The Ministry of Transport and Communications (

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: ''Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Transporte y Comunicaciones'' "Ministry of Popular Power for Transportation and Communications", MTC) of

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was created in June 2010, to cover transport and communications in Venezuela. Its creation saw the disappearance of the Ministry of Public Works and Housing (''Ministerio del Poder Popular para las Obras Públicas y Vivienda''), split into this ministry and the '' Ministerio del Poder Popular para Vivienda y Hábitat''. Its headquarters were in the ''Torre MTC'' in Chacao,

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, Miranda. In November 2011

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, announced that the MTC would be divided into two ministries, the

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and the Ministry of Ground Transport.

Responsibilities

Among other responsibilities the ministry covered the air accident investigation body (

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and the airline

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; and the railways agency

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and various metro systems including the

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. Conviasa, the airport, and the new air accident investigation body are now under the

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Ministers

References

External links

www.mtc.gob.ve

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Transport organizations based in Venezuela

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