Venezuelan Government: Chavez and Maduro

A lot of young kids and adults are not currently living in the country because of its condition and situation. There are many Venezuelan citizens who are not even allowed to go because of the fear that if they go and visit they could get killed. Monica Spear

Venezuela, located in the Latin American region, is a country that has been characterized by its abundance of oil reserve. A natural resource that has shaped the history and development of the country, affecting its economic, social and most important is political spheres. For many years Venezuela was controlled by authoritarian regimes. The country, being very important in the sense of geo-politics due to its abundance of oil, has been a key player in the international arena and most important, to those that for many years kept the country under their regime. It was not until 1958 that Venezuela experienced the change to democracy and a stable democracy was kept between the two main political parties of the time, Accion Democratica (AD)

The United States and Venezuela have not had been the best relations with one another. Now that the former President Hugo Chávez has passed away, there are still high hopes for the US that all of that will change. Currently, Venezuela is in a tight struggle right now and if it were not for the US they would be still standing. Venezuela is powerful when it comes to their oil, and have very strong polices: however these policies are not working like before so there are some considerations that might be an eye opener for you. Presenting that Venezuela should be giving with their assets the way the Americans are giving with theirs.

Venezuela is a country located on the northern coast of South America. It borders Guyana to the east, Brazil to the south and Colombia to the west (“Basic Facts on Venezuela”). It is interesting to see how a country that was once rich and had a strong government can end up caught in an economic crisis. Then, this may result in violence and chaos in the country. The worst part is that a crisis in one country can produce shocks all over the world.

Issue: In Venezuela, the United Socialist Party (PSUV) has been in the power 18 years first with Chavez and them with Maduro, both elected by democratic elections. Now the country is divided into two significant groups Chavistas, people who support socialism and the actual president, and opposition, people anti-government and believe the corruption of the actual president. With this, the country is immersed in extreme violence, constants violations of humans rights and alarm power corruption. Additionally, some problems that the dictatorship produces like protests, the end of commercial relations with other countries, and the decreasing economy. The abuse of power leading to incrust the violations of humans right is the significant issue that Venezuela has to face today. This has an extended history that began in 1999, with the victory of Chavez in the name of socialism, but the break in the government started when Maduro raises in power and with the end of relations with the United States, who was the principal oil buyer. As well, the counting falling oil prices had decreased the Venezuela’s economy and limited the public inversion that the government used to do. With bad relations and an affected economy poverty, violence and discomfort with the government began. The corrupt power and constant violation of human rights are affecting in significant ways the country, particularly in the investment that the government

The article, "Thousands of Protestors In Venezuela, Demand End of Dictatorship," is about the clash between the citizens of Venezuela and the government. Since April 2013, when Nicolas Maduro became president of Venezuela, the country has faced catastrophic economic/social disasters. Although there has been building political unrest in the country for months now, tensions finally peaked when allies of Maduro blocked any chance of a re-election, forcing Venezuelans to remain under his regime. The opposition party voted to put Maduro on trial, but electoral authorities prevented it. This is a political issue as it deals with the distribution and implementation of power. Under Maduro's presidency, inflation has skyrocketed into the triple digits, while poverty and healthcare have drastically decreased. Many people lack proper sanitation and electricity. The people of Venezuela are deeply dissatisfied with the state of their government, as it is clear that they government does not have their social/economic well being in mind. One protestor said, "I'm going hungry! If you're going to shoot me because I'm hungry, shoot me" (Goodman). Unfortunately, the way in which

To start off, the Venezuela-Colombia border has been closed due to being attacked by paramilitary groups, drug traffickers, and black marketeers. The two countries have had disputes involving trans-border trade which affects Venezuela’s economy. For example, Venezuela is experiencing extreme shortages in food and household items. Also, many migrants from Colombia migrate to Venezuela to search for oil-related work.

