ESC: United States of America, Ireland and Venezuela

United States Of America (motto: In God we trust) is Located in northern of the American Continent, to the east is bordered by  the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by Mexico; to the North by Canada (other English Speaking Country and one of my favorite) and to the west by the Pacific Sea. In this country there are about 40 countries (including Alaska) that belong to all the country completely and they are California, New York, Texas among others while Venezuela is formed by 24 cities.  This country has very important features like the other countries worldwide such as: geography, politics, climate, economy (one of the world’s highest), and Education Characteristics. United States’ capital city is Washington D.C; this country has a very crowded population about 300 million of people, it is common to find foreign people living there such as Venezuelan people.

It is important to mention that Independence Day in United Sates of America is on July 4^th, and in Venezuela country is on July 5^th.

USA’s official Language is English however due to the variety of people who comes from other places it is usual to realize that there are many kind of languages spoken in that country for instance: Spanish in Florida, Chinese in New York City, French in Louisiana and some others. United States’ main cities are: Los Angeles in California, The New York City “one of the Fashion Capital of the world” Washington D.C.,  the first one is very famous due to the movie company named Hollywood where the big artist live and work, N.Y. city is also famous because there are many beautiful skyscrapers; the third is located the White House where the President lives, and it is placed  ‘The Pentagon” but  in Venezuela there are many important Cities like Maracaibo, Valencia, Maracay and of course its capital city is Caracas known as: “ La Gran Caracas”. Maracaibo is known worldwide because of its big petroleum reserve, natural gas in the Maracaibo Lake “Lago de Maracaibo”; Valencia and Maracay cities are characterized by their industry services like: food and car industries and Caracas is located the Legislature, Miraflores where the Presidents live and in this city it is situated the busiest airport of the country of Venezuela “International Airport Simon Bolivar” by the way the busiest airports in U.S.A. is located in Texas and it is named Dallas Fort-Worth. The subway in New York City is the busiest of the country while in Venezuela the Caracas Subway is the largest one of the state.

 In The U.S.A. the vegetation is characterized by a variety forest and in Venezuela there are many kinds of vegetation it is not the same vegetation found due to the Climate, Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio are the most important rivers and Lakes in America in addition  The Orinoco River is the largest  river in Venezuela even in South America

The official currency used in the United States of America is the American Dollar and its symbol is $,  then $1 = 100 cents on the other hand, in Venezuela it is used  as official currency the Bolivar Fuerte its symbol is Bs.F so if you have $1 then it means that you have 4,50 Bsf. or ( 4.500 Bs. Before) in Venezuela. The American dollar is the most trade currency in the world so that it is the most used by other countries as: Ecuador, Puerto Rico, Panama, Dominican Republic and so on.

The climate in U.S.A. tends to change due to the big geography characteristics so it means the weather could be colder in Colorado, New Jersey than in Texas or Florida, in this country the four seasons; fall, winter, summer and spring happen according to the era of the years for instance in December is Winter, in August is Summer, but Venezuela’s weather is a very tropical climate so there can be rainy and sunny days.

Each Country has an anthem in Venezuela for instance; it is named “Gloria al bravo Pueblo”, and “ The Star Splanged Banner” the flags of these countries are very interesting, U.S.A.’s flag is red, white and it has … stars that represents the states there besides the eagle (it sees it in the  American coat arm and the Bolivar’s white horse in the Venezuelan coat arm) is the national Animal which means power and agility in the wild, United States is known as the most powerful country in the world, meanwhile Venezuela’s flag has three colors Yellow ( resources), blue( seas that are bordering it), red ( blood of the national heroes), and it also has eight stars, its national animal is the Parrot or “ La Guacamaya” in Spanish, this animal is characterized by their pretty  three colors: yellow, blue and red; they are the same colors of the flags or it has the national colors of the  country. Barack Obama is the President in the United States, he was elected in 2008 on the other hand, in Venezuela  is elected the President in 1998 named Hugo Chavez and he is still the president of the country. The main political parties in these countries are: Republicans vs. Democrats (the elephant vs.the dog) for United States, while A.D., Copei, Psuv( oposicion vs. Oficialismo) for Venezuelan main political parties.

