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Venezuelan ombudswoman Gabriela Ramírez said the report distorted and took statistics out of context, and said that "human rights violations in Venezuela have decreased". [ 327 ] In November 2014, Venezuela appeared before the United Nations Committee Against Torture over cases between 2002 and 2014. [ 328 ]
When Maduro took over, he was intent on finding a way to "consolidate power," Turkewitz explains. ... In 1970, Venezuela had been one of the 20 wealthiest countries in the world measured by gross ...
In 2006 Chavez accused the United States government of attempting to turn Colombia into Venezuela's adversary over the recent arms dispute. "The U.S. empire doesn't lose a chance to attack us and try to create discord between us. That's one of the empire's strategies: Try to keep us divided." Chavez said in response to the United States government.
In December 1992, the Los Angeles Times focused on the possible causes of the attempted coups in Venezuela, noting the recession in Latin America and corruption in the government. [32] The Los Angeles Times stated that the coup attempts could also be the efforts of corrupt Venezuelan officers seeking take over the government and make money from ...
Venezuela is a major producer of oil products, which remains the keystone of the Venezuelan economy. Under the Chávez government, crude oil production decreased from 3.12 million barrels a day when Chávez took office in 1999, to 2.95 million barrels a day in 2007, [10] whilst oil prices increased 660%.
El Universal explains how the Venezuelan migrant crisis in Venezuela has been caused by the "deterioration of both the economy and the social fabric, rampant crime, uncertainty and lack of hope for a change in leadership in the near future." [55] In 1998, the year Chavez was first elected, only 14 Venezuelans were granted asylum in the United ...
Lost among most of the discussions about the health of Venezuela's president-for-life, Hugo Chavez, as he moves toward what seems will be an imminent death is the future of the nation's oil exports.
With the passing of Hugo Chavez, some of the superpowers of oil are looking to court the Venezuelan government for a larger footprint in some of the nation's oil plays. Chevron has jumped out in ...