This document provides guidance for writing a position paper on the current Venezuelan crisis. It outlines a three paragraph structure: 1) Describe the current crisis without explaining historical context, 2) State your country's relationship with Venezuela and position on the Maduro administration, highlighting achievements over interests, 3) Propose solutions either supporting Maduro by calling for non-intervention or opposing Maduro by calling for international elections and human rights accountability. It provides language guidance to use a formal register, present tense, careful punctuation and grammar. The deadline to submit is May 9, 2019.

1. Position Paper
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2. Structure
• Paragraph 1
• Describe the current Venezuelan crisis
• Use the studied vocabulary
• Important words or expressions:
• Venezuela is going through a crisis
• Currently/ nowadays/In present days------- not actually
• Don’t explain the crisis since the 90’s concentrate on current facts

3. Structure
• Paragraph 2
• State your previous relationships with the country (cooperation, economic,
sharing a common history)
• State your position: Supporting Maduro’s administration or not.
• Don’t be too straightforward when showing your interests: “We support
Maduro because we have businesses with him”. Instead, highlight Maduro’s
and the “revolution” achievements.

4. Structure
• Paragraph 3
• Propose solutions according to your country’s views:
• If you are for Maduro:
• Propose that elections should be held without the intervention of other nations or Western
economic powers
• State that Venezuela should solve its problems on its own according to the principle of non-
intervention and self-determination of peoples.
• Lift sanctions on the country (they say that these sanctions cause famine and starvation)
• If you are against Maduro:
• Propose transparent elections with international observers
• Propose the punishment of Human Rights abuses
• Propose a coalition of countries in order to solve the situation: You can decide, either through an
armed conflict or peaceful elections.

5. Language
• Use a formal register. Go to www.thesaurus.com and look for more formal
words
• Be careful with gramar: Use the present tense and present perfect for most of
your paper (Almost all events are in the present)
• Be careful with the use of the Word “actually”. I’ve said this many times!
• Be extra careful with punctuation.

6. Deadline
• Deadline to turn this in: 05/09/2019
• You should turn this in in the same document where you’re doing your paper
in Spanish with Miss Cinthya (Next page). It should also have the heading and
the flag.
• Remember to look for the name of your country in English