prices and lowering of currency value. Venezuela is currently experiencing inflation. Inflation‚ which was caused by failure of socialism‚ is making the people protest because of higher prices and lower currency value. Venezuela is in a state of heavy inflation. In February‚ inflation rose to fifty-seven percent (Minaya).Problems with the exchange rate and too much aggregate demand are some of the major causes of inflation (Jay). The inflation rate in Venezuela in 2012 was just ten percent‚ but began
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Caracas: Tipografía Universal‚ 1904. Jose Tello was a writer and a close friend of Juan Vicente Gomez‚ thus Tello’s composition about Gomez attempted to honor his ideas and describe the difficulties he overcame before taking over as president of Venezuela. The book does not have a central argument‚ rather it compiles an array of telegrams‚ thoughts‚ decrees‚ and letters to build a biography of Gomez. Tello described the General as an assertive man with strong character‚ and also highlighted his integrity
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Venezuelan independecy depended of a rebolition agains the Spanish kingdom and the king Fernando VII where the provinces of nowdays Colombia‚ New Granada‚ Los Andes‚ Peru‚ Venezuela‚ and Patagonia fought together and created “The Great Colombia” with the leadership of “The Liberator” Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios who was the main character in this rebolition that changed the politics and the way of life of entire South America. The movie “The Liberator” do not just
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Did you know that name Venezuela is from the italian name “Venezuelio” which means “pinnola venizio” and that translates to “Venice”. Have you ever wanted to travel to another country? Venezuela perhaps? Venezuela is a interesting and beautiful place to visit and live. The culture‚ weather‚ animals and people of Venezuela are like nothing else in the world. The land in Venezuela is very beautiful yet majestic and mysterious. It has a lot of different landforms. It has things ranging from volcanoes
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Venezuela is amidst a parlous social‚ political‚ and economic crisis marked by severe food and medicine shortages‚ soaring crime rates‚ and a quasi-dictatorship. Patricia C. Marquez‚ an Associate Professor in the Department of Organizational Behavior at the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA) in Caracas‚ Venezuela‚ wrote The Street is My Home: Youth and Violence in Caracas with the intent of suffusing information about the Venezuelan Crisis in order to create global attention
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class rift played part in frustrating the members of the Creole Elite towards action‚ for example‚ Simon Bolivar. It created a foundation of tension that helped lead people like Bolivar to liberate Venezuela‚ Colombia‚ and Ecuador and gain the independence of Gran Colombia. The liberation of Venezuela and Colombia was a war against royalists and patriots‚ with the peninsular Spaniards almost always falling into the category of Royalist and the Creole people falling in either category‚ usually depending
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“The devil himself is in the house. The devil came here yesterday and it smells of sulfur still today." Hugo Chávez said on September 10th‚ 2006; defying President Bush in the United Nations (U.N.) assembly. Chávez as president of Venezuela since 1999‚ he defied the world by insulting Bush and other high rank political leaders. He has influenced governments of other countries by the power gained by oil such as Bolivia‚ Peru and Iran that has also defied the U.S. by selling military supplies to Iraqis
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The economy of Venezuela is surprising well for a South American country. Typically‚ when you think of the economies of South American countries you think that they are poor and dismal with high unemployment rates and squander. However‚ Venezuela has an upper middleclass economy due to the oil production of the country. In fact‚ oil revenues account for approximately ninety-five percent of export revenue for the entire country. Oil is also twelve percent of Venezuela’s gross domestic product‚ or
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Wednesday‚ for instance‚ we gave the Venezuelan flag to the 555 athletes representing our country at the XVI Bolivarian Games in Sucre‚ there in our beloved Bolivia. I am more than convinced that they will continue heightening and dignifying the name of Venezuela. It is a new moral force‚ a sacred fire burning in the hearts of these brothers and sisters of the homeland. The unpatriotic scoundrels wanted to distort an order I gave last Sunday to the honorable soldiers of our Bolivarian National Armed Force
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role in Hispanic America’s successful struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire‚ and is today considered one of the most influential politicians in the history of the Americas. Simon Bolivar is an influential leader not only to people in Venezuela but to all the other leaders that wants to free their country from other rulers. Simon Bolivar was an excellent military commander‚ a firm man‚ an inspirational leader‚ and a political thinker. Above all he was a man of action. He promised to free
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