Venezuela For centuries peoples of Venezuela lived peacefully and survived by farming‚ hunting and fishing. Then in 1499 after Christopher Columbus discovered Latin America‚ a Spaniard named Alonso de Ojeda led another expedition to the coast of Venezuela. Alonso de Ojeda named the country Venezuela (meaning “little Venice”) after seeing huts on stilts. Soon‚ Spanish began bringing in African slaves. After several years‚ in 1821 Simon Bolivar finally liberated Venezuela. At first Venezuela joined
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Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the UK and Ireland Context Paper: REVOLUTIONIZING DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA Venezuela has always been considered the ‘exceptional case’ in Latin America. 1 While its neighbouring countries were struggling with revolutionary uprisings‚ “guerrilla warfare” and violent conflicts throughout much of the last century‚ Venezuela was blessed with regular elections and a stable government. The world was shocked in 1989 “You can when violence afflicted
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THE SINKING SHIP: VENEZUELA Culture is defined as “the beliefs‚ customs‚ arts‚ etc.‚ of a particular society‚ group‚ place‚ or time”‚ according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary (2016). Venezuela’s culture consists of the combination of three different cultures; The European (in specific the Spanish‚ Italian‚ and Portuguese)‚ the indigenous tribes of South America‚ and the African culture. The official language of Venezuela is Spanish as well of some indigenous dialects; that makes a total of about
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Venezuela is a nation emerging from the corruption of two century’s plagued by greedy military dictator and bloody revolutions that left hundreds of thousands dead. During the 21st century Venezuela eventually became a democratic nation when its first democratically elected president‚ Rómulo Gallegos‚ in which he ruled until 1947. The last of the military coups put him out of office and landed Perez Jimenez‚ the corrupt power monger only worsened the corruption within the already struggling nation
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In ancient times‚ Venezuela was a paradise forindians. It had beautiful beaches‚ tropical forests‚ and gentle grassland of the Llanos. In 1498‚ the first European‚ by the name of Christopher Columbus‚ came to the country. He came during his third voyage of the new world. More explorers came the year after and then eventually the spanish established their first settlement‚ Nueva Cadiz‚ which was later destroyed by a tsunami. The colonies in Venezuela were much less important to the Spanish than the
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The Continuing Fight for Human Rights in Venezuela Ever since Venezuela gained independence‚ the country had many national problems‚ such as high poverty rates‚ and a wide social gap between the wealthy‚ minority European group‚ and the poor majority African and native decent Venezuelan citizens. The past 200 years‚ especially the last 20 years this country made many great leaps to address these social problems. Under the leadership of Hugo Chávez who took office in 1999‚ he led the country to become
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Maria Montilva Dawn Garcia ENC1101/ 5:40-6:55pm September 25‚ 2013 Venezuela Welcomes Me Back One of the best and most memorable moments of my life was my arrival back to Venezuela after seven years of not going. I came to Miami when I was 4 years old‚ and never did I once go back to Venezuela until I was eleven. Starting from a week before I was anxious‚ nervous and excited all at the same time‚ it was too many feelings at once. It was hard to control myself. Being used to something and then
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on Society 3. Effects of Oil Dependence on Importing Countries 4. Solutions 1. Historical Background to Venezuela’s Oil 1.1. Before the discovery of oil To begin with‚ it should be pointed out‚ that‚ before the discovery of oil in Venezuela‚ the country was never as important for the Spanish empire as its other colonies. Colombia was an indispensable element of the economy due to its coffee production‚ Peru was known to be an occupant of gold and Bolivia was of great importance because
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Unit 4 International business setting up a business in Venezuela- Mercosur/Trade blocs‚ etc ATIA Hotel will be a four star hotel on a budget and of smaller size. The hotel will be set up as LLC of Venezuela and will be located in Venezuela. MERCOSUR: In English‚ Mercosur means Southern Common Market.Mercosur is a Regional Trade Agreement among Argentina‚ Brazil‚ Paraguay and Uruguay. It was founded in 1991 and later updated in 1994. Purpose of founding Mercosur is to promote free trade. Four
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Venezuela All That is Shiny is not Oil President Hugo Chávez Frías passed away on March 5‚ 2013 after battling an unknown type of cancer‚ thus ending fourteen years in office as president of Venezuela. In that time‚ he extended term limits that allowed him to run and win the executive post four times‚ including surviving one recall. Chávez saw himself as the leader of the “Bolivarian Revolution” and saw Venezuela as a model for “socialism for the 21st century.” Was he successful in achieving
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