The problem in Venezuela occur because a fight between Great Britain and Venezuela, they fight for a place that both countries thought belonged for…
The battle of Chavez valley was a clear demonstration of how two different and somewhat contradictory theories can complement each other to explain a decade-long fight that was lost by the rightful owners. It also explains how a collaboration between the trade, production and their connection with the law, government, custom and distribution of the national wealth and income destroyed an ideology it was supposed to…
However after neoliberal monetary policy was abruptly implemented, a crisis began to unleash. Jesus Herrera argues that during the first stages of the economic crisis of 1983 the upper and middle sectors of the country blamed foreign blacks for their misfortunes. "those blacks from Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti" as well as "the Indians of Peru and Ecuador," all "that rabble," had "made the country falter". These comments did not take long to spread through the media and soon began to include Afro- Venezuelans, poor people of the cities as well as indigenous…
One of the challenges that emerged for Simon Bolivar on his way to leadership was the fact that liberalism lacked the majority support in colonial Latin America. Bolivar, like other revolutionaries, such as Francisco Miranda, struggled to get the support of most Venezuelans because of the stigma the term “liberal” had in colonial Venezuela. Being a liberal was associated with having French ideals, which naturally defied the Spanish rule. John Charles Chasteen actually states this when describing Francisco Miranda’s failed attempt to invade Venezuela. In his book, Americanos: Latin America’s Struggle for Independence, he states “the outcome of Miranda’s 1806 expedition shows that ‘French ideas’ alone could not create movements for independence…
Bolivar emphasizes his home country of Venezuela in further detail, such as the rapid sequence of events that occurred, and the remaining Venezuelan people fending off the Spaniard ‘monsters’. “Nearly a million persons formerly dwelt in Venezuela, and it is no exaggeration to say that one out of four has succumbed either to the land, sword, hunger, plague, flight, or privation, all consequences of the war, save the earthquake” (Bolivar, par.…
As a CEO looking to invest in Brazil or Venezuela I would look closely at the past, current, and future economic forecasts for each nation. At a glance, Brazil looks like what could be a burgeoning economy based in a nation with numerous natural resources, but when you look more closely, you see a nation wrought with political corruption on the verge of collapse. Only five years ago, Brazil’s economy grew at a rate three times faster than the Unites States and its economic size surpassed that of Great Britain’s (Gillespie Feb 19th 2015). Since that boom, Brazil has faced corruption issues with the large state owned oil company Pertobas as well as…
From the majestic words of the brilliant Philoshope John Locke, a governmental system has the obligation to provide and work for the people, in either a direct or indirect matter. The system should satisfy and benefit the citizen in every possible aspect, rather than preventing the forward advancement of a nation’s people. Locke believed that the power of government should be controlled by the governed, and if the government fails to preserve the rights of the people, the power should be stripped away and the governed have the given right to overthrow the existing government. Although this principal is democratic in nature, it is a key factor in the relationship between the government and the governed of any given nation. In many Latin American countries, a strong central government has always been the most common form of administration. The government, regardless of being a democratic or a socialist one, manages and controls the majority if not all of the aspects of the country such as the regulation commerce, the distribution of natural resources, the overall management of the banking systems and the department of agriculture. This makes the country much more subjective to corruption and an unbalance of power with in its own system because the government has so much influence and control within the nation that it almost forms a political or social “monopoly”, in which there is no higher authority to regulate or police what, and in what way different aspects of…
Capitalism and Socialism are different kinds of economic systems which work in different ways throughout the world. Capitalism is a system that allows people to access a free market, whereas, socialism is an economic system controlled by government which promotes equality for all but provides less options for improvement. Most countries of the world fall into one of these economic systems, and the capitalist countries tend to have stronger economies than the countries with the socialist system. There are many different points of view which argue that the capitalism works better than socialism; however, this essay will compare and contrast both systems and demonstrate which one works better. Venezuela and Cuba will be used as the primary examples…
The months and even years after the coup were difficult in Argentina since the dictatorship was in power. There were many consequences of the coup. Repression took form in some ways such as abduction, torture, detention and execution. As for the abductions, a pact performed the crimes during the night and after the abductions took all the possessions in the house. For those kidnapped, torture included an electric blanket and sexual abuse. He suffered psychological torture in addition to physical torture as it is almost more difficult to see the executions of his family, something that happened to the victims. Pregnant women did not receive any medical care and even had to sacrifice their newborn babies to the military, which shows us the brutality of torture. In most cases, "the dead bodies were hidden, buried in…
Do you know that Venezuela could be one of the richest countries in the world? Venezuela is one of the countries that has one of the most profitable products in the whole world. Venezuela depends mostly in the price of oil to keep their economy afloat because it is one of the products that makes countries economies high. Surprisingly economy in Venezuela is really terrible because there’s not globalization. They are too many problems going on there: some of these problems are affecting the majority of Venezuelans because there is not education for everyone, the children are forced to work, there is a food crisis and the oil prices are really low. My solution to fix Venezuela’s economy is that the government have to create a new system to…
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 intricacies in the relations between Cuba, Venezuela, and Yugoslavia. Cuba was vehemently opposed to Venezuela’s attendance, considering them to be little more than “an instrument of American imperialism,” and a “servile anti-Cuban tool.” The Cuban…
Despite democracy blooming in colonial America, democracy was still a work in progress as evident by the introduction of voting, public assemblies, and an increase in personal freedoms.Grade…
Interest groups are a necessity in our republic. That’s right. I said republic. The United States of America is not now, nor has it ever been a “democracy”.…
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, making it an important producing and exporting nation. In this friendly and welcoming country, baseball is the most popular sport, alongside basketball and soccer. But the undisputed champion in popularity is the Miss Universe contest, with many wins in recent past by the beautiful women of the country. What is far from attractive is the desperate and chaotic situation that surrounds the nation, recently marked by violent protests from young students and government opposition.…
Now, is all I think of. I cannot live with myself knowing that my nation is suffering while I do nothing. I want to become the person that my country needs me to be by learning in a safe, neutral, and healthy environment with a broader vision than the one Venezuela can offer me. In the meantime, I protest, I inspire others to join, I volunteer for my party “Voluntad Popular”, I write articles in Affinity Magazine, and spread the word through social media and I coordinated movements for my community, state, and teenagers like me through my co-organization “Liceístas por Anzoátegui” which is composed of high schoolers, and was recognized and supported by local politicians, such as the National Assembly Deputies and…
