• Between 1908 and 1958, the Republic of Venezuela saw several changes in leadership, including a coup d'état in 1948. The period also found the country...
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    Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Venezuela saw ten years of military dictatorship from 1948 to 1958. After the 1948 Venezuelan coup d'état brought an...
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  • A military dictatorship ruled Venezuela for ten years, from 1948 to 1958. After the 1948 Venezuelan coup d'état brought an end a three-year experiment...
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  • Following the Venezuelan War of Independence (part of the Spanish American wars of independence), Venezuela initially won independence from the Spanish...
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    The history of Venezuela reflects events in areas of the Americas colonized by Spain starting 1502; amid resistance from indigenous peoples, led by Native...
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    History of Venezuela (1908–58) World War II El Trienio Adeco (1945–48) History of Venezuela (1948–58) History of Venezuela (1958–99) 1958 Venezuelan coup d'état...
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    Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and...
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    The history of the Jews in Venezuela dates to the middle of the 17th century, when records suggest that groups of marranos (Spanish and Portuguese descendants...
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  • Ojeda reached the coast of present-day Venezuela in 1498 and 1499. The first colonial exploitation was of the pearl oysters of the "Pearl Islands". Spain...
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    Central University of Venezuela (Spanish: Universidad Central de Venezuela; UCV) is a public university located in Caracas, Venezuela. Founded in 1721,...
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    Corruption in Venezuela is extremely severe and permeates all aspects of politics, business, and law enforcement. The discovery of oil in Venezuela in the early...
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    Coups d'état in Venezuela have occurred almost since the foundation of the Republic. Throughout the history of Venezuela, insurrections, uprisings, or...
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  • due to the oil boom of the 1920s and was later furthered by World War II, as Venezuela supplied oil to the United States. From 1958 to 1989, democratic...
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    Hugo Chávez dramatically shifted Venezuela's traditional foreign policy alignment. Instead of continuing Venezuela's past alignment with the United States...
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  • tried and executed by Castro on an unlikely charge of drug-smuggling. History of Venezuela (19081958) "Guri Dam". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia...
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    The Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish: Constitución de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela (CRBV)) is the current and twenty-sixth...
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    The Captaincy General of Venezuela (Spanish: Capitanía General de Venezuela), was an administrative district of colonial Spain, created on September 8...
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    Under the Venezuelan Constitution, the president of Venezuela is the head of state and head of government of Venezuela. As chief of the executive branch...
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    earlier versions of the Venezuelan constitution.[citation needed] The NAF were involved in many coup d'états in national history: 1908 Venezuelan coup d'état...
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  • This is a list of years in Venezuela. See also the timeline of Venezuelan history. For only articles about years in Venezuela that have been written, see...
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  • History of Venezuela (19081958) Elías Pino Iturrieta. "Gobierno de Cipriano Castro". Fundación Empresas Polar. Diccionario de Historia de Venezuela....
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    Miguel Otero Silva (category Members of the Senate of Venezuela)
    socio-political history of Venezuela. Throughout his life he was repeatedly forced into exile. Later on, after the establishment of a democratic state in 1958, he...
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    Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ) of Venezuela took over legislative powers of the National Assembly. The Tribunal, mainly supporters of President Nicolás...
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  • Following is a list of ministers of interior and justice of Venezuela. Andrés Narvarte (1832 – 1835) Francisco González Guinán (1887 – 1888) Juan Francisco...
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    the history of what are now known as the indigenous peoples of Venezuela. Archeologists have discovered evidence of the earliest known inhabitants of the...
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    Dutch–Venezuelan crisis of 1908. Dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez overthrew the elected president, Rómulo Gallegos, and seized power in the 1948 Venezuelan coup...
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    The Bolivarian Army of Venezuela (Spanish: Ejército Bolivariano), is the land arm of the National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela. Also known as Bolivarian...
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    northwestern Venezuela, on the western shore of the strait that connects Lake Maracaibo to the Gulf of Venezuela. It is the second-largest city in Venezuela, after...
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    The following is a list of governors of Venezuela Province, one of the Provinces of the Spanish Empire....
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  • The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Caracas, Venezuela. 1567 – 25 July: Santiago de León de Caracas established by Spaniard Diego...
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