Formerly | Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias |
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Company type | State-owned news agency |
Predecessor | Venpres (founded 1977) |
Founded | April 2005 |
Headquarters | Caracas, Venezuela |
Website | avn |
Agencia Venezolana de Noticias (AVN) is the national news agency of Venezuela. It is part of the Ministry of Popular Power for Communication and Information (MINCI), but is run as an autonomous service.[1] It reports on national and regional issues, as well as on Latin America in general.