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Spain's colonization of mainland Venezuela started in 1522. Spain established its first permanent South American settlement in the present-day city of Cumaná . When Spanish colonists began to arrive, indigenous people lived mainly in groups as agriculturists and hunters: along the coast, in the Andean mountain range, and along the Orinoco River .
As a former part of the Spanish Empire in the Americas and a major destination of Spanish emigration up until the second half of the 20th century, Venezuela shares strong ties with Spain. After Hugo Chávez came to power following the 1998 Venezuelan presidential election many upper-class Venezuelans decided to leave the country, a movement ...
Venezuela portal This category is for bilateral relations between Spain and Venezuela . The main article for this category is Spain–Venezuela relations .
Venezuela, [c] officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, [d] is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It comprises an area of 916,445 km 2 (353,841 sq mi), and its population was estimated at 29 million in 2022. [18]
President of Venezuela for three separate terms, from 1870–1877, from 1879–1884, and from 1886–1887. Laureano Zavarce: 1868: 1868 Guillermo Tell Villegas: 1869: 1872: interim President of Venezuela in 1868, 1870 and 1892; Foreign Minister twice. José María Rojas Espaillat: 1873: 1876 Eduardo Calcaño y Panizza: 1882: 1886 Carlos Rangel ...
He accused the King of displaying the kind of Spanish arrogance that led to Spain's ejection from South America at the hands of Venezuela's hero, Simón Bolívar. [9] Spanish diplomats were concerned that Chávez would replace his socialism and attacks on "American imperialism" with attacks on what he called "Spanish imperialism". [10]
See also: Spanish Uruguayan and Uruguayans in Spain. Venezuela: 30 March 1845 [55] See Spain–Venezuela relations. Venezuela has an embassy in Madrid [183] and consulates-general in Barcelona, [184] Bilbao, [185] Santa Cruz de Tenerife, [186] and Vigo. [187] Spain has an embassy in Caracas. [188] See also: Spanish Venezuelan and Venezuelans in ...
Most of Spaniards in Venezuela are in Venezuela because of Spanish immigration to Venezuela, Spanish Civil War, Business, Related people and another circunstancies. However, the great wave of Spaniards occurred in the 19th century, the first time Spanish exiles arrived for political reasons after the Spanish Civil War , and the second was the ...