Rough Draft: Venezuela is a country located in the northern area of South America that’s national language is Spanish. It is a very complex and interesting country with many important events in the past as well as some current events that have made headlines. Venezuela has been struggling with development for a long time and it has a landscape that can sometimes make it quite hard to build roads and tracks, thus hindering the forward progress of the nation. Venezuela is a democratic country with
In a democratic government one of the key components is that there are elections that the people can be involved in. As of now Venezuela does still have elections. However, as the people become more and more upset with the way the government there is being ran, Maduro, is pushing back with force to keep his place as president. That being said, the originally democratic state that Venezuela was in, is being threatened. It is starting to lean more toward an authoritarian government. The main reason
Bolivian Republic of Venezuela is a country in South America. It was one of the countries that emerged from collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (Source B). 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. Venezuela is subdivided into 23 states, a Capital District correspondent in the city of Caracas, and the Federal Dependencies. The country is also divided into ten administrative
recommendations for the Venezuelan government to try and prevent the country from breaking down more. However, as mentioned by Jon Western and Joshua S. Goldstein, the quicker the intervention, the better the outcome will be. If the UN sees early signs that things are getting worse, the faster they get involved, then the more lives will be saved(Western and Goldstein 195). Therefore, the UN must decide soon
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
Since the early 2000’s, Venezuela has struggled with their government and citizens have revolted as a result. Human rights violations have become a big issue in Venezuela and there has been a lack of responsibility taken by those who commit these violations. This problem has progressively gotten worse over the years and as the situation in Venezuela worsens. Venezuela is still a developing country and its citizens have been losing more and more rights instead of gaining them. However, it has been
Introduction: Venezuela is a country in South America that occupies the northern coast. It has a population of 30.4 million people according to a 2013 survey. The entire country of Venezuela is about a third larger than Texas. Venezuela shares its border with Columbia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south. The GDP per capita in 2013 was $14,414 US putting Greece on the middle tier on the Global Economic Pyramid. Venezuela’s 2013 inflation rate was also 56.2%. Venezuela has the “largest
Then, Hugo R. Chavez adopted Cuban ideals in Venezuela in 1998. Since Venezuela adopted populism, it spread quickly throughout countries in South America. All of the countries that adopted populism deteriorated throughout the years reaching a point of social unrest. Populist governments like Chavism are prejudiced to the country and its citizens. In Venezuela, Chavism led to ridiculous crime rates, huge monetary devaluation, corruption inside the government, famine, and social unhappiness. As stated
in Venezuela. Venezuela has been known for being in a state of crisis for several years now, frustration within the community has been growing over food shortages, other materials, lack of security, and high inflation. According to Political Crisis in Venezuela, Patrick Duddy states that economic problems have been increasing, and possibly will lead them to catastrophe. The president of Venezuela, Nicholas Maduro, has not reacted to any of these emergencies lately, therefore leaving Venezuela to
LEFT SIDE- Venezuela has a storied history. During 1522, Venezuela was colonized by the Spanish. Than later in 1811, Venezuela was included as a department of the federal republic of Gran Columbia. Than in 1830, Venezuela became a free country. During the 1900’s, Venezuela dealt with government turmoil, being dominated by military strongmen until the mid-20th century. Some of Venezuela’s geographical features include the Maracaibo lowlands lie in the north east and llanos and the Orinoco Plains occur