What are venezuelas way of life and how have they changed or are changing?
84767
Well, in my childhood I used to live there, and my parents also live there, and i go sometimes. Before Chavez, Venezuela was one of the richest Latin American countries, people had more adquisitive power, there was more job possibities and more security. In that times most people that lived in rural zones moved to the urban zones(cities like Caracas,Maracaibo,etc.). All, because in that times oil prices were very high. All this generated in big incomes to Venezuela.\n\nBut now, with the President Chavez, although Venezuela is gaining a great income with oil, most of this money goes to other countries(Cuba, Bolivia,Brazil,etc.)and Venezuelans perceive a little bit of that money. This generates poor salaries, bad quality of life, more insecurity, and everyday more poor people(almost 60% of active Venezuelans live in extremely poverty).\n\nI hope that this help.
990979
What Chavez is doing is Norwegianism not real Socialism.  He has never claimed to be doing Socialism in the traditional sense.  He is guided by Simon Bolivar and seeks to unite his region against the evils we in the North perpetrate against them.  This is a long time coming, the US particularly, has abused Latin America for many years.  The people has awakened.  \n\nVIVA CHAVEZ!  \n\np.s. Adam Smith, who no neo-cons have ever even read, was very much againt the idea of a corporate welfare state like we live in today.  He was against the unbridalled free flow of capital also.  His idea of free markets depended on stationary capital not a global market, infiltrated by protecting government welfare (to corporations) and the undercutting of the market by capital flight like what we do today.
1186651
When I left working for a psycho doctor.\n\nWhen I left Venezuela with some creepy crud sickness (Chavez was just about to take over too so its a little bit of extra liberation there)\n\nAnd probably most when I realized Jesus took my sins away from me.
550786
how do you compare the lifestyle of today to your time period? \nwhat is your view on todays goverment compared to your time period?\ngas and economy?\nrace?\nwar?\nemployment?\nworld affairs?
186940
On 9 December 2005, Venezuela was accepted as a new member, but it will be officialized in late 2006. After changes in Venezuelan policy to adhere to exisiting Mercosur rules, Venezuela will become a voting member. On 30 December 2005 it was announced that Bolivia would be invited to join as a full member. The organization has a south and central America integration vocation.\n\nSome South Americans see Mercosur as giving the capability to combine resources to balance the activities of other global economic powers, perhaps especially the United States and the European Union. The organization could also potentially pre-empt the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), however, over half of the current Mercosur member countries rejected the FTAA proposal at the IV Cumbre de las Americas (IV Summit of the Americas) in Argentina in 2005.
643705
Baseball is definitely the most popular sport in Venezuela. Another popular sport is basketball, and tourists enjoy a variety of watersports (jet-skiing, water-skiing, surfing, windsurfing, etc.) However, even though soccer (known as football throughout Latin America) is perhaps the most celebrated Latin American sport, it is of little interest in Venezuela. This lack of interest is evidenced by Venezuela's never having qualified for the World Cup.\n\nIf you want to learn more about these and other Venezuelan sports, I suggest this website:\n\nhttp://think-venezuela.net/sports.htm\n\nUnfortunately, both the background and the text ar eboth in the exact same shade of dark navy, so you'll have to highlight the text in order to read it. Even so, it's pretty informational.\n\nI hope this helps!
422839
I think most people don't see it as fighting a war for a natural resource. If we desperately needed oil that bad we would just invade Venezuela. All most people see is friends and family shipped off to fight and some not coming back alive.
401296
Gas stations are getting rich and taking advantage of the gasoline "shortage".\n\n\nDid you know that in Venezuela gas is only 14 cents per gallon!
