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Venezuela has a Federal government system with an executive, judicial, and legislative branch. At the head we have the president, Nicolas Maduro who is also the Chief of State. There is immense tension between the citizens and the Government of Venezuela. There is an ongoing political crisis with the main conflict being on the socialist president, Nicolas Maduro. While he was on his first term of Presidency, Venezuela's economy went to shambles and whether or not that was his fault is debateable. There is a threat of impeachment and many ongoing protests against Nicolas Maduro. After various policies to "help" the poor, the annual inflation rate reached 1,300,000% in the year to November 2018. In summary, various attempts at implementing socialist policies have led to immense economical damage and the Citizens are feeling it as a result.

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The shape of Venezuela would be in between compact and prorupt as it is semi compact but has some pieces that are protruding. Venezuela although it currently has some economic issues, the issues are not due to the shape. On the contrary the shape and location is beneficial as Venezuela has access to the ocean for trade.

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In the upper left of the flag there is the Venezuelan Coat of Arms. The stars in the middle symbolize the seven provinces that supported the revolution from Spain. Blue represents independence from Spain. Finally the Red shows courage and perseverance.

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Venezuela is a member of the supranational organization OPEC (Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries) and is in it for economic reasons since 1960.

It is also a member of  the international organization known as the UN (United Nations) for political gains since 1945

Mercosur is a South American regional organization that Venezuela is in for economic reasons since 1991 as it is a form of trade bloc, however Venezuela is currently suspended.

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There are no boundary disputes for Venezuela and not much of the Country boundaries are physical.

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Over the years, Venezuela itself has maintained a very similar shape and the boundaries have remained mostly the same. However due to advancements in cartography or lack thereof, the maps look a lot different. The main subtractions from the original territory of Venezuela include some of the south eastern coast from between 1840 and 1920. From 1920-1947, some of the southernmost part of Venezuela was given to Brazil and Columbia got some of the  North Western part of Venezuela, Maracaiba. Before 2010, Venezuela gained two minor proruptions of territory at the south south east region.

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1947

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1840

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The physical map, when state boundaries are drawn on, we can see that most of the boundaries are reflective of rivers or mountains that are present in the region. Most cities have their boundaries on the river or along mountains, Bolivar, for example has almost all of its boundaries as rivers  besides the Brazilian portion on the south line of Venezuela.

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1920

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2010