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Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-born American, Nobel Prize of Medicine in 1980. Sara Bendahan, the first Venezuelan woman to complete her medical degree in that country. Maruja Clavier, was one of the first Venezuelan nuclear oncologists.
Venezuela's cultural heritage includes the original Venezuelan natives, the Spanish and Africans who arrived after the Spanish conquest, and the 19th century waves of immigration that brought many Italians, Portuguese, Arabs, Germans, Moroccan Jews, and others from the bordering countries of South America. About 93% of Venezuelans live in urban ...
Venezuela is a diverse and multilingual country, home to a melting pot of people of distinct origins, as a result, many Venezuelans do not regard their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship or allegiance. Venezuela as Argentina and Brazil, received most immigrants, during 1820s to 1930s Venezuela received a major wave of 2.1 million ...
The most numerous indigenous people, at about 200,000, is the Venezuelan part of the Wayuu (or Guajiro) people who primarily live in Zulia between Lake Maracaibo and the Colombian border. [2] Another 100,000 or so indigenous people live in the sparsely populated southeastern states of Amazonas, Bolívar and Delta Amacuro. [2]
The religion involves possessions, drumming, healing ceremonies, and others. Venezuelan Yuyu is an Afro-Diasporic religion from Venezuela that originates from West African Vodun, Yoruba Isese and Kongo religion. The original religion is still practiced by some rural communities on the Caribbean coast of Central and Western Venezuela but it has ...
Sephardi Jewish culture in Venezuela (1 C, 6 P) Sport in Venezuela (21 C, 5 P) Surnames of Venezuelan origin (3 P) T. Theatre in Venezuela (2 C) W. Works about ...
Restaurateurs Melanie Angulo and Marwin Hernandez have begun serving lattes and specialty coffee in a small storefront in downtown Caracas, joining a new wave of cafe entrepreneurs encouraged by ...
Miss Venezuela 1984, Miss Universe 1984 2nd runner up. She lives in USA since 1989. Jennifer Rovero – Playboy's Playmate of the Month for July 1999 and has appeared in numerous Playboy videos; Rita Verreos – Venezuelan-born beauty pageant contestant, image consultant, model, actress, and reality television contestant