Tag: Venezuela

Cumana is the capital of the Sucre state. It is located on the Gulf of Cariaco, 400 km northeast of Caracas. The city was founded by the Spaniards in 1521…

Caracas The Venezuelan capital lies in a long, narrow valley 16 km from the coast. In addition to numerous modern buildings, there are still preserved old town parts such as San…

Valencia (Venezuela) Valencia [va lεntsia also va lεnsia, Spanish ba lenθ  a, Catalan ba lens  a ], [ba lεns  a], capital of the state Zulia, Venezuela, 490…

According to ETHNICITYOLOGY.COM, Venezuela is a tropical country, which has geographical features in common with other nations of the American Continent, as well as Africa, Asia and Oceania, which are located between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn,…

In this mountainous system the highest peaks of the Venezuelan relief stand out. It constitutes an extension of the Colombian Andes, which when arriving at the Pamplona Nudo (Colombia) bifurcate…

Coastal Mountain System It is a structural continuation of the insular arc of the Eastern Caribbean region, between the North-Central-Eastern Coastal Zone and the depression of the plains. It covers…

Although elections were called for that year, the Junta rejected several coup attempts by the Perezjimenista military. In October, the Punto Fijo Pact [10] [11] was signed, which had the alternation in power of…

Of the triumvirs, Carlos Delgado Chalbaud was a candidate to preside over the country after the Military Junta called elections, but he was kidnapped and assassinated by a group led by Rafael…

The Restorative Liberal Revolution [6] [7] of 1899 organized by Cipriano Castro and Juan Vicente Gómez made Andrade flee the country, bringing Castro to power, who, however, ratified some ministers of the defeated government in their positions,…

José Antonio Páez, President of the Republic on three occasions (1830-1835; 1839-1843; 1861-1863). The main political leader and strongman of Venezuela at its dawn as an independent nation was José Antonio…