- Juan Barreto
Juan Alejandro Barreto Cipriani (born 1959) is a politician in
Venezuela . He has been mayor ofCaracas since 2004, and belongs to the Movimiento Quinta República party (MVR).Career
Congressperson
Juan Barreto entered the political scene with his election to the Venezuelan National Congress in November 1998. On
July 30 ,2000 , Barreto was elected to the newly created National Assembly (the legislative body that replaced the National Congress), receiving 276,952 votes, or 53.98% of the total votes, and represented theVenezuelan Capital District . He resigned from this position when he was elected mayor of Caracas in October 2004.Mayor of Caracas
Since becoming mayor, Barreto's relationships with the other mayors of Caracas has been hostile. On
August 22 ,2006 he denounced fellow mayorsLeopoldo López andHenrique Capriles . In response, both announced legal action against him. [cite web
url = http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=2058
title = Mayors of Venezuela’s Capital Engage in Verbal Fistfight
accessdate = 2006-09-01
date = 2005-08-30
work = Venezuelanalysis.com
publisher = Venezuelanalysis.com]Other
Juan Barreto has received degrees in
journalism andsocial sciences . He was the director of the newspaper "Correo del Presidente", the "Oficina Central de Información" (OCI, now the Ministry of Communication and Information), and the news agency Venpres (now known as the "Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias", or ABN). Barreto is also a professor at the Universidad Central de Venezuela.He is longlisted for the 2008
World Mayor award.ee also
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Leopoldo López
*Henrique Capriles References
External links
* [http://www.alcaldiamayor.gob.ve/portal1/index.php Alcaldiamayor, Official website]
* [http://www.citymayors.com/mayors/caracas-mayor.html CityMayors profile]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5297246.stm BBC]
* [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060830/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/venezuela_no_golf Yahoo]
* [http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=66930 VHeadline]
* [http://www.eluniversal.com/2006/08/23/ccs_art_23403K.shtml El Universal]
* [http://www.asambleanacional.gov.ve/ns2/dipdet-no-act.asp?codd=104 Asamblea Nacional]
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