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Venezuela is battling a record number of wildfires as a climate-change-driven drought plagues the Amazon rainforest region
Satellites registered more than 30,200 fire points in Venezuela from January to March, the highest level for that period since 1999
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea
The capital and largest urban agglomeration is the city of Caracas.
The continental territory is bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Colombia, Brazil on the south, Trinidad and Tobago to the north-east and on the east by Guyana.
The territory of Venezuela was colonized by Spain in 1522 amid resistance from Indigenous peoples. In 1811, it became one of the first Spanish-American territories to declare independence from the Spanish and to form part of the first federal Republic of Colombia (Gran Colombia).
Geographical features:
Angel Falls in Venezuela the world's tallest uninterrupted waterfall, with a height of 979 metres
Lake Maracaibo
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