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Venezuela is a presidential republic consisting of 23 states, the Capital District and federal dependencies covering Venezuela's offshore islands. Venezuela is among the most urbanized countries in Latin America; [14] [15] the vast majority of Venezuelans live in the cities of the north and in the capital.
An ongoing socioeconomic and political crisis began in Venezuela during the presidency of Hugo Chávez and has worsened during the presidency of his successor Nicolás Maduro. It has been marked by hyperinflation, escalating starvation, [6] disease, crime and mortality rates, resulting in massive emigration from the country.
The Province of Venezuela in 1656, by Sanson Nicolas. One of the first maps about Venezuela and near regions. 5 July 1811 (fragment), painting by Juan Lovera in 1811.. The history of Venezuela reflects events in areas of the Americas colonized by Spain starting 1502; amid resistance from indigenous peoples, led by Native caciques, such as Guaicaipuro and Tamanaco.
Venezuela had six glaciers in the Sierra Nevada, located about 16,000 feet above sea level. By 2011, five had already disappeared, but the Humboldt Glacier located near the second highest mountain ...
The Venezuelan presidential crisis was a political crisis concerning the leadership and the legitimate president of Venezuela between 2019 and 2023, with the nation and the world divided in support for Nicolás Maduro or Juan Guaidó . Venezuela is engulfed in a political and economic crisis which has led to more than seven million people ...
History of Venezuela. Since 2 February 1999, Venezuela saw sweeping and radical shifts in social policy, moving away from the last government's officially embracing a free-market economy and liberalization reform principles and towards income redistribution and social welfare programs. Then- President Hugo Chávez dramatically shifted Venezuela ...
The foreign relations of Venezuela had since the early twentieth century been particularly strong with the United States. However, since the election of Hugo Chávez as President of Venezuela in 1998, Venezuela's foreign policy differed substantially from that of previous Venezuelan governments. This change in foreign policy direction continues ...
Portal. : Venezuela. Venezuela ( / ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə / VEN-ə-ZWAY-lə; Latin American Spanish: [beneˈswela] ⓘ ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish: República Bolivariana de Venezuela ), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the ...