Irene Rinaldi seems to have accurately fit the conflict of the entire nation of Venezuela within the confines of one cartoon for The New York Times (3). The first figure that confronts us is that of a hand, larger than life, tightly grasping a weapon. This is the chilling portrayal of a nation’s military force aimed at surging masses of its own protesting people. According to Petra Cahill and Laura Saravia

according to the article called ‘La Voz Del Consumidor’ the Dr. Pedro Delgado Machado, Psychiatrist, said “The strong economic crisis in Venezuela, is affecting all its inhabitants, if n matter the social stratum to which it belongs. Money is essential to cover our basic needs: food, clothing, a home etc. Therefore, many studies have shown that the missing money, you can generate emotional distress of the individual and his inner circle, causing worrying levels of stress”, this mean the most of the people from venezuela can have mental problems as serious as the situation in which they are being unable to buy or have the basic needs that human beings have this can cause “estre”, frustration, helplessness and all this leads to be able to have mental problems. Also Venezuelas people live in a churning of life as they make long queues for hours after hours without saver if they can get the basic food to support their families. cuale's a reason this is happening is because Venezuela is only dependent on oil and at the same time can not do much to change their situation because OPEC is that it will control everything that has to do with

Venezuela is located on the north coast of South America. It is a very interesting country, since it possesses many unique attributes and resources that other countries in the region do not. There are several different systems that represent these resources and attributes. Major Kris A. Arnold (2006) states “PMESII is (sic) military acronym listed in several joint and service publications, which evolved from a systems perspective, and equates to the political, military, economic, social, infrastructure, and information systems of states. The acronym provides a starting point for identifying key interrelated systems of an adversary and facilitates analysis and kinetic and non-kinetic targeting”. Venezuela is an especially interesting case due to the political system in place, in addition to the unique economic power that the nation has.

name was changed to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Since then, the country had a

Venezuela’s economy is based on the oil industry. It has preserves of crude oil in the world. Hugo Chaves, current leader, consolidated state control over the economy and nationalized telephone companies. Venezuela’s government has faced protests since 2014. Venezuela’s government wants to give thousands of build homes in order to win loyalty of the poor people. Venezuela’s economy is in a decline. Its government and his bad spending habits has cost the country. Declining oil prices has put Venezuela into an economic crisis. Venezuela’s main exports include petroleum and manufacturing. Venezuela’s natural resources include natural gas, petroleum, and gold. Its population is mostly Christian, sitting at 88%. 71% being Roman Catholic.

In relation with other countries, the United States does not have a great relationship with Venezuela going back to the Bush administration. To more recent years, “President Barack Obama issued an executive order imposing targeted sanctions against seven Venezuelan government officials.” Along with that executive order, US Congress extended its ability to “freeze assets and ban visas of those accused of committing abuses against anti-government demonstrators during the 2014 protests”(Venezuela). Apart from that, the United States has not intervened as much in Venezuela compared to other countries like in the Middle East. An example of how US intervention caused larger problems is how many Pakistanis did not like the US because they felt the US was doing airstrikes and targeting people without good reason. Jessica Stern writes about this in her “Mind Over Martyr: How to Deradicalize Islamist Extremists” and how this led to Al Qaeda's popularity because the people were anti-American. Similar to the US, “Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay blocked Venezuela from assuming the

Venezuela benefitted immensely from a boom in oil prices and became one of the world’s biggest oil providers. Therefore, Venezuela became very rich as a country and used that money to expand social programs and much more. Chavez may have done more harm then good by disallowing foreign companies to compete in the Venezuelan oil

Venezuela’s contemporary policy model is known for being deeply rooted in populist forms of governance since it supports the division between the people and the elite. This has been more prominent amongst Latin American rulers, since the role of a charismatic leader drives the relation between the government and its people. Regimes like these have specific policy mixes that fit into the spectrum of pro-poor and anti-imperialistic ideals. Chávez’s regime was a perfect fit for the definition and the history behind a populist paradigm. This essay focuses on the political and economic policies endured by the New Bolivarian Constitution by analyzing the general role of a populist regime, its autocratic power and the policy risks that come along with them.