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{{Country

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|name=Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

|flag=Flag of Venezuela.jpg

!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: black; height: 30px; background: white  no-repeat scroll top left;"|República Bolivariana de Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela)

|arms=Venezuela coat of arms.jpg

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|capital=Caracas

|Capital

|government=Constitutional Republic

|[[Caracas]]

|language=Spanish

|president=Hugo Chavez  

|area=916, 445 sq mi

|Constitutional Republic.

|population=27,730,469

|-

|pop-basis=July 2007 estimate

|gdp=$176.4 billion

| ([[Spanish]] and Indian languages)

|gdp-year=2006

|-

|gdp-pc=$8,900

|currency=Bolívar

|[[Hugo Chavez]]

|idd=+58

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|Vice President

|-

|President of the National Assembly

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|Area

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|23,232,553

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[[Image:Venezuela372.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Venezuelans under Chavez have suffered a loss of basic human rights.]]

'''Venezuela''' is located in [[South America]]. The country is located to the east of [[Colombia]], south of the [[Caribbean]], west of the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and [[Guayana Esequiba]] and north of [[Brazil]].   

'''Venezuela''' is located in [[South America]]. The country is located to the east of [[Colombia]], south of the [[Caribbean]], west of the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and [[Guayana Esequiba]] and north of [[Brazil]].   

==Politics of Venezuela==

==Politics of Venezuela==

'''Current president of Venezuela'''

'''Current president of Venezuela'''

 

Venezuela is presently under the rule of the leftist president [[Hugo Chavez]] who has shown a marked intolerance for fundamental [[human rights]] <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,276356,00.html Venezuelan Opposition Leader Demands Hugo Chavez Free Jailed Protesters], ''Associated Press'', May 30, 2007.</ref> and is accused of funding insurgent activity outside of Venezuela's borders.  Chavez has much control of oil revenues from Venezuela's state owned, state run oil monopoly.  While Chavez in public criticizes [[capitalism]], he has sought to manipulate oil prices above $60 per barrel for Venezuela's largest customer, the [[United States]].

Venezuela is presently under the rule of the leftist president [[Hugo Chavez]] who has shown a marked intolerance for fundamental [[human rights]] <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,276356,00.html Venezuelan Opposition Leader Demands Hugo Chavez Free Jailed Protesters], ''Associated Press'', May 30, 2007.</ref> and is accused of funding insurgent activity outside of Venezuela's borders.  Chavez has much control of oil revenues from Venezuela's state owned, state run oil monopoly.  While Chavez in public criticizes [[capitalism]], he has sought to manipulate oil prices above $60 per barrel for Venezuela's largest customer, the [[United States]].