Venezuela+Political+System

Latin America **Insight of Venezuela's Political Life **


 * Government: **
 * **The government is composed of executive, legislative, and judicial branches. **
 * **Executive Branch: A president is elected for a term of five years. **
 * **Legislative Branch: This branch is composed of a Congress that is broken up into a Senate and a Chamber of Duties. **
 * **Judicial Branch: The Supreme Court is the highest judicial institution and members for this institution are elected by representatives of Congress. **


 * Colonel Hugo Chavez Frias: **
 * **He was voted into office as Venezuela's president in 1999. **
 * **Previously, he was imprisoned for leading a coup against the government of Carlos Andres Perez. **
 * **Venezuela describes their president as caudillo, which means "popular leader". **
 * **President Hugo Chavez Frias has a wide-level of popular support in Venezuela. **


 * Political Parties: **
 * **Social Christian (COPEI) **
 * **Democratic Action **
 * **MAS **
 * **<span style="color: #3c0bbe; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Radical Cause **


 * <span style="background-color: #ec0b2a; color: #3c0bbe; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Social Problems: **
 * **<span style="color: #3c0bbe; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The largest problems seen in Venezuela are traditional crimes and riots. **
 * **<span style="color: #3c0bbe; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Crimes include street crimes, violent crimes, petty theft, and widespread government corruption. **
 * **<span style="color: #3c0bbe; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Street crimes usually occur at night and/or in the poorest neighborhoods. **
 * **<span style="color: #3c0bbe; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Violent crimes usually involve gun-point or knife-point, but do not tend to be fatal encounters. **
 * **<span style="color: #3c0bbe; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The carrying of guns is widespread from private guards to the male population. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ec0b2a; color: #3c0bbe; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Military: **
 * **<span style="color: #3c0bbe; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The military is divided up into the navy, army, and air force ([|Military]). **
 * **<span style="color: #3c0bbe; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">There are approximately eighty thousand members in the military. **
 * **<span style="color: #3c0bbe; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">There has been ongoing historic conflicts with Columbia and Guyana; the last flare up was in the 1980s. **
 * **<span style="color: #3c0bbe; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Also in the 1980s ransom kidnapping has increased and the military has been part of the investigation process. **
 * **<span style="color: #3c0bbe; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">More recently, the military is most concerned with maintaining internal political order. **

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