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The History Of Venezuela
In the discussion today will go into the details that that form up Venezuela we will go into detail about the Characteristics, Political, Social and Military. We will talk about the infrastructure of Venezuela. We will go into detail about the variables in this essay.
Venezuela was part of Gran Colombia until its collapse in 1930 (other were Ecuador and New Granada which became Colombia). For the first half of the 20th century, was rule mainly by the military, and different groups, they were the ones who promoted the oil industry which is up to date what runs the economy of Venezuela. A Democratic government has been in place since 1959. President Hugo Chavez was in power from 1999 to 2013 his death, he picked his successor President Nicolas
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The president is allow to serve a term of six years with no limits for reelection. Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela PSUV (United Socialist Party of Venezuela), was created in 2007 to unite smaller groups who also supported preside Hugo Chavez. This political group has been in power since 1998. In 2008 Mesa de la Unidad Cemocratica (The Democratic Roundtable) was created to unite almost all of the rest of the opposition with Hugo Chavez as the central figure. Hugo Chavez died in office in 2013 he hand-picked his successor Nicolas …show more content…
Neighboring countries to Venezuela include, Brazil to the South, Guayana to the east and Colombia to the west. Venezuela has over 10,000 rivers, with Orinoco being the most important one. The mountain ranges divide the country into different regions, The Andes Mountains form part of the geographical landscape of Venezuela. Caribbean context has heavily influence the art, heritage and culture and historic buildings and architecture of Venezuela. 67% of the population of Venezuela consist of mestizos (European and Indian ancestry), 21 % black (Caribbean-African), 10% Indian (Native American)

Venezuela has undergone a lot of changes from its past to its present. The struggles for a better government, health care and education are still priority the people want to see a change. Although it has had a lot of downfalls, Venezuela still remains a very rich country in its culture and many other things that attract tourist every year to go visit. It is still rich in oil which is one of the main providers of power around the

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