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Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe State shall be responsible for the provision of the public services of drinking and irrigation water, sanitation, electricity, telecommunications, roads, seaport and airport facilities, and others as established by law.
The State shall ensure that public services and the provision thereof observe the principles of obligation, generality, uniformity, efficiency, responsibility, universality, accessibility, regularity, continuity and quality. The State shall take steps to ensure that the prices and fees of public services are equitable, and shall establish the monitoring and regulation thereof. (Art. 314) - SpanishEl Estado será responsable de la provisión de los servicios públicos de agua potable y de riego, saneamiento, energía eléctrica, telecomunicaciones, vialidad, infraestructuras portuarias y aeroportuarias, y los demás que determine la ley.
El Estado garantizará que los servicios públicos y su provisión respondan a los principios de obligatoriedad, generalidad, uniformidad, eficiencia, responsabilidad, universalidad, accesibilidad, regularidad, continuidad y calidad. El Estado dispondrá que los precios y tarifas de los servicios públicos sean equitativos, y establecerá su control y regulación. (Art. 314)
Public Institutions and Services
- English(1) The law to be applied with respect to any pensions benefits that were granted to any person before this section comes into operation shall be the law that was in force at the date on which those benefits were granted or any law in force at a later date that is not less favourable to that person.
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(5) In this section "pensions benefits" means any pensions, compensation, gratuities or other like allowances for persons in respect of their service as judges or public officers or for the widows, children, dependants or representatives of such persons in respect of such service.
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Public Institutions and Services
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The state shall provide special protection for minors whose parents or guardians are economically unable to do so, to provide for their care and education.
Under circumstances of equal qualifications, these needy parents and guardians shall be given preference in filling public positions. (Art. 121) - Spanish…
El Estado brindará especial protección a los menores cuyos padres o tutores estén imposibilitados económicamente para proveer a su crianza y educación.
Estos padres o tutores gozarán de preferencia, para el desempeño de cargos públicos en iguales circunstancias de idoneidad. (Art. 121)
Public Institutions and Services
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The State shall promote the voluntary association of the peasants [campesinos] in agricultural cooperatives, without discrimination of sex and in accordance with their resources [and] will facilitate the material means necessary to raise their technical and productive capacity, with the objective to improve the conditions of life of the peasants. (Art. 109)
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El Estado promoverá la asociación voluntaria de los campesinos en cooperativas agrícolas, sin discriminación de sexo; y de acuerdo con sus recursos facilitará los medios materiales necesarios para elevar su capacidad técnica y productiva, a fin de mejorar las condiciones de vida de los campesinos. (Art. 109)
Public Institutions and Services
- English1. Subject to the provisions of Articles 123 and 124 of this Constitution, the law applicable to the grant and payment to any officer, or to his widow, children, dependents or personal representatives, of any pensions, compensation, gratuity or other like allowance (in this an "award") in respect of the service of that officer in a public office shall be that in force on the relevant date or any later law that is not less favorable to that person.
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Public Institutions and Services
- English(1) Where under any law any person or authority has a discretion
(a) to decide whether or not any pensions benefits shall be granted; or
(b) to withhold, reduce in amount or suspend any such benefits that have been granted, those benefits shall be granted and may not be withheld, reduced in amount or suspended unless the Public Service Commission concurs in the refusal to grant the benefits or, as the case may be, in the decision to withhold them, reduce them in amount or suspend them.
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(5) In this section "pensions benefits" means any pensions, compensation, gratuities or other like allowances for persons in respect of their service as judges or officers of the Supreme Court or public officers or for the widows, children, dependants or personal representatives of such persons in respect of such service. (Sec. 89)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe principles that govern territorial organization and the decentralized and autonomous territorial entities are: unity, voluntariness, solidarity, equity, the common good, self-government, equality, complementariness, reciprocity, gender equity, subsidiarity, gradualness, coordination and institutional faithfulness, transparency, public participation and control, provision of economic resources and the pre-existence of the nations and rural native indigenous peoples, under the terms established in this Constitution. (Art. 270)
- SpanishLos principios que rigen la organización territorial y las entidades territoriales descentralizadas y autónomas son: la unidad, voluntariedad, solidaridad, equidad, bien común, autogobierno, igualdad, complementariedad, reciprocidad, equidad de género, subsidiariedad, gradualidad, coordinación y lealtad institucional, transparencia, participación y control social, provisión de recursos económicos y preexistencia de las naciones y pueblos indígena originario campesinos, en los términos establecidos en esta Constitución. (Art. 270)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe people of Venezuela, … guarantees the right to life, work, learning, education, social justice and equality, without discrimination or subordination of any kind; … (Preamble)
- SpanishEl pueblo de Venezuela, ... asegure el derecho a la vida, al trabajo, a la cultura, a la educación, a la justicia social y a la igualdad sin discriminación ni subordinación alguna; ...(Preámbulo)
Public Institutions and Services
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Former combatants who actually participated in war operations during the Second World War, in the terms of Law No. 5.315 of September 12, 1967, shall be assured the following rights:
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II. a special pension corresponding to that left by a second lieutenant of the Armed Forces, which may be applied for at any time and may not be accumulated with any other income received from the public coffers, except for social security benefits, reserving the right to choose;
III. in the event of death, a proportional pension for the widow or companion or dependent, in an amount equal to that of the prior subparagraph;
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VI. priority in the acquisition of one's own home for those who do not own one, or for their widows or companions.
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Ao ex-combatente que tenha efetivamente participado de operações bélicas durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, nos termos da Lei nº 5.315, de 12 de setembro de 1967, serão assegurados os seguintes direitos:
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II - pensão especial correspondente à deixada por segundo-tenente das Forças Armadas, que poderá ser requerida a qualquer tempo, sendo inacumulável com quaisquer rendimentos recebidos dos cofres públicos, exceto os benefícios previdenciários, ressalvado o direito de opção;
III - em caso de morte, pensão à viúva ou companheira ou dependente, de forma proporcional, de valor igual à do inciso anterior;
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VI - prioridade na aquisição da casa própria, para os que não a possuam ou para suas viúvas ou companheiras.
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Public Institutions and Services
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The State encourages the holistic development of women and their full social participation. It ensures the exercise of their sexual and reproductive rights, protects them from gender-based violence in all of its forms and in all spaces, and creates the institutional and legal mechanisms to do so. (Art. 43) - Spanish…
El Estado propicia el desarrollo integral de las mujeres y su plena participación social. Asegura el ejercicio de sus derechos sexuales y reproductivos, las protege de la violencia de género en cualquiera de sus manifestaciones y espacios, y crea los mecanismos institucionales y legales para ello. (Art. 43)