: About Me

Venezuela and Ecuador have struggled through hundreds of years of political and economic unrest. Leaders have come and gone, each bringing their own ideas and changes to their countries. Given their rates of oil production and status as major exporters, it must be questioned why the two countries continue to suffer from substandard living conditions and high unemployment. In the mid 1980s and 2002, oil production ground to a halt as a result of protests, calls for the resignation of President Chavez in Venezuela and for oil revenues to be spent on infrastructure in Ecuador. The constant vo...