Culture Awareness: Venezuela Following Venezuela’s withdrawal from its federation with Colombia in 1830, the United States established diplomatic relations with Venezuela in 1835, and maintained a generally close relationship throughout most of our history. However, the U.S.-Venezuelan bilateral relationship has been tense in recent years due to a variety of policy differences. Recognizing that this tension is based on significant differences of analysis, opinion, and policy, the U.S. Government nonetheless believes both countries would be better served by establishing a functional and productive relationship focusing on areas of mutual interest, including counternarcotics, counterterrorism, commerce, and energy (state.gov).
Road to Democracy Christopher Columbus was the first European to set foot in Venezuela. In 1498, Columbus arrives to the new world during one of his many expeditions. During the upcoming years, many other explores arrive to the new land; one of them Alonzo de Ojeda, who gave the country is its original name.Venezuela achieved its independence from Spain in 1819 as …show more content…
It has already purchased $11 billion of armory from Russia, with supplementary weaponry acquire from Belarus, China and Iran, among other countries. This has included small arms and equipment. Venezuelan military strength is hard to establish, but estimates of troop strength, range from 100,000 to 150,000, with approximately 1,000 tanks and armored vehicles, 500 aircraft and 36 naval vessels and 2 submarines (globalfirepower.com). The most important role of the Military is to defend the independent national territory of Venezuela, land, air, fight trafficking and to provide aid in the case of a natural disaster. All males’ citizens of Venezuela have a constitutional contractual obligation to register and serve in the military at the age of 18, which is the adult age in
Road to Democracy Christopher Columbus was the first European to set foot in Venezuela. In 1498, Columbus arrives to the new world during one of his many expeditions. During the upcoming years, many other explores arrive to the new land; one of them Alonzo de Ojeda, who gave the country is its original name.Venezuela achieved its independence from Spain in 1819 as …show more content…
It has already purchased $11 billion of armory from Russia, with supplementary weaponry acquire from Belarus, China and Iran, among other countries. This has included small arms and equipment. Venezuelan military strength is hard to establish, but estimates of troop strength, range from 100,000 to 150,000, with approximately 1,000 tanks and armored vehicles, 500 aircraft and 36 naval vessels and 2 submarines (globalfirepower.com). The most important role of the Military is to defend the independent national territory of Venezuela, land, air, fight trafficking and to provide aid in the case of a natural disaster. All males’ citizens of Venezuela have a constitutional contractual obligation to register and serve in the military at the age of 18, which is the adult age in