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CAUTION: The following links and
accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation
in Venezuela in the early years of the 21st Century. Some of these
links may lead to websites that present allegations that are unsubstantiated,
misleading or even false. No attempt has been made to validate
their authenticity or to verify their content. HOW TO USE THIS WEBPAGE Students If you are looking
for material to use in a term-paper, you are advised to scan the postings on
this page and others to see which aspects of poverty are of particular
interest to you. You might be
interested in exploring the relationship between distribution of labor and
per-capita GDP, for example. Perhaps
your paper could focus on life expectancy or infant mortality. Other factors of interest might be
unemployment, literacy, access to basic services, etc. On the other hand, you might choose to
include some of the possible outgrowths of poverty such as Human Trafficking,
Street Children,
or even Prostitution. There is a lot to the subject of
Poverty. Scan other countries as well
as this one. Draw comparisons between
activity in adjacent countries and/or regions. Meanwhile, check out some of the Term-Paper resources
that are available on-line. Teachers Check out some of
the Resources
for Teachers attached to this website. *** Extreme Weather *** Venezuela has been
affected by severe weather patterns associated with the La Niña phenomenon.
La Niña involves cooling of the Pacific Ocean and typically brings wetter
conditions to regions like Asia, Africa, and Latin America. In recent weeks,
heavy rains caused floods and landslides in Venezuela, resulting in
casualties. Las Tejerias, a city south of Caracas,
has been hit hard by these extreme weather events. Deadly landslides have swept away homes,
and rescue efforts are ongoing to find missing individuals. The El Pato river burst its banks, leading to devastating floods
in Las Tejerias. – adapted from Microsoft BING Copilot *** ARCHIVES *** The World Factbook - Venezuela U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ve.html [accessed 17
November 2020] World Factbook
website has moved to ---> www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/venezuela/ [accessed 11 January 2021] ECONOMIC OVERVIEW - remains highly
dependent on oil revenues, which account for almost all export earnings and
nearly half of the government’s revenue; domestic production and industry
continues to severely underperform; continues to rely on imports to meet its
basic food and consumer goods needs. GDP -
per capita (PPP): $12,500 (2017
est.) Labor
force - by occupation: agriculture:
7.3% industry:
21.8% services: 70.9% (4th quarter, 2011
est.) Unemployment
rate: 27.1% (2017
est.) Population
below poverty line: 19.7% (2015
est.) Maternal
mortality rate: 125 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) Infant mortality
rate: total: 27.9 deaths/1,000 live births Life
expectancy at birth: total population: 71 years Drinking
water source: improved: total: 95.7% of
population Physicians
density: -- Sanitation
facility access: improved: total: 93.9% of
population Electricity
access: electrification - total population: 99.6% (2016) The
Borgen Project - Venezuela borgenproject.org/category/venezuela/ [accessed 21 March 2021] The Borgen Project works with U.S. leaders to utilize the
United States’ platform behind efforts toward improving living conditions for
the world’s poor. It is an innovative,
national campaign that is working to make poverty a focus of U.S. foreign
policy. It believes that leaders of
the most powerful nation on earth should be doing more to address global
poverty. From ending segregation to providing women with the right to vote,
nearly every wrong ever righted in history was achieved through advocacy. The
Borgen Project addresses the big picture, operating
at the political level advancing policies and programs that improve living
conditions for those living on less than $1 per day. ~
Colombia Needs Help Helping Venezuelan Refugees borgenproject.org/helping-venezuelan-refugees/ ~
Humanitarian Crisis: Vital Relief To Venezuela borgenproject.org/vital-relief-to-venezuela/ ~
Blackouts: The Issue Of Electricity In Venezuela borgenproject.org/electricity-in-venezuela/ ~
Reforms For Saving The Venezuelan Economy borgenproject.org/saving-the-venezuelan-economy/ ~
No Water, No Power: Child Poverty In Venezuela borgenproject.org/child-poverty-in-venezuela/ ~
The Link Between Poverty And Inflation borgenproject.org/poverty-and-inflation/ ~
Rappi: The Colombian Unicorn That Has
Given Venezuelans A Chance ~
Alimenta La Solidaridad
Fights Food Insecurity borgenproject.org/alimenta-la-solidaridad-fights-food-insecurity/ ~
Bettertogether Challenge Offers Hope To
Venezuelans borgenproject.org/bettertogether-challenge/ Conflict, climate change, and COVID-19 drive extreme hunger Oxfam, 9 July 2021 www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/stories/conflict-climate-change-and-covid-19-drive-extreme-hunger/ [accessed 19 July 2021] The
effects of conflict, COVID-19, and climate change have intensified the global
hunger crisis. VENEZUELA
-- Clavel Lopez,* 62, lives in a border municipality
of Venezuela. Getting food to eat is a daily struggle. Heavy rains plague the
area, so people like Clavel, who survives off the
food grown in her small plantation, face further food insecurity. As a
pensioner, Lopez receives a monthly income and rations. Since the pandemic
began, she says the rations have been cut down to a packet of flour or a kilo
of rice. Millions
of Venezuelans are Fleeing Hunger, Poverty and Instability Sofia Sprechmann, CARE, Quito Ecuador, 15 May 2021 [accessed 16 May 2021] Over 3
million people have now fled Venezuela due to instability, hunger and
poverty. Almost half of them are estimated to be women and around 30 percent
children. 90 percent of the country’s population has dropped below the
poverty line and 300,000 children are at risk of dying from
malnutrition. The
current humanitarian crisis in Venezuela and the surrounding region is having
a particularly alarming effect on women and girls. As women try desperately
to feed and clothe their families, an increasing number are being forced or
tricked into prostitution by trafficking rings. The often illegal status of
Venezuelan women in many countries within the region also increases their
vulnerability to exploitation and abuse. The
World Bank in Venezuela www.worldbank.org/en/country/venezuela [accessed 21 April 2021] Currently,
the World Bank does not have a portfolio of active loans in Venezuela. Looking
back a few years … Advameg, Inc., Encyclopedia of the Nations www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Americas/Venezuela-ECONOMY.html [accessed 12 January 2021] For over
40 years the economy has been completely dominated by the petroleum industry;
in the mid-1980s, oil exports accounted for 90% of all export value, and in
2002 petroleum accounted for over one-third of the GDP, three-fourths of
export revenues and half of government revenues. All
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