[Hugo Chavez]]".<ref>{{es}} ''[[Correo del Orinoco (2009)|Correo del Orinoco]]'', 10 May 2010, [http://www.correodelorinoco.gob.ve/impacto/declaraciones-diego-arria-son-subversivas-e-instan-al-magnicidio/ Declaraciones de Diego Arria son subversivas e instan al magnicidio]</ref> According to Arria, the expropriation was a reaction to Arria's participation in the [[Oslo Freedom Forum]], where he stated: "Chavez will have to face International Justice one day for his 'crimes' against Venezuelan people".<ref>{{es}}, elnuevodiario.com.do, 11 May 2010, [http://elnuevodiario.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=198546 "Ex embajador de Venezuela dice Chávez le quitó finca por venganza política"]</ref> |
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Diego Arria | |
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| President of the United Nations Security Council | |
| In office 1 March 1992 – 31 March 1992 | |
| Permanent Representative of Venezuela in the United Nations | |
| In office 1991-03-11 – 1994-03-12 | |
| Minister of Information and Tourism | |
| In office 1974-02-02 – 1978-02-02 | |
| Governor of Caracas, Capital District | |
| In office 1973-02-02 – 1978-03-02 | |
| President of the Corporación Nacional de Hotelería y Turismo (CONAHOTU) | |
| In office 1969-03-12 – 1974-02-02 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1938-10-08 Caracas, Venezuela |
| Nationality |  Venezuela |
| Spouse | Maria Eugenia Maury |
Diego Arria Salicetti (born October 8, 1938 - Caracas, Venezuela[1]) is a Venezuelan politician, diplomat, former Venezuelan Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the United Nations (1991–1994) and President of the Security Council (March 1992). He was Governor of the Federal District of Caracas in the mid-1970s. Other positions have included Diplomatic Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and Visiting Scholar at Columbia University.[2] He was said to be one of the "twelve apostles" (a group of powerful men close to the Presidency) of Carlos Andrés Pérez' first presidency.[3]
Political career
Arria first came to prominence in the first government of Rafael Caldera (1969–1974), when he was president of the CONAHOTU (National Corporation of Hotels and Tourism) for most of the presidential term. He then resigned to support the successful presidential candidacy of Carlos Andrés Pérez (CAP) in 1973. Initially he became Governor of the Federal District (Caracas).[citation needed] In 1976 when he was Governor of the Federal District he went to Chile and asked President Pinochet to release his friend Orlando Letelier; which Pinochet did, but soon after this Letelier was murdered with a car bomb in Washington D.C by Pinochet's order.[4] He subsequently became, briefly, Minister of Information and Tourism.[5] In 1978 he stood as an independent candidate in the Venezuelan presidential election, 1978 and came 4th with 1.7% of the votes.[6]
United Nations
Arria was Venezuelan Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the United Nations from 1991 to 1994,[7] and was President of the Security Council (March 1992),[8] during Venezuela's membership of the Security Council. Arria later became Special Advisor to Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the UN,[2] He initiated the eponymous 'Arria formula' a very informal consultation process which affords members of the Security Council the opportunity to hear persons in a confidential, informal setting. These meetings are presided over by a member of the Council as service facilitator for the discussion and not by the President of the Council. He was chairman during the massacres at Srebrenica. After visiting the enclave he warned of its impending doom and predicted the masacres saying it was "slow motion Genocide" and the besieged enclave itself as "a concentration camp policed by UNPROFOR".[9]
Ranch expropriation
On April 30, 2010, Arria's ranch "La Carolina" in Yaracuy State was taken over by the Venezuelan government. Minister of Agriculture Elias Jaua "declared that lawyers and historians working for the National Lands Institute (INTI) ha[d] not been able to find continuity of ownership deeds in the national register and therefore the lands are "fallow" and return to the State".[10] According to government officials the ranch was unproductive and was a case of idle lands; according to Arria, the farm had 300 cattle and 90% of it was under some form of agricultural development.[11] Correo del Orinoco, a state-owned newspaper, reporting their claims that Arria's declarations about expropriation and loot by the Ministry of Agriculture are "subversive and tend to urge the homicide of Hugo Chavez".[12] According to Arria, the expropriation was a reaction to Arria's participation in the Oslo Freedom Forum, where he stated: "Chavez will have to face International Justice one day for his 'crimes' against Venezuelan people".[13]
Personal life
Married to Maria Eugenia Maury, they have twin daughters together, each has a child from a previous marriage.[14] She is President of Aid for AIDS International, a 501c3 nonprofit organization that recycles HIV/AIDS medication for redistribution in developing countries in Latin America.
References
- ^ Perfil de Diego Arria en un foro sobre agricultura
- ^ a b http://europeancourier.org/DiegoArria.htm
- ^ Hollis Micheal Tarver Denova and Julia C. Frederick, The history of Venezuela, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2005. p134
- ^ www.ideaspublicas.org/2006/09/28/carta-a-los-chilenos/
- ^ http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/initiatives/latin_america/events/2010/month03/venezuela_08.php
- ^ http://perspective.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/servlet/BMElection%3FcodePays%3DVEN%26dateElection%3DVEN1978123%26codeInstitution%3D
- ^ http://www.worldforum.org/Commission-On-Globalisation/leadership/bios/bio_arria.htm
- ^ United Nations, Presidents of the Security Council : 1990-1999
- ^ The Biggest Cover-Up in UN History - International Justice - Global Policy Forum
- ^ Vheadline.com, 13 May 2010, It's final: Arria farm declared social property after failure to trace title deeds
- ^ Template:Es El Universal, 2 May 2010, Prohíben a propietarios ingresar a finca La Carolina
- ^ Template:Es Correo del Orinoco, 10 May 2010, Declaraciones de Diego Arria son subversivas e instan al magnicidio
- ^ Template:Es, elnuevodiario.com.do, 11 May 2010, "Ex embajador de Venezuela dice Chávez le quitó finca por venganza política"
- ^ Datos Genealógicos Página 120 (Páginas de Descendientes)