Venezuela

Venezuela has had a rich, complex, and violent history of any other Latin American country during its colonization. In this class, we have focused primarily in Mexico, Ecuador, Brazil and Peru from pre-colonial civilization to their independence, but due to the short amount of time, there cannot be a coverage of all the Latin American countries such as Puerto Rico or Guatemala. I had found lately when we delved into independences of the Latin American countries; Venezuela stood out to me due to…

business confidence in Venezuela caused the Bolivar to significantly decline in value during these times. Investors sought to exit the Venezuelan market or simply shift out of the currency into a “hard currency”. Capital flight intensified and caused the Bolivar to plummet. Markets collapsed and the inflation rate rose to 30%. The loss of value in the Bolivar is the cause of Santiago’s business problems. Santiago owned a pharmaceutical business in Caracas, Venezuela. The economic and…

devastating affects. In very remote parts of the word these problems can wipe out an entire group. In the remote village on the Orinoco River Delta in Venezuela lives the Warao tribe. In recent years many diseases have made their way into this remote village. These diseases have created a deadly problem for the tribe. I would like to find out how Venezuela is helping to remedy these diseases. Are these issues happening to other remote villages or just the Warao? How can society help with…

and influential man to the country of Venezuela is a name named Hugo Chavez. He may be dead but he will never be forgotten. Chavez did a lot of good and bad things for his country. Although Chavez was a labled as many things, the one word that describes him best is leader. He was a leader during his childhood, military career, family life, and his presidency. Chavez was born in July 28, 1954. He grew up in the small southwestern town in the plains of Venezuela called, Sabaneta. He was the…

Venezuela: Riots And Violence At An All Time High Seasoned-authority militias wielding timber sticks and steel bars stormed congress on Wednesday, attacking competition lawmakers during a unique session interfering with Venezuela’s Independence Day. Four lawmakers were injured and blood became splattered at the neoclassical legislature's white partitions. One of the lawmakers, Americo de Grazia, had to be eliminated in a stretcher as he was severely affected by convulsions. "This does not…

Simon Bolivar was a great liberator and excellent politician in Latin American. Under his wise leadership and advanced political thoughts, the Bolivia, Ecuador, Columbia, Venezuela, Peru and Panama was liberated from the Spanish colonialism rule. He is ambitious a person wants to establish a liberal and democratic country where can bring the freely and equally right to people. Also, he thinks the global affairs require consultation and cooperation among all concerned parties, then he is dreaming…

The identity of individuals in post-European-colonization Latin America is simultaneous fragile and dynamic. Previously clear ethno-racial lines and national allegiances began to blend in the nineteenth century, contributing greatly to an increasingly poignant dilemma in selfhood. The lives of two prominent Latin American revolutionists, Simo ́n Boli ́var and Jose de San Marti ́n, uniquely demonstrated the dichotomous nature of having both European and Latin American connections of a political and…

of Latin America’s success, Venezuela, came to be just another fallen victim of socialism. Venezuela before the reign of Hugo Chavez had a functioning democracy, a developing economy, and a substantially growing middle class. This country was advancing in education, healthcare, foreign investments, and with a rich oil deposit. What went wrong? Although it was not a perfect country at the time, Venezuela had a definite reason to be hopeful in its future. If Venezuela was on the right track to…

The precarious situation in Venezuela has been a delicate issue over the years. However, since the current president Nicolas Maduro took power in the year 2014, the situation has worsened even more. The article “Stripped of their powers, Venezuelan lawmakers charge Maduro with a ‘coup’” by Nick Miroff explains the recent events in Venezuela about a possible coup due. This is caused by the denial of the government to the lawmakers themselves to exercise their work (among other things). Therefore,…

back to 1998. This year is when Hugo Chavez was elected president of Venezuela, he main goal was to help fix the poverty problems among the country’s former citizens. At the time, there was a major issue with the inequality between the rich and the poor. Chavez took advantage of the country’s booming oil industry to create social programs to help balance the inequality amongst the rich and poor citizens. These actions led Venezuela into a spiral of groundbreaking debt within the country. Chavez…