the oil industry.
Jose David Cabello is the Minister of Industry for Venezuela.
petroleum
The government owns the oil industry
Venezuela is not self-sufficient agriculturally and it must import most of its food. Venezuela's modern industry is oil. Before they discovered oil in 1913, 80% of the population was rural and illiterate. Venezuela now ranks among the richest and most powerful nations in the world.
There are three main industries in Venezuela. Mining for bauxite and aluminum is a major industry. The people of Venezuela also work in oil fields, both on and off shore. Venezuela is also a steel exporting country.
Lake Maracaibo, which is essentially a brackish bay connected to the Caribbean Sea by the Gulf of Venezuela.
Agustin Gonzalez A has written: 'The refining industry in Venezuela'
Petroleum Petroleum
Oil. Hugo Chavez wanted to control the country. After he was released from jail he ran for president and of course was elected and won. When he won in 1998 he nationalized the oil industry
The oil industry
Deeply bad. It will take 50 years to recover the industry after him.
Cornelius Vanderbilt controlled the railroad industry.