Does United States Involvement in Venezuela Impact the U.S.?

Does the United States’ involvement in Venezuela impact the United States? Of course it does.  Everything that the United States decides to be involved in will cause the country to form an opinion on it.  Some people may believe that we shouldn’t be helping them but, then others probably think that it’s a good thing that were doing by helping them. The United States is very fortunate as far as medical advancements and resources. It’s our job to share that with other countries that are in need. How would it make us look if we had a ton of resources, saw a country in need, and didn’t help them? Greedy! We would look greedy. The United States has always been the country that gets involved with everything.  This is good and bad.  When you think of things like war, it would probably be better to not get involved in every small issue that happens in Iraq, or Afghanistan. This puts our country and people in danger when it’s not necessary.  If there is an issue somewhere that doesn’t pose a threat to our country or its citizens then we absolutely should do our best to help better that issue. The United States sending doctors to Venezuela to help improve their healthcare is not causing any sort of threat. In fact since the United States is helping Venezuela out so much now with their healthcare if we ever need a favor it’s very likely that they will return the favor.

Gutierrez, M. "Venezuela." The New York Times. The New York Times Company, 07 2012. Web. 4 Nov 2012. <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/venezuela/index.html>.

 

Summary: This article focuses on the United States and their involvement with Venezuela recently.  It gives information on the deals made between Cuba, Venezuela, and The United States in the past.  It also discusses Obama’s foreign policy.

Analysis: This source is credible because it is on the New York Times website. That is a popular newspaper.  Most newspapers are reliable even though they can be biased. There are other current events about Venezuela on their website.  This source gives good insight to what the United States got out of helping Venezuela.  It also showed how Venezuela benefited from the United States help as well as the help that Cuba gave as well.