The article provides an overview of the political history of Venezuela from 1990-2008. It mentions that Hugo Chavez assumed the role of president in 1998 with information on the country's continuous and consistent strong current account surplus and the world's fifth largest exporter of oil in ...
Author and professor of Africana studies, Ivan Van Sertima is known for shining a light on topics often discredited or brushed off in regards to the history of African Americans in the United States. In his book, They Came Before Columbus, Van Sertima outlines a theory about the presence and...
In Venezuela alone about 4 × 1012 barrels of heavy oil are known to exist in the sandbelt of the Orinoco basin. In situ combustion technology is not so advanced as steam injection and still is hampered by such problems as corrosion and emulsion formation; however, it is well understood ...
Soon, he won the 1998 election by a landslide and dismantled the democratic system that Venezuela had put in place. Some of the ways he did this were by packing the supreme court with sycophants, silencing independent media, and exiling or imprisoning his rivals. This is just one example o...
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Therefore, whenever people get too frustrated about these matters, extreme ideologies are more likely to appear.As we look around today, we can observe such tendencies in countries like Hungary, Venezuela, and even the United States. Lesson 3:Democracy’s advocates should be aware of its fragilit...
We all know the history of Gaylord Perry and what he used to do back then. Bud Selig, already enshrined in the hall of fame looked the other way, knowing what was going on in the game. Clemens, Bonds, McGwire, Sosa and many other baseball players helped the game of baseball after ...
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refinery began operating in Normandy in 1933. After World War II, CFP engaged in oil exploration in Venezuela, Canada, and Africa while pursuing energy sources within France. Exploration in Algeria, then a French colony, began in 1946, with Algeria becoming a leading source of oil in the ...
CARACAS -- The re-opening of the Colombia-Venezuela border began on Saturday at 5 am (0900 GMT), in an "ordered, controlled and gradual" fashion, shortly before the anniversary of its closure on Aug. 19. From the early morning, people were allowed to cross on foot at the Venezuelan bor...