Venezuela - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Venezuela, officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish: República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south. Its northern coastline of roughly 2,800 kilometres includes numerous islands in the Caribbean Sea, and in the north east borders the northern Atlantic Ocean. Caribbean islands such as Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Curaçao, Bonaire, Aruba and the Leeward Antilles lie near the Venezuelan coast. Venezuela's territory covers around 916,445 square kilometres with an estimated population of 29,105,632. Venezuela is considered a state with extremely high biodiversity, with habitats ranging from the Andes mountains in the west to the Amazon Basin rainforest in the south, via extensive llanos plains and Caribbean coast in the center and the Orinoco River Delta in the east. ..."
Measures of Freedom
Level of Economic Freedom, Economic Freedom of the World
2009: 4.28 (out of 10)
2009: 4.28 (out of 10)
Venezuela | Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2012
2012: Status: Partly Free, Political Rights: 5, Civil Liberties: 5
"President Hugo Chávez Frías sought treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer in 2011, fueling speculation about his future as the country's dominant political figure. Meanwhile, several contenders jockeyed to emerge as the opposition's unity candidate for the 2012 presidential campaign. Harassment of nongovernmental organizations and journalists persisted, and criminal violence continued to rise on the streets and in the prisons."
2012: Status: Partly Free, Political Rights: 5, Civil Liberties: 5
"President Hugo Chávez Frías sought treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer in 2011, fueling speculation about his future as the country's dominant political figure. Meanwhile, several contenders jockeyed to emerge as the opposition's unity candidate for the 2012 presidential campaign. Harassment of nongovernmental organizations and journalists persisted, and criminal violence continued to rise on the streets and in the prisons."
Articles
Right and Simple, by Charley Reese, 30 Dec 2006
Related Topics: War on Drugs
"It's because interfering in Venezuela's internal affairs is the wrong thing to do that you get all of this hogwash from the government – that Venezuela isn't doing its part in the war on drugs, that its president is causing 'instability' in the region. I have never been able to get a politician to define 'instability,' much less show any interference in other countries by the Venezuelan government."
Related Topics: War on Drugs
"It's because interfering in Venezuela's internal affairs is the wrong thing to do that you get all of this hogwash from the government – that Venezuela isn't doing its part in the war on drugs, that its president is causing 'instability' in the region. I have never been able to get a politician to define 'instability,' much less show any interference in other countries by the Venezuelan government."