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Venezuela

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General Information

• Capital city is Caracas
• Population is 27,223,228
• Growth rate of 1.5%
• Birth Rate 20.3/1000
• Infant mortality rate 21.0/1000
• Life expectancy 73.7
• Official language is Spanish
• Top export is Crude oil
• Another export is Liquefied petroleum gases
• Currency is the Bolivar
• Most of the population is made up of whites, Africans, and Indians.
• 90% are Roman Catholic

Geography Information

• A third larger than Texas or twice the size of California
• Bordered by Columbia, Guyana, Bolivia
• Occupies most of the northern coast of South America on the Caribbean sea
• Hot, Tropical with more moderate highlands

Brief History

• Indigenous group is the Anu
• Won independence in 1821
• Colonized When Columbus explored Venezuela on his third voyage in 1498

Government/ Current political situation

• Federal republic
• President is Hugo Chavez
• Hugo Chavez is running for reelection currently and unlike everyone else his competition this year is not dropping out

Culture information

• Food
  • Three main meals. A large breakfast, A large dinner around noontime and a light supper in the evening
  • On of there foods is called Arepas which are usually thick disks made of precooked cornmeal, either fried or baked
  • Another is pabellón criollo, which consists of black beans, fried sweet plantains, white rice, and semi-shredded meat ( carne mechada ), all topped with a fried egg.
• Top Five popular sports in Venezuela
  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Soccer
  • Golf
  • Motorsport
• Most Important Holidays In Venezuela
  • Carnival
  • Epiphany
  • Saint Joseph’s Day
  • Holy Week
  • Labor Day
  • Independence Day
  • Army’s Day
  • Navy’s Day
  • Day of Indigenous Resistance
  • Flag Day
  • All Saints Day

Tourist Attractions Includes

• Scuba Diving

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• The Highest Falls In The World

Angel Falls, highest waterfall in the world, largest waterfalls in the world

• Unique Lighting Show

At Miraflores presidential palace, in Caracas, the Russian delegation met with Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, together with a committee coordinated by Petroleum and Mining Minister Rafael Ramirez, also president of state oil company PDVSA.
In the meeting, Rafael Ramirez explained that the first three agreements are linked to the formation of a joint venture company for oil exploitation in the Carabobo 2 North and Carabobo 4 West areas of the Orinoco Oil Belt in eastern Venezuela to be named Petro Victoria.
The Petro Victoria joint venture is an important agreement which will allow us to initiate the production of more than 450 thousand oil barrels per day between the Russian companies and PDVSA, in addition to the 450 thousand that we already have in Petro Miranda.
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