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Venezuela & the United States
The Orinoco Foundation is an independent nonprofit, established in California in 1973, that fosters cooperation, understanding, and educational exchange between the academic and research communities of Venezuela and the United States.
About the Foundation
“Our mission is to foster cooperation and understanding, and educational exchange, between the scholarly, academic and research communities of the Republic of Venezuela and the United States.” Mission statement, drawn from the Foundation’s founding documents
We carry out this mission by supporting economic research programs and facilitating high-impact events that bring together people who care about Venezuela’s future.
After a period of dormancy, the Foundation is active again. Our first emphasis is reaching out to the Venezuelan community with ideas on how to put a free-market economy into practice, starting with the reconstruction of Venezuela’s economy, oil industry and electricity sector.
We are starting with Venezuela and plan to do one thing very well before we take on more.
Our History
- 1973 · Founded in California The Orinoco Foundation was incorporated in California in 1973 as a binational effort between Venezuelans and Americans. Its initial chairman was Dr. Pablo Pulido, a Venezuelan cardiologist who trained in the United States at MIT and Harvard Medical School. Its first president was Dr. Eugene M. Farber, founding chairman of the Department of Dermatology at Stanford University School of Medicine.
- 1970s–1980s · Medical and student exchange The Foundation’s early work centered on medical and student exchange between the United States and Venezuela, among other activities.
- Medical service projects The Foundation helped fund the expansion of Centro Médico Docente La Trinidad’s new building in Caracas. It also supported visiting medical teams providing services such as cleft lip and cleft palate repair and treatment of clubfoot and other bone deformities.
- A period of dormancy The Foundation then entered a period of dormancy.
- 2019 · Reinstated and renewed In 2019 the IRS reinstated the Foundation’s tax-exempt status. The Foundation has returned with a renewed focus: bringing free-market ideas and practical solutions to Venezuela’s reconstruction.
Our Work
Our focus is Venezuela. The work below grows out of our mission of educational exchange and cooperation between Venezuela and the United States.
Ideas for Venezuela’s recovery
We support research and papers and organize events and roundtables where the major issues facing Venezuela are discussed, producing ideas and proposed solutions for the wider community. We also welcome research ideas from outside scholars and give them a place to present their work.
Venezuela Reconstruction Report
A regular briefing that analyzes the week’s news on Venezuela’s reconstruction: the oil industry, electricity, and the progress and problems of recovery. Coming soon on this site: subscribe to the newsletter.
Venezuela Policy Library
We plan to digitize policy proposals for Venezuela put forward over the past 25 to 30 years, on issues such as electricity, housing and mining, and make them available as a searchable online library. Good ideas from the past should not be lost.
Research & Publications
Venezuela Reconstruction Report
Each issue analyzes the week’s news on Venezuela’s reconstruction: what has advanced, what problems have come up, and what is happening in oil and electricity. It is written to inform anyone with an interest in Venezuela.
We report; we do not take sides. Our aim is to put forward ideas that anyone committed to Venezuela’s recovery can support.
Publications
Papers, event summaries and past issues of our newsletter will be published here.
YouTube channel: coming soon.
Subscribe & Support
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Support our work
Contributions fund research, events and publications on Venezuela’s reconstruction. You can support the Foundation as a whole or a specific project, such as the Venezuela Policy Library.
Online giving is coming soon.
The Orinoco Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity (EIN 23-7373741). Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
About our name
The Orinoco Foundation (OrinocoFoundation.org) is a California nonprofit established in 1973, with roots in Venezuela and a mission centered on Venezuela–United States cooperation. We are not affiliated with any other organization that uses a similar name. If you are making a gift, please confirm that you are supporting the Orinoco Foundation of California through this website.