221420
Coming from a Latin American (Argentinian)....\n\nThe answer to that question depends on what you think is "a good economic situation".\n*If it is to be determined by the size of the economy, then Brazil has the largest GDP and one of the most thirving industrial backgrounds. It is the "largest" economy.\n*If it to be determined by GDP per Capita, then I'd say Argentina, Chile or Mexico. (The three largests GDPs per capita, nominal and PPP)\n*If it is to be determined by the living standards of its peoples (as classified in the United Nations Human Development Index), then I'd say Cuba, Argentina and Uruguay, the countries that ranked higher.\n*If it is to be determined by economic independence, then I'd say Cuba or Venezuela, the two countries that have more independence from world market movements and more immunity to crashes.\n*Finally, if its to be determined by growth rate, then Venezuela, Cuba and Argentina, since they currently have the fastest growing economies.\n\nOverall, I'd say Argentina, Brasil and Venezuela are the ones in the best economic situation, since they are promoting a strong regional integration between themselves that will strenghten their overall economic independence, their GDP's, and hopefully reduce social inequalities. (Specially in the case of Venezuela, thanks to chavez's social policies.)
498795
The government (still under Uribe as it is still Sunday and the polls are still open) is rather efficient as it has done quite a fair bit towards the reduction of FARC activities. Uribe plans to get rid of them totally so that we can be safer when we leave our homes for the outskirts where FARC is currently controlling (although there are indeed fewer now).\n\nThe weather, esp the rains, have been terrible and many areas have seen floods (about 40cm) which resulted in people either moving to the second floor of their buildings or moving out temporarily. A gas pipe was damamged by the rains in Bogota a couple of days ago, and in less than 2 days, all was well again.\n\nI'm glad that I came to work in Colombia, as it is a beautiful country with beautiful people; from the city of Bogota to the Amazonas, from the beaches of Cartegena to the mountains of Los Nevados... Don't just believe all that you read, come here and you will experience a hospitality like no other South American country!!!
798464
The Beloved Land of the Sun is the second-largest city in Venezuela.  Valpo is in NW Indiana, near Chesterton.  The Little Silver Cup is in Andalusia.
81223
i don't think its going to be like Venezuela whit Chavez\na difference is that Venezuela docent have any exportation's only Oil, and Mexico economy is base in exportation to US, that's way the MONEY PEOPLE in Mexico are going to hold OBRADOR back whit help of the other parties in the senate.
643108
In an elementary form of an answer: Latino countries are very macho.\nThey thrive on a strong leadership.\nCastro is considered the Viagra-man of Latino countries.\nIn case you haven't noticed, many Latin American countries are starting to lean very far to the left (a la dictatorship).
182558
Thats a good question. As they follow the church traditions.... who knows , they have changed a bunch already.
539448
No, I am ashamed to admit that I have not; however, I would be very interested in knowing your views of him, how he's helped the Country since being elected and how the public, in general, feels about him.\n\nWhat do you feel are his strong points.  Does he, in your opinion, have any weak points?  How do you see the Country at the end of his term?\n\nCould you please do an 'add on' and fill me in?\n\nThank you =)\n\nADD ON:   Thank you so much for the additional details.   It sounds as though Presidente Chavez does have the welfare of his Country and his people at heart.  I would say this: if you feel his weakness is in his military training and what he could do with it, don't be completely blinded by all the great things he's doing.  Remember, Hitler did a lot of great things for Germany, too, for a while, including turning the economy around to a thriving condition again and the citizens of Germany thought he was going to save their Country.  I truly hope, for the sake of Venezuela, that Chavez is truly who he seems to be.  But never ignore the lessons of history.
627479
Well....cuba used to be the richest nation in the caribbean before castro took over.  Also, they were making major progress toward becoming an enlightened democracy.  That is a very attractive situation for a hispanic who wants to maintain their identity as a hispanic.  Unfortunately, it all went to hell when rich elites in cuba and the united states, in love with the evil of marxism, brought castro to power.  The working class in cuba, of course, resisted him and nearly won against overwhelming military odds.  Unfortunately, they lost and many of them were killed in a genocide.  Today, cuba is a hell hole.  Castro loots the economy for his personal wealth.  He sells the men into slavery to foriegn corporations from china and russia and sells the women into slavery as prostitutes.\n\nThey should have stayed in the US.
1021426
Cuba ... they are the only communist government in the western hemisphere ... \n\nThere are a couple other nations which have a socialist government, like Venezuela, but are not considered communist.