Citgo refers to its logo as the "trimark." A large, double-faced sign featuring this logo overlooks Fenway Park in Boston,  Massachusetts from Kenmore Square and has become a landmark, partly because of its appearance in the background in televised baseball games. The current 60-foot by 60-foot incarnation, unveiled in March 2005 after a six-month restoration project, features thousands of light-emitting diodes.

Fashion is very important to Venezuelan women. Women should pack their best business clothes and one cocktail dress. Dress for men is conservative – dark business suits of tropical weight wool

The older generation wants to get to know you personally first, rather than your company or firm while the younger generation  will typically want to relate more to your business dealings or company, rather than to you personally. Avoid dominating the conversation. Venezuelans like to be in control.

It is common to exchange visiting cards. Have business cards printed in English on one side and Spanish on the other. Be sure your position is clearly indicated and present your card immediately following an introduction. Titles are important and should be included on business cards. Address a person directly by using his or her title only.

When dining, wait until everyone is served before beginning to eat. Unlike lunch, dinner is for socializing, not for business.To indicate you have finished eating, place your utensils in parallel and diagonally across your plate

Nepotism an accepted practice and is considered a good thing, since it implies that employing people one knows and trusts is of primary importance

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lying to the west of the Leeward Islands chain at 15°40′18″N, 63°36′59″W. It is 375 meters in length and never more than 50 meters in width, and rises 4 m above the sea on a calm day. It is sometimes completely submerged during hurricanes.

The claim creates a Venezuelan EEZ/continental shelf extending over a large portion of the Caribbean Sea. CARICOM has cited the critical importance of the UN Law of the Sea Convention 1982, as the universal instrument representing the codification of international law of the sea. Heads of Government declared their support for the maritime integrity of the affected Member States of the Community, including relevant maritime areas and called on all states to respect the rules and principles contained in the Convention. Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines protest Venezuela's claim that Aves Island sustains human habitation and other states' recognition of it. In 1950, a Venezuelan Navy fleet consisting of 2 patrol boats and 1 transport boat reached the island and a group of soldiers effectively took control of the island. Twenty-eight years later in 1978, the Venezuelan Navy set up a Scientific Naval Base named "Simón Bolívar", which was permanently inhabited by a group of scientists and military personnel. The Venezuelan military in 2004 expanded the Naval base which was raised on stilts above the water.

Guyana Border: Venezuela claims all of the area west of the Essequibo River in Guyana, preventing any discussion of a maritime boundary; In 1899 an arbitration panel awarded most of the disputed area to British Guyana but in 1951 Venezuela denounced the injustice of the decision. The Venezuela government called for "equitable rectification."  Venezuela in pressing its claims has used military occupation and supporting calls for secession. The Politics of South American Boundaries - by Carlos A. Parodi
 Guyana has expressed its intention to join Barbados in asserting claims before the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) that Trinidad and Tobago's maritime boundary with Venezuela extends into their waters. Guyana is a full member of Caricom.
Meanwhile all official maps by the Government of Venezuela now feature this section long considered part of Guyana by most other nations.  
The Trail of Diplomacy - A Documentary History of the Guyana-Venezuela Border Issue by Dr.Odeen Ishmael at guyana.org
Guayana Esequiba a term only used by Venezuela to describe this territory. On some maps, the western Essequibo region is called the "Zone of Reclamation"
News from Guyana Embassy in Venezuela at guyanaoutpost.com

Columbia: dispute with Colombia over Los Monjes islands and maritime boundary near the Gulf of Venezuela.[Sometimes referred to as the Gulf of Maracaibo]
The territorial dispute centered on control over the entrance to the Golfo de Venezuela. The key to establishing this control was ownership of the Islas Los Monjes, a chain of three tiny islands lying at the gulf's northern mouth. At stake in the dispute was the control over a substantial amount of maritime territory in the Caribbean that extended into the gulf, an area popularly referred to by Colombians as the Golfo de Coquibacoa. By gaining recognition of its claim to the islands, which were said to be all but submerged at high tide, Colombia could expand national territory into the Caribbean by declaring the extension of its 200-nautical-mile Exclusive Economic Zone around the islands. It would also be able to claim a portion of the waters of the gulf--located next to Venezuela's oil-rich Lago de Maracaibo--which, according to estimates of possible reserves, might contain as much as 10 billion barrels of oil.

Under an 1842 boundary agreement known as the Pombo-Romero Treaty, Venezuela had ceded its claim to the Guajira Peninsula. Conflicting boundary claims between the two nations remained, however, and the issue became more complex. In 1891 King Alfonso XII of Spain, who had been asked to arbitrate, awarded some portions of the disputed territory to Colombia and others to Venezuela. The Spanish arbitration did not, however, delineate the actual boundaries along the entirety of the shared frontier. The 1941 Treaty on Border Demarcation and Navigation of Common Rivers (also known as the Santos-Lopez Contreras Treaty) presumably settled the dispute by delineating with geographic precision the boundaries along the length of the land border. As a result, most of the Guajira Peninsula remained under Colombian control, but uncertainty continued regarding the extension of the maritime boundary into the gulf.

Following the reestablishment of relative domestic peace in Colombia during the 1960s, the dispute over the islands again became a national issue. Several unsuccessful rounds of negotiations were conducted during the 1970s and 1980s. In August 1987, Colombian warships (including the missile frigate Caldas) entered disputed waters at the mouth of the gulf, Colombian Mirage fighters reportedly conducted overflights of the area, and Venezuelan F-16 fighters were moved to a nearby air base. Open hostilities appeared imminent. Even after the withdrawal of the Colombian vessels by order of President Virgilio Barco Vargas, the armed forces of both nations remained on alert in the border area. The Venezuelan government maintained that the vessels' presence in the gulf for three full days represented an act of "intentional provocation" and sent a "strongly worded" formal protest to the Colombian president.

February 1, 2005: Venezuela accused Colombian of invading Venezuelan territory. Colombia accused Venezuela of harboring FARC terrorists. The President of Cuba, Fidel Castro, intervened in the crisis and talked to Chavez and Uribe.  more at en.wikinews.org/