Venezuela is located on the northern end of South America. Its coastline borders both the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The country is just over the size of two California’s and has a population of approximately twenty-six million people. Venezuela gained its independence from Spain in 1830. Its government is democratically elected with Hugo Chavez as the current president. Chavez is currently pushing his political idea of “21st Century Socialism” and is nationalizing many of the infrastructural
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Since 1998‚ when Hugo Chávez won the presidential elections of Venezuela‚ the relations between this country and United States have worsened. Hugo Chávez has been president of Venezuela for fourteen years and was reelected for another six years the past October. During this time‚ he has implemented many changes in order to establish the “Bolivarian Revolution” and has stressed his opposition to the United States and the imperialism of its regime. Therefore‚ the relations between this two countries
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Venezuela situation “Hugo Chavez was the elected strongman of Venezuela who took office in 1999 and remained there until his death from cancer in 2013. Hugo Chavez was the son of schoolteachers‚ and he graduated from the Venezuelan Academy of Military Sciences in 1975. An engaging speaker and charismatic personality‚ he was elected to the presidency as a leftist reformer and modern-day Simón Bolívar. (His reforms were called the "Bolivarian Revolution.") After taking office on 2 February 1999‚ he
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done‚ a "pros and cons" essay where you explain (two pros and one con or two cons and one pro) about this matter. In the links you will be able to find examples related to some Larin American countries which have offered Snowden the asylum option. Venezuela is one of them‚ and since we are all Venezuelan‚ your essay should present aspects involving our Nation (only). Do not forget that the PROS and CONS should have to do with YOUR PERCEPTIONS of the fact (Unit 1‚ the one we worked on last Saturday)
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Maite Blanco Professor Lago Essay 3 Rumor Final draft Death Rumor The president of Venezuela Hugo Cesar Chavez is supposedly dead. On February 25th‚ 2013 my husband was watching the news when we heard clearly that the president of Venezuela had died 3 days ago. This was not the first time that we heard that news so it was not of a big impact to anyone. Untruth rumors can lead people to disbelieve the truth of what is being said. Many times we hear stories that are true but we do not believe
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risks because it is controlled by PDVSA which is Venezuela’s state oil company and operates in Venezuela • If Venezuela defaults on its debt Petrozuata will default too unless… • Conoco Inc. is a subsidiary of DuPont which operates worldwide and has investment grade rating • Investing in Petrozuata is indirectly investing in DuPont • If you invest in Petrozuata your real investment is also in Venezuela and DuPont • Petrozuata project has a very good structure and business projections • Same comparables
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Tittle: The Bolivarian Revolution: A consequence from historical roots. The inability of politicians to rescue the national economy resulted in growing public discontent in Venezuela leading the nation to support Hugo Chavez in initiating the Bolivarian Revolution. The Bolivarian Revolution is unique as at its core‚ it is a humanistic approach to state governance and operation‚ one that is based on social justice and the participation of the citizens in this social justice. In order to better
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details that are important to understand‚ in order to do business in Venezuela and Japan (Varner‚ I. I.‚ & Beamer‚ L.‚ 2011). In Venezuela‚ the business etiquette says that people should be greeting the most important person or the oldest person first. Interesting is that most Hispanic people have two last names – one from their father and one from their mother. We should use the father’s surname when addressing someone. Venezuela has more flexible attitude towards time. People could be late‚ as well
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as the “el nino” phenomenon and the “la nina” phenomenon. Some tropical storm‚ hurricanes attacked some countries more frequently‚ which caused a large number of casualties and property losses. And my country‚ the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela‚ is one of these countries. Therefore‚ if all the counties don’t stop fighting for the arctic‚ it certainly will accelerate the melting of the glaciers. That’s why we should be against any military activities and other activities except
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Article Analysis – Venezuela food shortage. Title: Venezuela food shortages: ‘No one can explain why a rich country has no food.’ Author: Journalist Virginia Lopez. Date: Thursday 26th September 2013. Source: Guardian (online article.) Summary of points raised: The article highlights that it is possible for a rich country producing a sufficient amount of oil‚ to have food shortages. This is reinforced by economist Asdrubal Oliveros who claims‚ “Oil production has decreased‚” there has also
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