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Summary:Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez was suspended from his post on May 21 and ordered to stand trial on corruption charges. Senators voted unanimously to ratify a Supreme Court ruling on May 20 that there was enough evidence to try the unpopular Perez on charges of embezzlement and misuse of public funds. Octavio Lepage, the president of Congress, was sworn in as acting president of the oil-exporting nation.
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Location:VENEZUELA CARACAS PARLIAMENTS - INTERIOR
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