Global Opportunities

David Green 43034Entrepreneurship

Period 9

Venezuela

• Located on the South American plate.

• It is a Republic country.

• It got independence from Spain in 1811.

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Tips On Dressing

• Men should dress conservatively, in dark business suits made of lighter wools.

• Women are advised to wear conservative stylish business clothes of the highest quality

Gifts

• You should wait to have a good relationship before giving a gift.

• The best time to present a business gift is during a long lunch. Don’t Give one during business hours.

• When invited to a Venezuelan home always give a gift.

• Accepted Gifts • Fine Chocolates• Imported liquor such

as scotch.• A desk accessory with

your company name.• For a woman a good

perfume.

Welcome Topics

• Talk about what you like about Venezuela.

• Venezuelan history.• Venezuelan sports

especially baseball and soccer.

• Venezuelan restaurants.

• Things to avoid • A person's private life.• Personal Questions• Someone’s Religion• Venezuelan politics • The influence of the

United States on South America .

Environment

• Venezuela is very hot. The yearly average temperature is 82° so that means no matter what time of the year you go there it will be hot. So you should always dress accordingly.

• But there are several things to worry about while there. Such as earthquakes, floods, rockslides, mudslides, and sometimes droughts. But in all you should enjoy the weather.

Political Situation

• Venezuela is a multi party system which means no one party has a chance of getting power alone. So they all come together and form coalition governments.

• The Party’s are • A New Era • Justice First• For Social Democracy• Fatherland for All• Movement of

Socialism• Democratic Action

Import Requirements

• 25 cigars and 200 cigarettes

• 2 liters of alcoholic beverages

• 4 small bottles of perfume

• New goods can only value up to 1000 dollars.

• Dogs and cats must have good health and rabies certificates.

• The certificates must be approved by government officials.

• Birds also require these same things.

Government Laws and regulations

• Venezuela uses tariffs for certain agricultural products, including feed grains, oilseeds products, sugar, rice, wheat, milk, pork, poultry

• Venezuela has been using tariffs under the Andean Community's price brand system since 1995 for all the products mentioned.