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Día de los Padres: Father's Day: Approx. 60 days after Easter Corpus Christi: Corpus Christi: June 24 Día de San Juan Bautista y Aniversario de la Batalla de Carabobo: Feast of Saint John the Baptist and the Anniversary of the Battle of Carabobo: June 29 Día de San Pedro y San Pablo: Feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul: July 5 Cinco de julio ...
The National Electoral Council moves the date of the 2025 Venezuelan parliamentary election from 27 April to 25 May. [9] The United States designates the Tren de Aragua as a terrorist organization. [10] 20 February – Canada designates the Tren de Aragua as a terrorist organization. [11]
During the presidency of Carlos Andrés Pérez, the Caracazo, a wave of protests, riots, looting, shootings and massacres, occurred in Caracas beginning on 27 February 1989. 23 de Enero was one of the first areas in Caracas that began to riot and loot. [1] [2] Hugo Chávez also organized the 1992 Venezuelan coup d'état attempts while in 23 de ...
Christianity is the largest religion in Venezuela, with Catholicism having the most adherents. Venezuela is a secular nation and its constitution guarantees freedom of religion. Before the arrival of Spanish missionaries , the people residing in the territory of modern day Venezuela practiced a variety of faiths.
When the Tupamaro in Uruguay were being targeted by the Uruguayan government, some of the Uruguayan members supposedly settled "el 23 de Enero". [5] The Venezuelan Tupamaros have at least ideological links to the Tupamaros in Uruguay, who took the name of Tupac Amaru , the last Incan leader of Peru , who was executed by Spanish authorities in ...
Our Lady of Coromoto (Spanish: Nuestra Señora de Coromoto), also known as the Virgin of Coromoto (Spanish: Virgen de Coromoto), is a celebrated Catholic image of an alleged apparition of the Virgin Mary. In 1942, she was declared the patroness of Venezuela. Statue of the Virgin of Coromoto in Guanare.
Caracas, Venezuela 30 September 1995 by Gordon B. Hinckley 10 January 1999 by Francisco J. Viñas 20 August 2000 by Gordon B. Hinckley 15,332 sq ft (1,424.4 m 2) on a 0.5-acre (0.20 ha) site Classic modern, single-spire design - designed by Taller de Arquitectura and Church A&E Services
May 18, 1499 – Alonso de Ojeda sets sail from Cádiz on his voyage to what is now Venezuela. May 21 , 2014 – Death of Jaime Lusinchi , physician and politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1924) May 24 , 1813 – South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida , leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El ...