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POL 207 - Politics of Latin America

Caracas Valley, Venezuela with mountains in the background

Unit 11: Venezuela

Reading:

Backgrounder: Venezuela: The Rise and Fall of a Petrostate

Venezuela, home to the world’s largest oil reserves, is a case study in the perils of becoming a petrostate. Since it was discovered in the country in the 1920s, oil has taken Venezuela on an exhilarating but dangerous boom-and-bust ride that offers lessons for other resource-rich states.

Film:

The Collapse of Venezuela, Explained

Why Colombia has taken in 1 million Venezuelans

Bloomberg Special Report: Inside Venezuela

Attributions

Backgrounder: Venezuela: The Rise and Fall of a Petrostate
Source: Amelia Cheatham and Diana Roy, Council on Foreign Relations, December 22, 2023, https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/venezuela-crisis
©2024 Council on Foreign Relations. All rights reserved.

The collapse of Venezuela, Explained
Source: Vox YouTube, Aug 25, 2017, www.youtube.com/@Vox
Licensing: Permitted Non-Commercial Educational Classroom Use via Vox Permissions and Licensing

Why Colombia has taken in 1 million Venezuelans
Source: Vox YouTube, Nov 27, 2018, www.youtube.com/@Vox
Licensing: Permitted Non-Commercial Educational Classroom Use via Vox Permissions and Licensing

Bloomberg Special Report: Inside Venezuela
Source: Bloomberg Television YouTube, Aug 20, 2021, https://www.youtube.com/@markets
© 2024 Bloomberg L.P. All rights reserved.