The economy in the united state is one of the strongest and more complex financial system worldwide and its Income Index is world’s highest; it has a GDP = $13,5 trillions per year, its GDP is based on service, customer services over the phone, Online, Taxes (personal, corporate) on the other hand this country is home of the major companies and corporations, this country owns more patents to technologies than any other country in the earth;  meanwhile Venezuela’s economy is based on Petroleum. Healthcare system is completely private the government does offer free health insurance citizens with low income, employers pay for a private healthcare insurance to their employees. United States of America has the best health care research systems which help to develop medicines and technologies in Venezuela the Healthcare is free but some people pay for a private insurances in order to get better services, besides American people usually travel to Canada for getting medicine easier or free due to in U.S.A. is more complicated get them easily.

The New York Times, The Journalist, Vogue, People, CNN in Atlanta are newspapers, magazines and broadcasting are the most important and known  in Northerm of America; in Venezuela El Nacional is the main newspaper known in the country.

Education in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (official Name) is similar to the one of the United States, it starts in kinder garden and it is divided in three other sections in the following years High school finishes at the 11^th grade, it is completely free education in Venezuela as well in the U.S.A., Venezuela may lack on funding to run education programs which could result on lack of credibility of the universities, the main university in Venezuela is: U.C.V. and in U.S.A. are the Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Boston Universities.

 Another English Speaking Country named Ireland; nickname: The Green Isle and The Island of Saints and Scholars which is an Island located in the Atlantic Ocean to the west, to the south the Celtic Sea and to the east the Irish Sea. The Republic of Ireland is placed in northern Europe and its capital city is Dublin, and also as other largest cities in the country are the following: Belfast and Cork Where there are the main Ports. This Island belongs to The United Kingdom; its area coastline is about 2.797 km. While Venezuela is just located in the Southern of America, to the north is the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea is to the North too, there are many island in the sea named before such as: Margarita, Los Roques Archipelago but Aruba and Curacao are very near to Venezuela exactly to the western of the country. Caracas is the Capital of the country. The Orchid is the country’s national flower in Venezuela and they are colorful, in Ireland the Shamrock is the national symbol and it is related to “Luck” for them, in that  English country, the furze is a very yellow flower that represents the vegetation. The Shannon River is largest one in Ireland while the Orinoco River belongs to Venezuela; it crosses the whole country and it finishes in the Caribbean Sea. A tropical climate is characterized in Venezuela and Ireland’s weather tends to change depending on season for example the wind is very cold in winter moreover Ireland is very famous because of its lakes meanwhile in the country of the Southern Venezuela it is situated specifically in Bolivar State; The Angel Fall or “El Salto Angel” in Spanish; this one is the tallest fall worldwide. Languages are used in order to communicate by human being, in Ireland the official languages are Irish Galic and English but in Venezuela is just spoken Spanish in some places is spoken Pemon in the Southern of the country (Bolivar and Amazonas states) the aboriginal language but a few population knows how to speak it.

Independence Day is celebrated in December 6^th although on July 5^th is celebrated in Venezuela. Venezuela’s flag has three colors yellow, blue and red, the first one means wealth, the second one is associated to the seas to border the country, the last one means the  country national heroes’ blood in the battles, and it has eight  white stars that represents the Provinces of the Battles happen in the history of the nation. Ireland’s flag also has three colors such as: green, white and orange the first one represents the land of the green people and the orange the land of the orange people and the white color means the peace between them in the country.  On the other hand St. Patrick is celebrated in that country.

