Poverty in Venezuela
Venezuela is a country located in the northern part of South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean with a population over 30 million. It has one of the biggest oil reserves in the world. Nevertheless, its poverty reached over 70% within their families. What is far from attractive is the desperate and chaotic situation that surrounds the nation, marked by violent protests from young students and government opposition. Since the last year at the beginning of February, the country has been ensnared by protests, violence, and death. Already one of the most violent places on Earth. A person is murdered every 21 minutes and there were roughly twenty-four thousand violent deaths last year. The country
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Leading to a terrible crisis where the most affected were the poorest. When people were not able to buy dollars, businessmen turned to the black market, where exchange rates soared. In addition to this, the collapse of the currency was aggravated by oil’s low price, making the situation more difficult. After fourteen years of Chavez’ governance, Maduro took power and continued the economic model followed by Chavez. Even though he declared Venezuela as a state of emergency, he still refused to adopt capitalism to fix the crisis. He doesn’t want to have a trade with rich nations such The United States and, he is preparing for a hypothetical foreign …show more content…
It is necessary as well to establish development policies for the medium and small industries, promoting social equality and respecting the human rights Including the poor to have freedom and voice to influence the decisions that affect their lives. One of the methods to achieve this goal could be a conditional cash transfer payments that will mainly consist in payments made directly to poor families so long as they meet certain conditions, such as keeping their teenage children in school. It is also important to create programs where people get information and tools of how to create their own income without depending on the government. If the micro-entrepreneur gets a small loan, they can start economic activities that eventually will increase their income. At the same time, these microentrepreneurs should get the assistance of how to manage their finances, until they get enough knowledge of how to manage their own business. Women play an important role in Venezuela’s society, that’s why creating programs were women are empower to create small companies would contribute to diminishing malnutrition within their family
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This delicate subject is affecting millions Venezuelan citizens as well as raising concerns of family members abroad fearing for their kin. It has affected generations so much that many have decided to leave behind jobs, friends and family to flee from its own country. Venezuela is one of the most dangerous countries at present, a dangerous country where “economic crises and high inflation, like panic-induced runs on banks, generate self-serving, defensive behaviors that tend to spiral out of control,” (Corrales, 15). Venezuelan citizens are having a really difficult time realizing how bad their country is doing and how their families are trying to survive day by day.
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Poverty, or the inability to afford basic human needs, is an issue that is spread worldwide. There are people everywhere who cannot afford shelter, food, healthcare, or education. It seems easy enough to ignore the bum asking for change on the street, but it becomes near impossible in regions where whole families are begging on the street. This rings true in Latin America and it is extremely frustrating to see social inequality this extreme. This essay will examine how much poverty exists in Latin America, why the amount of poverty is so disproportionate and what can possibly be done to alleviate the amount of poverty in these countries.
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Venezuela currently has a population of 31 million people. Venezuela is still growing in numbers, and it’s getting harder for the government to provide health care for their people. Venezuela’s population is 1.9 times larger than South America. The country is mainly urban, and the wealth rate is declining. The resources per person needs to be the same, and as of now that’s not the case. Overall fertility rates are failing in Latin America. In 2015 the population was six times the size that it was in 1950, and the United Nations projects that it will be nine time larger by 2050, and still growing at that point, despite the long-term decline in fertility. (Latin America) Although there are many economic crisis in Venezuela, this isn’t preventing them from having children in higher numbers. This could be the shortage of health care.
Compared to other Latin American countries, agriculture has had a much smaller impact on Venezuela’s economy. With the emergence of oil in the early 1900s, the agriculture sector suffered from steady decline until the 1980s when specific programs where designed to restore agricultural production. As opposed to previous methods of deregulation, extensive government intervention seemed to be the only way to boost overall agricultural production. After the peak of agriculture production in 1989 as demonstrated in Figure 1, new governmental policies caused the continual decline of agriculture. Due to economic priorities, the agricultural sector that once accounted for 22 percent of GDP in the 1930s, now only accounts for barely 1 percent of GDP.