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Welcome to the Venezuela Information OfficeDespite its great wealth as the world's fifth-largest oil producer, when President Chavez began his first term in office in 1999, Venezuela was a country in which nearly half of all households lived in poverty. To address this injustice, the state-owned oil company increased spending on social programs from 40 million to 13.3 billion dollars annually as of 2006. Now, all Venezuelans are guaranteed access to education, job training, housing, and health care. Between 1998 and 2007, the household poverty rate dropped by 31%.
Politicized White House Drug Report Blacklists Andes NationsRead VIO Fact Sheet - (pdf)New Human Rights Watch Report on Venezuela Short on TruthRead VIO Press Release - Myth and Fact SheetIn Solidarity with Bolivia, Venezuela Dismisses US AmbassadorListen to Radio Interview (9/16/08) - Read VIO Analysis - Venezuela's Official StatementChavez Meets World Jewish Leaders, Condemns Anti-SemitismRead Latin American Jewish Congress' Article in Spanish - New Fact SheetInternational Crisis Group Report IrresponsibleRead our analysis "ICG-Short on Facts, High on Bias".Venezuela Pushes Regional Cooperation, SovereigntyEnergy and Food Security - Regional Defense - Venezuela-Colombia RelationsVenezuela Does Not Support Terrorism, OAS TestifiesRead Full Article - Read an op-ed - Read a New Fact SheetExxonMobil's Asset Freeze Aganst Venezuela OverturnedRead Full Article - British Officials Support VenezuelaNPR on "Politics of Chavez," Poll Shows Venezuela InfluenceListen to NPR Story - View PollCabinet and Policy Changes Announced for 2008
Read Full Article - Chavez Pardons Political Opponents
NOTE: The Venezuela Information Office is dedicated to informing the American
public about contemporary Venezuela, and receives its funding from the
government of Venezuela. More information is available from the FARA office
of the Department of Justice in Washington DC.
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