Bolivarian+Republic+of+Venezuela

By María Rodríguez de las Heras toc =My Country Facts=

- Official country name:
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

-Year that country united the UN:
1945.

People
1. What are the people from your country called The people in Venezuela are called Venezuelan. 2. What is the official language? What other languages do people speak? The official language spoken in Venezuela is Spanish but there are at least 40 different languages around this country. There are indigenous languages, which are also spoken by native peoples, for example Guajiro, Warao or Pemón. Many of this indigenous languages are in danger of extinction. Apart from this languages we should also mention the numerous languages brought by immigrants: English, Italian, Arab, Chinesse, Catalan, Euskera, Galician and Portuguese. 3. What is the most-practiced religion? According to the goverment 92% of the population in Venezuela is Roman Catholic, and the remaining 8% are Protentant or a member of another religion. It estimated that evangelical Protestants constitute 10% of the pupulation. 4. What is the health of the Venezuelan population like? Venezuela has a nationla universal health care system that is free of charge. Tha goverment has created a program to expand access to health care known as "Misión Barrio Adentro". Infant mortality in Venezuela is abouth 16 deaths per 1.000 births. Child malnutrition stands at 17%. According to United Nations 32% of Venezuelans don't have adecuate sanitation. Diseaes like yellow fever, cholera or hepatitis are present in the country. The country has 150 plants for dirty water. However 13% of the population don't have acces to drinking water but this number seems to be dropping.

Goverment
1. What is the name of the leader of the country? The president of Venezuela is Hugo Chávez was chosen in the presidential elections in 1998. 2.What tyoe of goverment is the country ruled by? Venezuela is a Federal Presidential Republic. It was politically constituted as a Federal Democratic State, social, of right and justice, autonomous and sovereign, which sovereignty was consacratred. 3.What are the main political parties of the country? The major political parties are: - United Socialist party of Venezuela (PSUV) - Communist party of Venezuela (PVC) - A New time (UNT) - For social democracy (Podemos) - Father land for all (PPT) - Movement for Socialism (MAS) - Independent Electoral Political Organization Commitee (PSOEV) - Democratic action (AD) - Preject Venezuela (PV) - Justice First (PJ) 4. Was your country ever a colony? If so, when did it again gain its independence? The first of August 1498 Christopher Colombus arrived on the continent for the first time. The next year they did another expedition there. They started a colonization process. During this process the indigenous rebelled. The colonization process finished at the end of the XVI century. On the nineteenth April 1810 when the Venezuelan revolution started. With this the Supreme Commitee of Caracas was formed. This Comitee gaverned until the two March 1811, the day that the first National Congress was formed. On the fifth July of that year the Declaration of Independence was finally digned. But this first republic collapsed. In 1830 the National constitution was sancioned, which was included the 22 September of that year until 1858. From this date Venezuelahad twenty six more constitutions, being some of them remodelations from the one before. Venezuela's independence was finally recognized by Spain and signed in a preace Treaty on the third of March 1845, by the goverment of Queen Isaber II of Spain and the President Carlos Soublette. 5.How is the territory of Venezuela organized? The Venezuelan territory is subdivided into 23 Federal States, a capital district, an the Federal buildings. The Venezuelan state demands and considers the Esequiba Guyana as part of the Nation. The states are autonomous and politically the same, organizing its administration and Public Powders by means od a Statal Constitution dictate by the Legislative Council.

Geography
1. Where is the country? It's located in the Northen Hemisphere, very close to the equator. It's in South Ametica. 2. What other nations border the country? Venezuela is bordered by Colombia in the west, Guyanta in the east, and Brazil in the south 3. What type of landscape does the country have? Venezuela's landscape is different is each region. It is a land of diverse landscapes and there are five main gographical regions: the Andes, the coast, the highlands, the lowlands and the llanos. 4. What is Venezuelan climate like? At high altitudes in the Andes, snow covers the ground all year-round. For most of the country, the climate is tropical and comfortable. The dry season is from December to April and the rainy one drom May to November.

Economy
1. What is the most common sector of employment in the country? The most common sectors are farming and industry. 2. What is the unemployment rate in your country? The unemployment rate is about 8,4% 3. What means of transport does your country have? Venezuela is connected to the world primarly by via air and sea. Venezuela has a limited national railway system, which has no active rail connections to othr countries. It has several major systems, including metro systems.

The most surprising thing I learned about my country was that when in Spain is very hot in summer there is raining and when we are in the cold winter they are in the dry season.

=My Prediction= Animal Trafficing: I think in Venezuela use the trafficking of animals to cover demands of animals as pets Venezuela, it is a country with a very large biodiversity, is clasifficated between the first regions with largest biodiversity in latin america.The extraction of this species from their enviroments its a threat to the existence of the species which live in Venezuela. Developed countries should give money to solve this situation of animals because the biodiversity of many regions is getting destroy because of animal trafficking. To solve the problem in Venezuela first of all consider it as a crime because nowadays it isn't. Also make the people be aware of how the animals would feel in this situations, because althougth you give them lots of love for the its not the same living in a cage than in the wild life. The countries may should gave other works for the people which earn money from trafficking. Child labour: I Think in my country there's not much child working under age but there are some of them. I know that some children are trafficked from Ecuador to Venezuela to to hard works. They are in very bad conditions and they don't have rights at all. To solve this problem may the geverment should provide this works to older people because actually I think there is many people unemployed. =Position Paper=