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Laura Evangelista Alvarado Cardozo (25 April 1875 - 2 April 1967) [1] was a Venezuelan religious sister who had established the Augustinian Recollect Sisters of the Heart of Jesus as a means of aiding the ill.
On March 17, 2014, the LDS Church announced it would be removing the 152 missionaries in Venezuela and sending them to other missions in South America, the church announced Monday, due to political unrest. [4] In February and March, riot police have clashed with anti-government demonstrators, with more than two dozen people killed. [5]
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) claims 173,125 members (April 2022) mostly in and around Caracas. [6] Jehovah's Witnesses claim 136,542 active publishers, united in 1,734 congregations; 319,962 people attended annual celebration of Lord's Evening Meal in 2020. [7]
Divina Pastora (English title: Divine Shepherdess) is a statue of the Madonna and Child, the Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus, with a lamb at her side. It is considered to be one of the most important religious icons of Venezuela. Divina Pastora is the patron saint of the city of Barquisimeto and of the Venezuelan National Militia. The ...
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 ...
Henry Lord Boulton, aviator, entrepreneur, owner, and former owner of many businesses such as Casas Boulton, Avensa/Servivensa among others. Ali Lenin Aguilera, lawyer, entrepreneur; Carolina Herrera, fashion designer and entrepreneur who founded her eponymous company in 1980. Lorenzo Mendoza (born 1965), actual owner of Empresas Polar
Since the beginning of Chávez's tenure in 1999, the Venezuelan government manipulated the Venezuelan public with social programs depicting him as a great leader for the people. [10] The struggles that Chávez endured throughout his presidency, such as the 2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt , also drew compassion from his followers which ...
Later on, many people arrived to witness it. [10] From that day on, the inhabitants of the state of Zulia in Venezuela, where Maracaibo is situated, found their Queen in what they call “La Chinita”. As it has been expressed by many people, “She is the way that leads to Jesus”.