Venezuela : conditions, issues and U.S. relations / - New York : Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, (c)2015. - 1 online resource. - Latin american Political, Economic, and Security Issues .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Venezuela: background and U. S. relations / Venezuela 2013 Human Rights Report / Venezuela 2013 International Religious Freedom Report / 2014 Investment Climate Statement: Venezuela / Mark P. Sullivan -- U.S. Department of State ; Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor -- U.S. Department of State ; Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor -- Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs.

While historically the United States has had close relations with Venezuela, a major oil supplier, friction in bilateral relations rose under the leftist populist government of President Hugo Chávez (1999-2013), who died in March 2013 after battling cancer for almost two years. U.S. policymakers and Members of Congress have had concerns for a number of years about the deterioration of human rights and democratic conditions in Venezuela as well as the Venezuelan government's lack of cooperation on anti-drug and counterterrorism efforts. The United States has imposed financial sanctions on eight.



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Electronic Books.

HC237 / .V464 2015