The crisis in Venezuela Officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela‚ the fourth largest country in South America is located on the northern coast of the continent and with an estimated population around thirty million citizens. The spanish speaking country is one of the most urbanized in South America with the majority of the population living in and around Caracas‚ the country’s capital. Venezuela is best known for its vast natural resources‚ specially its reserves of crude oil and gas
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In the discussion today will go into the details that that form up Venezuela we will go into detail about the Characteristics‚ Political‚ Social and Military. We will talk about the infrastructure of Venezuela. We will go into detail about the variables in this essay. Venezuela was part of Gran Colombia until its collapse in 1930 (other were Ecuador and New Granada which became Colombia). For the first half of the 20th century‚ was rule mainly by the military‚ and different groups‚ they were the
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Venezuela‚ An oil country‚ a country that since 1998‚ has had major changes‚ some positive and a lot negative‚ but a lot of the real problems‚ would not be to the eye of everyone until 2013 with the dead of Chavez‚ “El comandante” and the possession that was obscure of Maduro. Venezuela is a country of strategic importance for Latin America in general and South America and the Caribbean in particular. Along with Mexico is one of the largest oil producers in the region‚ but it is also part of the
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Economy Inflation in Venezuela Economy Inflation in Venezuela Written By: Mateo Tudela Economy Inflation in Venezuela After many years of prosperity Venezuela faces inflation. What is inflation? A popular web page called Investopedia says that “Inflation is the rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services rises‚ and in the end purchasing power falls.” You may also ask yourself‚ what is the inflation rate? Inflation rate is a measure of the percentage decrease in currency
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Name: Alicia Torres The Crisis in Venezuela p.16 What’s the Big Idea? After reading “The Crisis in Venezuela‚” use the graphic organizer below to record the article’s central ideas. Use the topics in the column on the left as a guide. TOPIC STATE THE CENTRAL IDEA RELATED TO THIS TOPIC ECONOMY Shortages of basic goods UNREST Lost in oil South America facing crisis GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO UNREST Insisting to changing to a dictatorship RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U.S. U.S buys oil from
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Paper #1 – Venezuela Today After almost fourteen years in power‚ President Hugo Chavez was reelected by a million votes more against his adversary in October 2012. Armed with huge resources from oil revenues‚ bolstered by the high rates of Popularity and six years ahead of renewed mandate‚ Chávez expressed confidence in the progress of the "Bolivarian Revolution" and the establishment of so-called "Socialism of the XXI century". That confidence helped him to regain control of some basic industries
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Basic Information on Chavez and Government of Venezuela Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (born 28 July 1954) is the current President of Venezuela‚ having held that position since 1999. He was formerly the leader of the Fifth Republic Movement political party from its foundation in 1997 until 2007‚ when he became the leader of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). Following his own political ideology of Bolivarianism and "Socialism for the 21st Century"‚ he has focused on implementing socialist
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Although adamantly against attending Belgrade‚ in 1964‚ Venezuela sent an observer to the Cairo Conference. Their representative‚ Dr. Antonio Araujo‚ publicly “supported the conference’s attitude towards imperialism‚ racial discrimination‚ and the peaceful settlement of disputes‚ and referred to Venezuela’s experience of foreign interference in its oil industry.” The process of inviting Venezuela to the Second Non-Aligned meeting was decidedly more dramatic than the event itself‚ revealing some
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Being the Northern-most country of Latin America and strategically located in the Caribbean Sea‚ Venezuela; is best known for beholding the largest petroleum reserves on planet earth. Global interests on this valuable commodity naturally caused foreign companies to explore and work this prosperous land. Winthrop Wright tells the story that during their visits; mainly White-Americans spent their nights at hotels‚ which held a strict policy of refusing service to “blacks” (policy made to guarantee
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might be their only meal for the day. It makes me wonder what students eat while they are away from school. Currently‚ Venezuela is facing a very drastic hunger problem which is affecting every person but again more children. So far this year 7 children under the age of 14 have died. People are fighting and crossing the border to find food. Hunger is affecting animals in Venezuela. Animals are dropping dead due to mal nutrition. I came to the conclusion that hunger is a very serious word. Hunger
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