TIMELINE COMPARISON

TimelineComparison

By: Sofia Iguaran

Venezuela

Lebanon

Nicolás Maduro was elected

Venezuela's economy shrunk.

National Assembly called Maduro usurper.

Oil production collapsed and Venezuela was entering into a big debt.

Maduro was re-elected causing migration crisis

Guaido declared himself as president.

COVID-19 was an excuse.

Lebanon Crisis

Lebanon Civil War

Political protests

Libeanese economic hardships heighten

COVID-19 worsen the economic situation.

Beirut Explosion and Lebanon;s first minister resign.

Opposition leader arrested.

Violence cause calls for uprisigng

2013 - 1958

2014 - 1975

2015 - 1976

2017 - 2006

2018 - 2010

2019 - 2020

2021

Syria and Israel invaded Lebanon.

The religious sects divided the power.

Economy collapsed.

Nicolás Maduro was elected in April 2013 after the death of his predecessor Hugo Chávez, where the economy went into decline during his first term.

Lebanon was divided into three sects: Maronite Christians, Shia Muslims, and Sunni Muslims; which cause a political crisis because of religious tensions.

Venezuela’s central bank decayed, making its economy shrink by more than 50 percent since 2013. Furthermore, Leopoldo Lopez was arrested for his roles in protests that went against the government. Maduro makes him remain in jail avoiding him to participate in elections.

The Lebanese Civil War took place because of religious discrepancies and power affairs.

Maduro's re-election was not approved by the opposition-controlled National Assembly, which marked Maduro a "usurper", meaning that he took the power illegally.

During the Civil War, Israel and Syria invaded Lebanon making the sectarian military leaders sign an agreement 'The Taif Agreement" where they divide the power.

Oil production collapsed, meanwhile Maduro was seeking to restructure foreign debts when the U.S sanction Venezuela.

Lebanon experience political protests since 2006 against government corruption and disequality, asking for a new government. At first, Lebanese protests since they opposed the US and Saudi-backed government. However, the government stayed in power and nothing changed.

Maduro was re-elected to a second six-year term in May 2018 in highly controversial polls, where corruption was present. The economic crisis, make Venezuelans to flew from the country, experiencing the largest migration crisis in recent Latin American history.

The objective of Lebanon was to keep dollars flowing, so Lebanon’s central bank started offering high interests to people who deposit dollars. However, things didn’t function falling everything apart and plummeting the value of the lira by more than 90%.

Guaido was recognized as the legitimate president of Venezuela since disequality, corruption, and human rights violations were seen in Maduro's governance; making Guaido call the military to help remove Maduro but it was impossible.

On the 21st of February, the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in Lebanon. On August 4, Beirut port exploded killing over 200 people and injuring thousands. These events harm much more Lebanon's economy.

The Covid-19 contingency served as an excuse to intensify their government control over the population.

Nowadays, Lebanon's economy collapsed, the government is not functional, electricity is not functioning as it needs to, and basic resources are not available. However, the new prime minister "Mr. Mikati" has asked the Lebanese for unity to pull the country out of the economic crisis.