Countries

Venezuela

Venezuela is a country on South America's Caribbean coast, home to the Andes, the Orinoco and Angel Falls, the world's highest waterfall. It holds the largest proven oil reserves on Earth, yet since 2014 a deep economic crisis has led millions of people to leave. The map shows the recognised border with Guyana, which Venezuela disputes.

Angel Falls dropping in a long white thread from a sheer cliff into mist and forest, Venezuela

Angel Falls

Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY 3.0

Yellow, blue and red from Francisco de Miranda's independence flag, shared with Colombia and Ecuador. Seven stars stand for the provinces that declared independence in 1811; an eighth was added in 2006.

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