Venezuela Study & Guide - AllRefer - Venezuela Information

* COUNTRY PROFILE
o GEOGRAPHY
o SOCIETY
o ECONOMY
o TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
o GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
o NATIONAL SECURITY
* INTRODUCTION
* Historical Setting
o DISCOVERY AND CONQUEST
o SPANISH COLONIAL LIFE
o THE EPIC OF INDEPENDENCE
o A CENTURY OF CAUDILLISMO
o THE TRANSITION TO DEMOCRATIC RULE
o THE TRIUMPH OF DEMOCRACY
* The Society and Its Environment
o GEOGRAPHY
+ Topography
+ Climate
+ Hydrography
o POPULATION DYNAMICS
+ Population Profile
+ Migration
+ Settlement Patterns
o SOCIAL STRUCTURE
+ The Elite
+ The Middle Class
+ Peasants
+ Workers and the Urban Lower Class
o ETHNIC GROUPS
o MODERNIZATION, SOCIAL VALUES, AND RELIGION
o SOCIAL WELFARE
+ Education
+ Health and Social Security
* The Economy
o GROWTH AND STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY
o ECONOMIC POLICY
+ Fiscal Policy
+ Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies
o LABOR
+ Formal Sector
+ Informal Sector
o AGRICULTURE
+ Land Policies
+ Land Use
+ Crops
# Food Crops
# Cash Crops
+ Livestock
+ Farming Technology
+ Fishing and Forestry
o ENERGY AND INDUSTRY
+ Petroleum
+ Natural Gas and Petrochemicals
+ Electricity
+ Mining
+ Manufacturing
+ Construction
o SERVICES
+ Banking and Financial Services
+ Transportation
+ Telecommunications
+ Tourism
o FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS
+ Foreign Trade
+ Balance of Payments
+ Foreign Debt
+ Foreign Assistance
* Government and Politics
o THE GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM
+ Constitutional Development
+ The Executive
+ The Legislature
+ The Judiciary
+ Public Administration
+ Local Government
+ The Electoral System
o POLITICAL DYNAMICS
+ Political Developments since 1958
+ Interest Groups and Major Political Actors
+ Political Parties
+ Formal and Informal Dynamics of Public Policy
+ The Mass Media
o FOREIGN RELATIONS
* National Security
o HISTORY OF THE ARMED FORCES
o STRATEGIC SETTING
+ Venezuela and the United States
+ Venezuela and Colombia
+ Venezuela and Guyana
+ Venezuela and Brazil
o ROLE OF THE MILITARY IN NATIONAL LIFE
+ Missions
+ Manpower
+ Defense Spending
o ARMED FORCES ORGANIZATION, TRAINING, AND EQUIPMENT
+ The Army
+ The Navy
+ The Air Force
+ The Armed Forces of Cooperation (National Guard)
+ Uniforms, Ranks, and Insignia
o INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC ORDER
+ Threats to Internal Security
+ Law Enforcement Agencies
+ The Criminal Justice System
+ The Prison System
* Appendix. Tables
* Glossary