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| + | [[thing type::country]] | ||
| + | [[continent::South America]] | ||
[[Category:Countries]] | [[Category:Countries]] | ||
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==About== | ==About== | ||
| − | [[Venezuela]] is a country in South America which has become controversial (at least within the {{USA}}) for a number of reasons.{{ | + | [[Venezuela]] is a country in South America which has become controversial (at least within the {{USA}}) for a number of reasons. |
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| − | + | They are a major source of [[oil]] (one of the five founding members of {{wp/alt|OPEC}}; they own {{wp/alt|Citgo}}). | |
| − | * | + | ===Chavez administration=== |
| − | * | + | {{wp/alt|Hugo Chavez}} was president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013. |
| − | + | * Chavez was heavily critical of {{USA}} foreign policy. | |
| + | * His administration increasingly clamped down on [[civil rights]], including free speech [http://hrw.org/english/docs/2005/03/24/venezu10368.htm] | ||
| + | * '''2002''': the administration announced an official policy requiring the use of only [[Htyp:FOSS|open-source]] software in all government agencies (including the government-owned oil industry) within two years [http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/003998.html] | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
===Reference=== | ===Reference=== | ||
| − | * {{wikipedia | + | * {{wikipedia}} |
| + | * {{conservapedia}} | ||
| + | * {{dkosopedia}} | ||
| + | * {{sourcewatch}} | ||
* 2013 election: | * 2013 election: | ||
** [http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/spotlight/Venezuelaelection2013/ Al Jazeera] | ** [http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/spotlight/Venezuelaelection2013/ Al Jazeera] | ||
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===to file=== | ===to file=== | ||
* '''2014-02-25''' [https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/02/is-venezuela-burning/ Is Venezuela Burning?] "The reality is both very different and far more complex. Venezuela, after all, is a society that declared war on [[neoliberalism]] fifteen years ago." | * '''2014-02-25''' [https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/02/is-venezuela-burning/ Is Venezuela Burning?] "The reality is both very different and far more complex. Venezuela, after all, is a society that declared war on [[neoliberalism]] fifteen years ago." | ||