Venezuela’s Economy
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 most 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. The 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
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Also the government should eliminate dysfunctional prices
To help the economy, and finally they should let others countries help them, meaning that they should have more relationships with more countries.
One of the biggest problems that Venezuela is facing is child labor conditions. Children in Venezuela like in others countries in the whole world are being forced to work in really deficient conditions. From 10-14 years old boy and girls have to work in places that are really dangerous, they don't have the opportunity to live their childhood because they are engaged in the worst form of child labor. A 61.1% of children in Venezuela are being forced to work in domestic services, a 2.6% have to work in commercial sexual exploitation, and a 28.3% of the children are being forced in dangerous agriculture activities. As a result of this 15,000 childrens are living in the streets, many of them cannot have an education and live with their families. Other will have to work and stay out of their homes. According to the United States Department of Child Labor illustrated, “Children in Venezuela are engaged in the worst forms of child labor, including in dangerous activities in agriculture. Children between 3 to 6 years
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Venezuelans are extremely mad at the president because they don't have products in the supermarkets, also because they are suffering from hunger, because there is not enough products for them to buy. Another reason because they are angry is because they also have childs and they don't want to see them without eating. The low economy in Venezuela is the biggest issue that the country can face because is causing really bad problems between the police and the people who are mad at the president. As a result of the bad economy the venezuelans people are doing what they want. According to a reporter in the news he says, “Venezuelans had three days with no electricity and because of this the venezuelans people start to break the pharmacies and supermarkets to take the products” I think that Venezuelan government have to make a plan to make changes with others countries to improve the food crisis that the country is facing. Also the venezuelans are being really angry because they can’t face the food crisis. One reason because they are acting like that is because they also have childs and they don't want that the child's suffer from hunger. Adding to this venezuelans people have to do long lines to buy products in the supermarkets but they feel angry because there's no enough products and they don't know what is the products that they will find in the
Since the 1970s, Venezuela has gone from being South America’s richest nation into a nouveau-poor society in search of an identity. Once known as the Saudis of the West, Venezuelans have seen their economic fortunes decline in exact proportion to the general fall in world oil prices. Even so, Venezuela’s many problems were hidden from view until relatively recently, when severity measures heralded the sort of economic crises so painfully familiar to other Latin American countries. Runaway inflation, currency devaluations and even food riots have marked this new phase in Venezuelan history, to which the country is still trying to adjust.
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Throughout time children have worked myriad hours in hazardous workplaces in order to make a few cents to a few dollars. This is known as child labor, where children are risking their lives daily for money. Today child labor continues to exist all over the world and even in the United States where children pick fruits and vegetables in difficult conditions. According to the article, “What is Child Labor”; it states that roughly 215 million children around the world are working between the ages of 5 and 17 in harmful workplaces. Child labor continues to exist because many families live in poverty and with more working hands there is an increase in income. Other families take their children to work in the fields because they have no access to childcare and extra money is beneficial to buy basic needs. Although there are laws and regulations that protect children from child labor, stronger enforcement is required because child labor not only exploits children but also has detrimental effects on a child’s health, education, and the people of the nation.
In Chavez’s article, he explicates that throughout history, violent revolutions have been more harmful for the poor and workers than beneficial. He employs this information in order to force the workers to cognize that violence should not be utilized because it will result in adverse outcomes. Chavez employs logic and history to allow his audience to understand that violence could become fatal for protesters. Chavez hopes to motivate his audience to condemn violent methods. He attempts to enlighten the workers about the futility of utilizing vehement methods as opposed to peaceful
From 1806 to 1826 most of the Latin countries under Spanish rule fought for their independence. The reason that caused these countries to have courage to fight for independence was because in 1808 Napoleon was able to invade and conquer Spain. Examples of those countries are Venezuela and Chile. There are similarities in the ways in which these two countries fought for their independence but there are also some differences in how they fought. Some of the leaders who were involved in the Venezuela’s fight for independence were Simon Bolivar, Francisco de Miranda and Antonio José de Sucre. The Venezuelan fight for independence against the Spanish empire began in 1811 and finally ended in 1823. The Venezuelan war was done in different phases, which began with Francisco de Miranda.
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Child labor laws need to be enforced more because governments are paying little attention to those who abuse the laws; therefore children are being abused physically by long hours and economically by low pay. Farmers and many businesses in third world countries are accused of taking major advantage of these laws. This topic is highlighted as one of the highest controversial issues in labor politics. Child labor is a major issue in countries such as Africa, Argentina, and Bangladesh. For example, in Africa, some children do the work of a grown man for as little as one dollar a day. On the other hand, in the United States some studies show that child labor is a bigger problem in the U.S than some third world countries (Barta and others). Many farmers are facing a huge problem; the government is attempting to keep children from working long hours on their family farms.
