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The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela By Chris and Minos
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General Capital: Caracas Population: 27 million (40 th ) National language: Spanish Area: 916,445km2 (33 rd ) 93% of all literate.
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Cultures and People Indigenous peoples 92 percent are Roman Catholic. Many native Venezuelans still feel repressed by the ‘white’ Spanish, despite having independence The biggest Venezuelan festivals are: San Juan, and native celebrations.
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History of the Economy Economy really began when: Venezuela = main oil exporter. 1908 to 1935. Only rich oligarchs & foreign oil firms benefited on oil. 1978, Economic crisis! 1992, Inflation, dept, and Corruption. 1999, Chavez promises to stabilize economy with socialist ideals.
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Government Venezuela is a federal republic Has a president, vice-president, and a parliament (known as a National Assembly) Two political blocs: United Socialist Party, and social democratic A New Era Foreign relations: Close with Latin American countries (especially Cuba), shaky with US
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Key Political Events 1830: Became an official autonomous nation 1830-1947: Unstably, a series of dictators overthrew one after another. 1947: Leftist gov’t came into power 1970’s: Made many relations with communist Russia 1992: Failed coup by Chavez (more info next slide) 1999: Chavez becomes president legally 2000, 2002: Riot over Chavez’s leftist policies 2005, 2006: Chavez named one of Time’s 100 most influential people
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Hugo Chavez Current President (from 1998) Socialist Critic of globalization and American foreign policy Philosophy: Bolivarism Foreign policy: Strong Latin American ties Economic policy: Socialism
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SOURCES We didn’t copy & paste we just read from these websites: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/venezuela www.geographia.com/venezuela/history.htm www.mapsofworld.com/south.../history/v enezuela.html
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