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
Venezuela is a dangerous country, and its capital, Caracas is an extremely dangerous city. Venezuela is a deadlier place then Iraq, with about four times the number of deaths from violence in Venezuela then in Iraq. In 2008 the homicide rate for Venezuela was 48 for every 100,000 people. In the United States the rate was 5.6 per 100,000 (Llana, 2008). A 2010 report puts the murder rate at 75 per 100,000 (Shooting gallery, 2010). Caracas has become the deadliest city in the world, with approximately
Introduction 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
Venezuela Country Report History Venezuela was first explored by Columbus on his third journey in 1498 where he found Arawak, Carib, and Chibcha natives (9 Infoplease). The name Venezuela means little Venice. Venezuela was one of the first South American colonies to revolt against colonial rule in 1810 winning its independence in 1822. It became a republic in 1830 than a period of unstable dictators ruled Venezuela until 1870 (9 Infoplease). In 1870 Antonio Guzman Blanco governed till 1888 during
the opposition leader, Leopold Lopez was accounted for organizing all the protests that have recently taken place in Venezuela. Indeed, he has been arrested with charges of terrorism and murder; however, these charges have been changed to conspiracy counts and government threat. What it started as a peaceful protest of students demanding more security and economic stability in Venezuela became to be a massacre of innocent young people fighting for a peaceful environment. The opposition and outsiders
Humanitarian Crisis in Venezuela Under the administration of President Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela is experiencing a humanitarian crisis. The executive branch has gained too much power which has led to the gradual destruction of human rights. Since 2014, there has been an increasing shortage of food, supplies, and medicine throughout the country with little response from the government. The Venezuelan government is able to intimidate, censor and punish anyone who criticizes them. The government lacks
Bolivian Republic of Venezuela is a county in South America. It was one of the countries that emerged from collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (Baguley and Winter 15). Hugo Chavez is the president since 1999. He was democratically elected president in 1998, after the approval of the new constitution in 1999, which is the highest law of the land (Baguley and Winter 12). Venezuela is subdivided into 23 states, a Capital District correspondent in the city of Caracas, and the Federal Dependencies (Baguley
longer write with liberty, the government restricts them. In many cases, governments punish journalists when they write against them. For example, nowadays Venezuela is in a critical situation due to the poor management of the government. Several journalists have been arrested for trying to communicate to the world about what is going on in Venezuela. The government made the decision to not give them paper so they are not able to write. At the same time, the government is not just affecting journalists;
November , 2017 Social Studies Venezuela: Outline • Introduction • Venezuela is diverse in many ways, such as in the vegetation, ethnicity, wildlife, etc. According to www.venezuelanalysis.com, the country is "considered to be among the 17 most megadiverse countries the world." They also say Venezuela is one of the most urban countries in Latin America. • Population • Ethnicity • The first inhabitants of Venezuela were Native Americans. • Most of the current population (68%) is mestizo, while the
Venezuela has a large majority of hispanics, as it is a spanish speaking country. African Americans, Amerindians, and arabs are considered to be minorities. Furthermore, out of the overall populace, African Americans only account for 8-10%, and amerindians and arabs are only 2%. There are many mestizo races, also known as mixed races that are 21% that include Europeans, but are mostly Spanish, Italian, German, and Portuguese people. The rest of the remaining population are hispanics. There is some
and established a government and constitution that promised equal rights for all. As the saying goes, history repeats itself. So was the case in Latin America. By 1810, revolutionary fervor had spread to Venezuela. The revolution here was caused by similar reasons. As a colony of Spain, Venezuela did not have a representational government or equality for all its citizens. Peninsulares, or European-born Spaniards, held all the important governmental positions. Like the nobility in France, Peninsulares
The history of Venezuela is very interesting. In ancient times, Venezuela was occupied by Indians. These Indians lived on the beaches, in the tropical forests, and on the grasslands of Ilanos. There were three main Indian groups living in Venezuela, the Carib, the Arawak, and the Chibcha. Christopher Columbus was the first explorer to voyage to Venezuela. Columbus came in 1498, during his third voyage to the New World. He settled on the Peninsula de Paria. Years later, Alonso de Ojeda came and gave
Venezuela has been met by a series of anti-government protests since February this year. These protests are being influenced due to various factors and intentions. The protestors are being accused by the government as inciting violence, and are being highly oppressed by military forces. This is causing high social unrest and leading to excessive violence throughout the protests. Economic factors, have significantly influenced and pressured the Venezuelan people towards these protests. The presidencies
Santeria in Venezuela Introduction Why this religion? We choose Santeria as religion to study because it has a big impact on our culture and our past environment. We also choose Santeria because many people around Europe and Asia have none or little knowledge about it and we want to expand the awareness of this religion. Why this culture? We want to focus the impact of this religion in Venezuela because is where we come from and where we raised as human beans also because in our daily life we have
Constructivism Explained in Venezuela Protests 2014 Young people covering their faces from tear gas bombs, being transported by the national police covered in blood, and holding SOS signs are only a few of the images that have been flooding social media for what is now being called the “Venezuela Spring”. The series of protests, political demonstrations and civil unrest are today entering its second week, and as the death count keeps rising, so does the tremendous international media campaign.
One of the farthest places from Michigan that I have lived for over a month is Venezuela. Though I was born in Winfield, Illinois, I grew up and lived in Venezuela for most of my life. My parents were missionaries in Puerto Ordaz, located in the northeast, and Caracas, the capital, for fifteen years (from 1988-2003). My grandparents, now retired, were missionaries in Venezuela for forty years. In 2004, when I was eleven years old, I went to my first American school here in Grand Rapids. After a year
Venezuela is a country located on the northern coast of South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, Brazil and Colombia. Venezuela is a country full of beauties and contrasts where people can find beautiful beaches, plains, mountains, and even the majestic highest waterfall of the world (Angel Falls). Also, oil rich nation, one of the upper 10 exporting countries worldwide. During more than four decades, this country lived in full democracy until 1999, when a former military officer, who was involved
exist on both places is much more severe in my home country in Venezuela that it is in the United States. At this point in our history it’s sad that certain humans think they’re superior to other races because of their skin color or religion. However, we have come a long way from the centuries past, which were the times of slavery. Being so close to 2010, racism should have been completely a thing of the past. In Caracas, Venezuela, the country where I’m from, life could be a little different compared
Venezuela is considered a single-product economy at which petroleum represents the 97.8% of Venezuelan exportations; therefore, Venezuelan economy is highly dependent on the oil market. This high dependency is caused by the lack of incentives from the government to expand the production spectrum of Venezuela´s economy, plus the implementation of a currency exchange control since 2003. As a result of the country´s singular production, and the limited and scarce internal production of goods besides