User talk:Llanio

The corruption of previous President than Chávez was really high. Corruption has always been really high in Venezuela. The reason why Chávez won as a President is because people the abstention was really high, and many people vote for Chávez in order to punish the two main political parties for the mess that did in the country. Regarding your second question, I have no idea. May be because we were one of the strongest democracies in South America. May be because we were a cooperator regarding the war drugs. For many years, Venezuelan citizens could get a permanent visa to go to the United States. Now, is totally different. May be because we provide oil to the United States. Even with all the issues that Venezuela had, it was in a better position in South American than many other countries. You can ask the same question about Mexico. Venezuela is the fifth oil exporter in the Venezuela; Mexico was the eight (I do not know if that number has changed). Mexico is the second or three oil provider to US; Venezuela the fifth. Look what Mexico is and its has received a lot of help of US too, probably more than Venezuela.