My Place.Venezuela.

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My Place.Venezuela.

• By Maia Flores
• Enrichment Class of 08
• Ray Thompson Elementary

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Venezuela

• Venezuela is in the northern part of South
  America.
  
• Venezuela means Little Vince, from a man who
  discovered it.
  
• Venezuela also has mountains and caribbeans.
• The capital of Venezuela is Caracas.
• In 1991, the population was 18,105,265 excluding
  Jungle Indians living in the remote interior.
  
• Venezuela is also three times bigger than Texas.
  
  

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Venezuela History

• The name Venezuela is believed to have
  originated from the cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
  who worked together with Alonzo de Ojeda. In
  1499 their expedition was led along the
  northwestern coasts Gulf of Venezuela.
• People think that Venezuela was first found at
  least 15,000 years ago!!

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Diseases in Venezuela

• Infants in Venezuela stood at 16 deaths per 1,000
  births in 2004. 17 of potable water is
  lacking access in Venezuela. Also 3 of sewage
  is treated. Most cities lack treatment
  facilities. Some people are going to obtain
  vaccination for diseases such as typhoid,
  yellow fever, cholera hepatitis A, B and D.

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Venezuelas Education

• Schools in Venezuela dont have many supplies
  for the kids.
  
• They also dont have that much money to make a
  better school.

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Poverty in Venezuela

• There is much poverty in Venezuela! Most people
  in Venezuela live in boxes or even in the streets
  and that is so sad.
  
• People who live in houses have bad conditions of
  walls, heating, and also bad sleeping
  conditions. People sleep on concrete!!!!!

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Dirty Drinking Water

• There are a lot of diseases going on in
  Venezuela. I am going to tell you right now about
  the water source. They said that children in
  Venezuela die of waterbone illness EVERY 15
  seconds.
• 1 Billion people dont have clean water there
  and one in three lacks a basic toilet.

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Bibliography
http//www.venezuelatuya.com/historia/resum1eng.ht
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http//www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108140.html
http//travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1
059.html
http//www.venezuelatuya.com/
http//www.venezuelatuya.com/natura/indexeng.htm