The president of Venezuela is Hugo Chavez and the Vice President is Elias Jaua, in Ireland is named Michael Higgins besides, besides it is important to mention that the official anthem used in the Green Isle is called “A Soldier’s Song” and Venezuela’s anthem is named “Gloria al Bravo Pueblo” furthermore The official currency used in Venezuela is the Bolivar Fuerte and its symbol is Bs.F. and Ireland’s official currency is the Irish Pound but nowadays they have already adopted the Euro as a legal tender. On the other hand, Ireland is a small modern state depending economy also it belongs to European Union and it is based on energy (electricity networks because of the wind power), natural gas, non natives products (agriculture) forests cover 12.5% the area of the island, in Ireland is preserved the environment, world’s market for whiskey producing 90% of the world’s whiskey.

Social media in Venezuela is based on newspapers, channels TV and the main is “El Nacional”, there are many kinds of broadcasting such as: entertainment, news and so on. The Irish Times is the major newspaper of the country and it includes information about: sports, news, business, analysis, weather and more.  Of course nowadays; facebook and twitter like the most important social tool that connects people  in all the countries around the world.

Education system in Ireland is divided in three levels primary, secondary and higher education, opportunities available as: post secondary courses, vocational training, full degree and highest post- graduate levels; the education is considered a fundamental right, Ireland has Institute of technology, Universities, Colleges of Education, Privates colleges, lifelong learning and in Venezuela is almost the same system but people has to pay for a post- graduate level and the system is divided public and private.

ESC of the World and Venezuela

Worldwide there are a lot of countries where English is spoken such as:  Canada, England, Wales and Scotland, they are called English Speaking Countries and the first one is located in the northern of America and the others are located in Europe, in The United Kingdom.  on the other hand there are other countries where other languages are spoken as Spanish, French, welsh (Wales) and so on, in the Southern of America is located Venezuela where just Spanish is spoken by the people who lives there. Each country has a particular feature which identify them such as climate, politics and geography which determine their size or actual geographic extension, so that the weather tends to change because it depends on the season and the place where they are; for instance Canada is very cold( northern of the country most of the time), England, Wales and Scotland’s weather depend on the season of the year so they will be sometimes cold or hot, on the other hand Venezuela has a very tropical weather so it means that these countries can produce agriculture or products taking into account their climate, localization and so on because there could be some advantages and disadvantages.  Countries in the world have many natural resources such as the petroleum which is the most important one for the economy nowadays, Venezuela has a huge reserve of it and it also has a huge natural gas reserve, also many natural resources such as: aluminum, gold, copper etc, but also our country has one of the the biggest hydroelectric plants in Bolivar stated named “Guri” same as Canada and Scotland. There is something that is really importantant to mention that Venezuela’s politics is just based on a President of the country, on the contrary that in those English Speaking Countries the politics system is focused on Monarch so that there is a head of state who is Elizabeth II but besides it is named the Prime Minister. All the countries have a Capital City which is the busiest and the largest one and it is most of the  city of the country where the most important activities and places are found there for example: Canada; Ottawa, Scotland; Edinburgh, England; London, Wales; Cardiff  and Venezuela; Caracas.

In Venezuela there is a National flower called “orquidea”(orchid), in Canada the Arce is the spear that represents this nation (Arce tree), in Wales the Daffodil, in England are the roses and in Scotland is the Thistle is a small and purple flower. Besides Venezuela has a main river named Orinoco, Canada’s major river is in Ottawa, in Wales Severn River is the biggest of the British Island The Thames River the most important in England, as well in Scotland the rivers Tay and Spey are very significant because of the fish products and scotch whisky productions

The countries of the world posses an Anthem, coat of arms and flags  in the case of Canada which has two anthems the Royal and the other one which is named O Canada!, Venezuela’s anthem is called “Gloria al Bravo Pueblo”  in England  is used The Royal Anthem that is called God save the Queen!, in Scotland, None! is named of  the anthem and finally in  the  Country of Wales the anthem is Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau translated in English as “Land of my Fathers” is the national anthem in Wales On the other hand, Canada’s  flag is red and white and it has an Arce spear on it, because this is the  National tree. England’s flag is red and white; the flag that belongs to Scotland is blue and in Wales is white with a big and red dragon on it because it means a strong person such as Arthur King and finally Venezuela’s flag that has three colors: yellow (the resources of the country), blue (the seas which are bordering it) and red (blood of the national heroes) besides, the flag has eight stars. The most of the coat army of the English Spoken Countries have a crown because they belongs to the Royal Countries but Venezuela’s coat army has a white horse that represents the most important National heroe who is Simon Bolivar.  

