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.