Venezuela

Venezuela,

 Hugo

 Chavez

 and

 the

 Bolivarian

 Republic

Historical

 Timeline

1522

:

Colonized

 by

 Spain

1811

:

one

 of

 the

 first

 Spanish-­‐American

 to

 declare

 independence

 (but

 not

 very

 secured

 yet)

1821

:

established

 full

 independence

 from

 Spain

 but

 as

 part

 of

 Gran

 Columbia

1830

:

established

 its

 independence

 as

 a

 separate

 country

 (but

 under

 autocratic

 regimes

 dominated

by

 military

 strongmen)

1958

:

start

 of

 democratic

 governments

 (two-­‐party

 system)

 but

 all

 deemed

 corrupt

1980s

 &

 1990s

  :

economic

 shocks

 and

 political

 crises

1992

:

2

 attempted

 coup

 d’état

1993

:

impeachment

 of

 Pres.

 Carlos

 Perez

 (for

 embezzlement

 of

 public

 funds)

1998

:

  election

 of

 Hugo

 Chavez

 and

 the

 launch

 of

 the

 Bolivarian

 Revolution

 (Simon

 Bolivar

 is

 a

 19th-­‐

century

 statesman

 who

 had

 led

 the

 fight

 for

 Latin

 America’s

 independence

 from

 Spain

 and

advocated

 the

 creation

 of

 a

 league

 of

 Latin

 American

 states

1999

:

  New

 Constitution

 for

 Venezuela

 under

 Chavez

 and

 new

 name

 for

 the

 country

 (Bolivarian

Republic

 of

 Venezuela)

 –

 it

 is

 a

 Federal

 Presidential

 Republic

 with

 23

 states.

Notes

  :

Venezuela

 has

 the

 world's

 largest

 oil

 reserves

 and

 has

 been

 one

 of...