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Venezuela
Author(s) -
Otero Isabella,
Bastidas Rigoberto
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
thunderbird international business review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.553
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1520-6874
pISSN - 1096-4762
DOI - 10.1002/tie.10012
Subject(s) - constitution , politics , context (archaeology) , investment (military) , power (physics) , political science , public administration , economy , economic history , economics , law , geography , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics
Venezuela is entering the year 2002 with a new political and economic context characterized by an almostcomplete control of power by the elected President Hugo Chavez and a new national constitution approved inDecember 15, 1999. This article gives a brief description of the Venezuelan political, economic, financial, legal,and regulatory systems and it examines the extent to which the changes brought about by this new political contextaffect foriegn investment and business practices in the country. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.