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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 ...
María Lionza is the central figure in one of the most widespread new religious movements in Venezuela. The cult of María Lionza began in the 20th century as a blend of African, indigenous and Catholic beliefs. [1] She is revered as a goddess of nature, love, peace and harmony. [2]
[16] [17] Congressmen from Democratic Action, Copei and Project Venezuela protested the measure, which they called a coup d'état, and called for an emergency session in the Federal Palace. Aristóbulo Istúriz, president of the Constituent Assembly warned them that "the people would shut them down" if they tried to do so. [18]
Human Rights Watch called attention to Chávez's authoritarian tendencies back in 2008, but many intellectuals on the left were so drawn by his willingness to turn Venezuela into a laboratory for ...
Maduro’s declaration of war against social media comes amid a wave of repression that that has led to the arrest of at least 2,000 people, according to the regime’s own figures, the death of ...
The name is taken from the Llanos grasslands occupying eastern Colombia and western-central Venezuela. During the Spanish American wars of independence, llanero lancers and cavalry served in both armies and provided the bulk of the cavalry during the war. They were known for being skilled riders who were in charge of all the tasks related to ...
This is a list of wars involving the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and its predecessor states from 1810 to the present. War of Jenkins' Ear (War of the Austrian Succession): Battle of La Guaira – 1743; Battle of Puerto Cabello – 1743; Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808): Cutting out of the Hermione – 1799
Between 1830 and 1903 Venezuela lived through 50 years of war, with a total of 166 armed revolts. [8] It is estimated that there were a million war casualties, [ 9 ] with 70% of them being non-combatants killed by the plagues, famines, anarchy and political repression that wars brought.