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The Venezuelan Crisis Within The Context Of Us Interventions In Latin America, Gloria D. Bravo
The Venezuelan Crisis Within The Context Of Us Interventions In Latin America, Gloria D. Bravo
2019 Symposium
Venezuela, due to economic and political sabotage, has been experiencing a humanitarian crisis since the late part of 2018. This oil-exporting nation was faced with economic decline after 9/11, the 2008 economic recession and again in 2014; as a result of oil prices tanking. Under Cesar Chavez’s presidency the Venezuelan Bolivar faced destabilizing inflation rates surged in part by the ‘economic war’ against private enterprise and the bourgeoisie class, as well as a lack of diversification of exports and a dependency on imported goods. After Chavez's death in 2013, Nicolás Maduro took office and social unrest intensified.
Since 2014:
- Over …