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Venezuela is just another chapter in my ongoing book. I was born in Tamaulipas, Mexico my home country and got moved 3 months later to New Orleans. It was uncommon for a Mexican family to move so constantly all over the world, we are known to migrate to US or not migrate at all. I don’t remember New Orleans so I regarded to my next move, Colombia as my home. Colombia was everything a 4 year old wanted, friends, close to family, wonderful house and most importantly the school was accepting of others

As we all know, food is a vital product, so even our less developed ancestors were in the need to produce food. The arepa is a food prepared of maize kernel dough formed into a patty. It can be grilled or baked, and then split open to be stuffed with a variety of ingredients. Venezuelan and Colombian indigenous tribes soaked the maize kernel and created flour, mixing it with water and salt creating compact dough and then made round disks that would go on a budare - hot clay pan - cooking the arepa

Following Mexico’s example Central America declared itself a republic, eventually breaking up into Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. In Venezuela, a group of creole revolutionaries, including Simón Bolivar, had seized power in Caracas from 1810-1812. Royalists captured the rebel creole leader Francisco de Miranda and Bolívar fled to Colombia returning with a rebel army in 1819 and seizing territory in New Granada. Bolívar sought independence for all of South America and appealed

South American Leader Simon Bolivar, memorialized as one of the greatest liberators during South America 's successful fight for independence from Spain, also known as Bolivar 's War. General Simon Bolivar led the wars to independence for Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela. Bolivar succeeded as a liberator but his ultimate dream to unify his beloved continent fell short. His vision of combining all of South America into one independent nation always remained intact. Being

little shit huh?” she said jokingly. Jason smiled a bit and said “Yeah, unless they’re clever” “Honestly, I give up on chess, you lost me at the horses” Jason shrugged and went about doing his own thing. One in a half hours ETA until touchdown in Caracas. The fat man woke up in a panic then calmed down again. He looked over at Naomi’s trail mix. “You all didn’t wake me for some snacks” the man said. “You can have the rest of mine if you trade me seats so I can take pictures out of the window.” The

Venezuela is located in northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, between Colombia and Guyana, and north of Brazil. Christopher Columbus was the first European to visit Venezuela. He came in 1498 during his third voyage to the New World, and landed on the Peninsula de Paria. More explorers came a year later, and it was Alonso de Ojeda who gave the country its name. Arriving at Lake Maracaibo, he admired the stilted houses that the Indians had build above the

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

Additionally, the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua is also a known transit point for illicit drug trafficking and illegal arms-for-drugs dealing. Similar to Nicaragua, democratic values in Venezuela declined rapidly over the past ten years. Geographically Venezuela is located in northern South American. It boards the Caribbean Sea to the north, Colombia to the east, Brazil to the south and Guyana to the west. The economy of Venezuela is crumbling due to worldwide declining oil prices. Petroleum revenue

Simón José de la Santísma Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios was born on July 24th, 1783 in Caracas, New Granada. Bolívar was born in now what is Venezuela. Simón lost his parents at a very young age and after their death, his uncle raised him. In 1799, Simón returned to Spain to finish his education. In 1802, Bolívar married the daughter of Spanish nobleman. He returned to Caracas with his new wife, María Teresa Rodriguez. María passed away a year later from yellow fever. Bolivar was

Venezuela is a country that is situated at the northern end of South America. It is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean andCaribbean Sea to the North, Brazil to the South,Guyana to the East and Colombia to the South West and West. Its capital city is Caracas which is primary center of trade,tourism, industry and education.It has diverse physical geographical features which includethe Andean mountain chains and interior highlands to the North, the Orinoco River basin, Llanos plains, Lake Maracaibo, the