Located in the continent of South America, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is home to approximately 31.9 million people. Blessed with the world’s largest oil reserves, Venezuela was once the region’s highest in terms of per capita income and a major oil supplier to the United States. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/in-socialist-venezuela-a-crisis-of-faith-not-in-just-their-leader-but-their-economic-model/2019/02/11/ea67849e-2b33-11e9906e-) (https://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R45120.pdf) The country’s elections held in May