Venezuela was one of the richest countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others being Colombia and Ecuador). For most of the first half of the 20th century, Venezuela was ruled by generally benevolent military strongmen, who promoted the oil industry and allowed for some social reforms. Democratically elected governments have held sway since 1959. Current concerns include: a polarized political environment, a politicized military, drug-related violence along the Colombian border, increasing internal drug consumption, overdependence on the petroleum industry with its price fluctuations, and irresponsible mining operations that are endangering the rain forest and indigenous peoples.
Think about the cotton in your shirt, the sugar in your coffee, and the shoes on your feet, all of which could be products of child labor. Child labor is a practice that deprives children of their childhood, their potential, and their dignity and includes over 200 million children worldwide who are involved in the production of goods for companies and industries willing to exploit these kids for profit. Although most countries have laws prohibiting child labor, a lack of funding and manpower means that these laws are rarely enforced on a large scale. However, even for a first-world country like the United States, that has a large number of state and federal law enforcement officers, child labor is still a problem because priority is given to crimes that are more violent or heinous. Child labor must be made a priority issue because it is a global plague whose victims are physically and psychologically scarred, lack a proper education, are impoverished, and whose children are doomed to the same fate if nothing changes.
Food shortages, high inflation rates, protest, and violence: one sees these headlines in a Google search of Venezuela today. All around the country, there are long lines to buy simple necessities, like bread and milk. High inflation rates lead to shortages of food supplies, which increase frustration leading to protests in the streets and, sadly, an increase of violence. The protests and violence result from the inability of Venezuelans to provide the most basic human needs for their families. Sky-rocketing inflation rates in Venezuela are the result of Hugo Chavez, the former socialist and revolutionary leader of the country, and his administration. While in power, Chavez was so consumed with fixing the social issues in Venezuela, that other aspects of the country were ignored – like the economy. In 2014, Venezuela is left with a destroyed economy, angry people, and a government that is trying to fix the many issues the country currently faces; although the government is committed to finding solutions, the people of Venezuela do not feel the government is fixing the problems fast enough.
As a result, with the passing of the years Chavez created an atmosphere of division, violence and unrest within the population. Thus, created a marked difference between the supporters and opponents of his policies, a situation that President Hugo Chavez took advantage of for his own purposes, deploying a communist regime disguised as a socialist. In other words, Chavez tricked Venezuela’s people, offering the establishment of a socialism that was nothing more than a dictatorship adapted to their own purposes, becoming the most recognized leader of the left worldwide. Throughout the fourteen years that he remained in power, Chávez followed a strategy of introducing a socialist government in Venezuela in stages. According to Enrique Standish in the article titled “Venezuela Finally Turns Communist” it happened in four stages.
Child Labor is not an isolated problem. The phenomenon of child labor is an effect of economic discrimination. In different parts of the world, at different stages of histories, laboring of child has been a part of economic life. More than 200 million children worldwide, some are as young as 4 and 5 years old, are slaves to the production line. These unfortunate children manufacture shoes, matches, clothing, rugs and countless other products that are flooding the American market and driving hard-working Americans out of jobs. These children worked long hours, were frequently beaten, and were paid a pittance. In 1979, a study shows more than 50 million children below the age of 16 were considered child labor (United Nation labors agency data). In 1998, according to the Campaign for Labor rights that is a NGO and United Nation Labor Agency, 250 million children around the world are working in farms, factories, and household. Some human rights experts indicate that there are as many as 400 million children under the age of 15 are performing forced labor either part or full-time under unsafe work environment. Based upon the needs of the situation, there are specific areas of the world where the practice of child labor is taking place. According to the journal written by Basu, Ashagrie gat...
According to an anonymously submitted article, Venezuela was unexpectedly receiving more support than it could reasonably manage in areas of science (“Venezuela’s Way Ahead”, 2007). According to more recent articles, however, Venezuela’s healthcare has continued to decline due to lack of nutrition, supplies and staff, along with social unrest. Despite previous reports of Venezuelan healthcare improving, recent research has shown a pattern of worsening, which is supported by decrease in vaccinations given, lack of supplies for medical providers, inadequate nutrition, and street riots. Health Care Access Vaccination Use
... to do. There have been unnecessary killings and beatings and now the country is trying out keep the rest of the world uneducated about the affair. The concern of the Venezuelan citizens is less of a concern. This shows "how people define security is defined by the historical and national conflict" (Smallman and Brown 36). Policies and intuitions on handling security are changing everyday.
Though the issue of how do you handle land reform without it being forced redistribution or legal plunder should be on people’s minds. Venezuela is such a country where such acts are currently taking place where the small number of massive land owners is not within the “i...