Venezuela Do’s
- Shake hands when meeting someone for the first time.‚ (Men shake firmly, women shake softly)
- Talk about family, hobbies, and vacations
- Keep eye contact because it shows you are interested in the conversation.‚
- Women kiss once on the cheek, but not the first‚ meeting.‚
- Travel with a group because violence and kidnapping is prevalent‚ ‚ ‚
- Drive with doors locked because of car-jackings at traffic lights.‚ ‚ ‚ ‚ ‚ ‚ ‚ ‚ ‚ ‚ ‚ ‚
- Wait until everyone has been served before eating.
- Converse while eating. ‚ ‚ ‚ ‚ ‚ ‚ ‚
Venezuela Don’ts
- Talk about politics.‚ People have strong opinions about them.
- Touch the first time you meet someone; Venezuelans need to trust you‚ before physical contact
- Give the middle finger or the “OK” sign;‚ they‚ are‚ seen as crude.
- Turn your back when someone is talking to you because it‚ shows‚ disinterest in the topic.‚
- ‚ Wearing jewelry, carrying large sums of money, or displaying cash, credit cards, phones, etc.
- Walking at night in most areas.
- Don’t‚ slurp, belch, or chew loudly.
- Leave the table before everyone has finished eating.