Venezuela's wildlife and wild nightlife

Venezuela is known for abundant oil reserves, steamy tropics and the firebrand rhetoric of its president, Hugo Chávez. But there is much more to the country than just Bush-bashing and petro-politics. It is a land of great contrasts, including vast grasslands, seemingly endless Caribbean coastline and — unbeknownst to many — the 240-mile-long northern terminus of the Andes mountain range