Venezuela
Little Venice
República Bolivariana de Venezuela
Ever wanted to go to the place with the largest oil reserves in the world? Because you're in for a treat. Venezuela, with its wide range of biodiversity, unique food, and captivating culture, is the place to go for a fantastic experience of South American life.
Coat of Arms
This is Venezuela's coat of arms, approved on April 18 1836
Current Flag
Their flag as of current date which includes the coat of arms
Old Flag
Venezuela's flag, yellow blue and red with an arc of 8 stars on the blue stripe
President Maduro
Above is a picture of the current president of Venezeula. His name is Nicolás Maduro. He's been in office since April 19, 2013, living in the Palacio de Miraflores, or the Miraflores Palace.
Veggie Venezeula
Now onto the tasty part; food! Venezuela has so many different delicious flavors, their food staples being corn, plantains, yams, beans, rice, and many meats. Potatoes, tomatoes, onion, squash, zucchini, and eggplant are often sides.
Mandocas
Mandocas are delicious Venezuelan breakfast treats. They're made from a batter of sweetened cornmeal, green plantains, and grated white cheese. They taste a little bit like hush puppies, and are traditionally served with slices of queso fresco cheese. This recipe substitutes dark brown sugar for the traditional papelón, a molasses-like sugar left over from sugar cane processing. Look for yellow plantains, which is the color in between green (unripe) and black (very ripe).
Empanadas
The empanadas in Venezuela are deep fried, stuffed corn flour patties. Depending on the region you can even find shark, clams or other types of seafood fillings - especially in coastal regions like Margarita Island. The most typical empanadas are those filled with cheese and minced meat
Dulce de Leche
Is found in all of South America. The version in Venezuela is also called arequipe and is mainly produced in the northern town of Coro. You can find the pure variety of dulce de leche or the version with chocolate. It is basically sweetened milk that has been carefully cooked until you receive a brown jam that tastes a little bit like caramel. An easy way of preparing it is to cook sweetened condense milk for a couple of hours
Wanna Go?
Venezuela has tons of fun places to go and things to do. Inlcuding sking in the Andes, seeing Angel waterfall, visiting the capital; Cacaras, and even watching the devil dancers of San Francisco de Yare, and more!