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    Before the early 20th century when one considered Venezuela they thought of Venezuela’s coffee and cocoa exports, however ever since the discovery of petroleum during the early 20th century, Venezuela is one of the world’s largest exporter of oil. They are also one of the first founding members of OPEC. However Venezuela has much more to offer than oil and coffee. Currently Venezuela is rapidly expanding and becoming more stable. Compared to the countries past the economy is strong and growing every

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    (19%) of young people between 14 and 17 years have not completed primary education. In that sense, no one doubts that Education is a determining factor in a high degree in the wellbeing and wealth of man. Venezuela, a developing country, is not excluded from this statistic as well. In Venezuela in recent years’ poverty has been increasing, reaching very important levels; for many analysts, the future of these country does not look very promising. Apart from political factors, which are largely determinant

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    Food Culture In Venezuela

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    creating different recipes that identifies each of the families and each of the states with diverse flavors unique to their agricultural production and availability of products. Nowadays my country, Venezuela, has lost their unique flavors and privileges. It is getting harder and harder to live in Venezuela, it is frustrating and discouraging. While the country goes through rough waters promoted by the black market of food, the government tries to avoid the problem and try highlighting other problems

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    Venezuela Research Paper

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    How many of you know that I am from a country named Venezuela? (wait for people answer) maybe just a few of you know this and I am pretty sure that those of you who knew this don’t have any idea about where my country is located (talking with an enthusiastic voice). Well folks, I am going to tell you a few facts about one of the most amazing places in the world! Venezuela is located in the continent of South America, we share land borders with Guyana, Colombia and Brazil and we have one the biggest

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    Venezuela Crisis Essay

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    The oil-rich Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, located on the northern coast of South America, was for many decades considered among the wealthiest nations in the entire continent. While having the largest proven oil reserves in the world has often proved a tremendous boon for Venezuela, the very black gold that has been the cause of its success has also proven to repeatedly be its kryptonite. Over half of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product stems from petroleum exports – which equates to approximately

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    Visit Venezuela Called the “Land of Grace,” Venezuela doesn’t fit into just one category of travel destinations (Travel Tips). Because of its vast array of sites to choose from, you’ll have no problem satisfying your need of site-seeing. When you’re there, you’ll realize that this country has a warm, tropical humid climate that has 30.41 million citizens (Davinzi, Flickr). Also, Venezuela is one of the most bio diverse, see a lot for your dollar, countries in the world. (“Five Reasons to

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    Latin America’s history has been paved by the various social movements that give a voice to the indigenous and the forgotten populations. In Venezuela, the Bolivarian Revolution sparked a movement that fought to liberalize the country from the elitist and foreign influence. Under Hugo Chavez’s presidency and leadership, the Bolivarian Revolution flourished as a leftist social movement in pursue of popular democracy, economic independence, equality, and an end to political corruption. In this paper

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    Venezuela is a country with an exceptional history. Ever since the collapse of the Gran Colombia in 1830, Venezuela has been ruled by military leaders until mid-20th century (CIA). Since the mid-1950s, a wave of democratically elected regimes took over in which Venezuela flourished and became one of the few leading economic powers in the Latin American region (CIA). With large oil revenues funding the government, the country’s political and economic institutions became effective, and what was once

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    Introduction: Corruption in Venezuela has prevalent since the nation gained independence in 1821. But, corruption rose to unforeseen levels during Hugo Chavez’s presidential era. Hugo Chavez was president of Venezuela for 11 years. “There is no exaggerating the extent of Venezuela 's decline and fall. The wealthiest country per capita in Latin America is sinking deeper and deeper into what must inevitably be bankruptcy, as everything fiscal goes wrong.” (Thomson, 2010) He came into power with the

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    Mexico and Venezuela are very similar. They both depend on oil and have a warm climate. Mexico is the uppermost country in Latin America. They have a lot of coastline and have a warm semi tropic climate. They exploit their coast line by fishing and trading. Their main natural resource is oil and other petroleum products. They also produce copper, iron, gold, zinc, and lead. Mexico still hasn’t used their natural resources to the fullest, but they are trying to. Mexico’s climate and coastline

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