The economy of the countries in the worldwide is characterized for the Gross Domestic Product GDP, which determines their Human Development and Income Index for instance Canada has the 10^th  Income Index due to GDP total and it is valued almost  $2 trillion  and it is the 6^th world’s highest Human Development.  Venezuela is the 25^th world’s highest human development and income index and its GDP is about a total of $ 352 million. In some American counties such as: Canada, and in the United Kingdom Wales and England even in Scotland population declare taxes every year in April and December but in Venezuela people should do the same.

In addition, the official currency is the kind of money that is allowed to circulate in the country because it is the legal currency so that the official currency in England , Scotland is the pound Stearling,  On the other hand in Canada is the Canadian dollar $C but in coins American $ is legal too, and in Wales is the Pound Stearling (GBP) too  by the way related to official currency in Venezuela  is the “Bolivar Fuerte” and its symbol is BsF., then if  you have $1 the universal currency so you have 4.5 Bs.F. (4500 Bs before)

Most of the countries have different languages and official currency but the natural resources that they have for example: Venezuela vs. Canada or Venezuela vs. the United Kingdom however some wealth and industries are compatible related to quality and productions because each country provides several products like: fish, vegetables, food, even oil and chemicals goods which are a very strong and important feature of their economy, income and human development.

Facts about Canadian education it is proven that 99 percent of the Canadian people know how to write and read and also over 75 percent of the population finish the secondary school or high school and 53 percent of the people goes to the superior education and the education is given in English and French because is a bilingual nation and also Canada’s government pay for the education there it is almost free for the Canadian. In Canada, England, Wales, Scotland the education is divided in three terms primary, secondary and post secondary as well as in Venezuela is also divided in: Kinder garden, elementary, high school. So it means in these ESC (England, Canada, Wales, Scotland) the education system is almost divided equal and there is a public and private education as well as in Venezuela’s education system the government pay for Venezuelan people education so people decides if they want or have to study in a public or private institution and the 90% of the population knows how to write and read. The universities and libraries in the United Kingdom and Canada are founded most of them by the government.

On the other hand the university of welsh, the university of Ottawa y Toronto, the University of Cardiff, University of Glasgow, University of Cambridge and the University of London which are the major universities in these countries they are both big and efficient in the world besides they also offer a very high education level, furthermore  in Venezuela the “Universidad Central de Venezuela” (UCV) that is located in Caracas; it is the main university duo to it offers every career available in the country.

In addition,  for these countries mentioned before, Education System is the goal for the Society, Economy and Culture even for getting a high index of human development and this is the base of population to achieve a better quality of life.

Health and Care system in Canada is free of cost in 70 percent of the case  , the Medical Care System (Canada); in Scotland and England the system of health is private and public the National Health Service (England) that provides the majority of healthcare for populations in the country in Venezuela the system is similar private and public so there are private and public hospitals the Venezuela’s government pay for the medical security in the country (sometimes, some cases) but the population has a possibility to get a medical insurance in order to have a better service but it is a private system so people has to pay for it themselves.

Finally I think that Canada, Wales, Scotland and England are countries beautiful and very interesting, they belong to a monarch system politics however they have a lot of things special the language, the currency, places, weather but if there is a thing that makes me proud of studying and learning them is the great resources that they have and Venezuela has them too so that it means that Venezuela could get better the human development and income index and thus become in a greater country.

Learning about Wolrd´s ESC the following:

In this Blog, you are going to know some information which is concerning with  some World´s English Speaking Countries about Geography, Climate, Anthem, Society and Culture and so on,  and the most important thing the way how population lives; festivities, Social Habits and Family Structure, besides at the same time; all these aspects will be compared with the  Venezuela Nation  which is located to the southern of the American Continent.