Venezuela switches gear into Easter Week holidays and break from politics

<a href=www.vheadline.com>Venezuela's Electronic News Posted: Monday, April 14, 2003 By: Patrick J. O'Donoghue

Venezuela has been experiencing its first rain showers for almost four months.  The showers brought people out in to the streets in Caracas and kept others from venturing out to t he beaches. 

Civil Protection chief, Army Lt. Colonel Antonio Jose Rivero Gonzalez says this year's Easter holiday public security plan, which started on Sunday, includes 7,365 firefighters, 5, 000 traffic police officers, 3,102 Civil Protection officials, 300 members of the Red Cross, 3,717 volunteers and 22,000 police officers. 

Rivero Gonzalez says 2 emergency surgeries have been installed in tourist areas, 24 ambulances in Caracas and 35 throughout Venezuela. "We are expecting around 7 million people traveling away from home to tourist areas. 

The Miranda State government has inaugurated the Guarenas-Casarapa highway skirting the city of Guarenas.  It is a 5.5 kilometer stretch built over a two-year period and costing 11 billion bolivares. Work was delayed when part of the north wall collapsed forcing the company to install walls of contention. 

Venezuelan Air Force (FAV) Meteorological Service (Semetfav) petty officer, Jose Pereira says the showers in Caracas and heavy rains in other parts of the country do not mean that the rainy season has officially started and warns that rains will continue for another 24 hours. 

In Amazonas, Bolivar and the central region rains were heavy.

Meanwhile at the Caracas (Simon Bolivar) international airport at Maiquetia, the flow of passengers is said to be satisfactory, especially on flights to Miami, Orlando, Puerto Rica, Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) and Curacao ... Porlamar (Isla de Margarita) and Maracaibo. 

The most frequented Vargas State beaches are Caraballeda beaches of Los Cocos and Sheraton, while in Carabobo, Patanemo Bay, Ganango, Quizandal, Palma Sola and Puerto Cabello's Playa Blanca are the favorites.  In eastern Venezuela, Mochima Park islands and Carupano beaches are said to be very busy along with El Faro, El Saco and Puinare islands in Puerto La Cruz.

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