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European explorers named Venezuela ("Little Venice") after observing local indigenous houses on stilts over water. During the first quarter-century of contact, the Europeans limited themselves to slave hunting and pearlfishing on the northeastern coast; the first permanent Spanish settlement in Venezuela, Cumaná , was not made until 1523.
Venezuela is a country in South America. The Venezuelan people comprise a combination of heritages, primarily Native American and European. The historically present Native American, Spanish colonists, and African slaves have all contributed to varying degrees.
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 refugee agency UNHCR estimates that more than 7.7 million Venezuelans have left since 2014, the largest exodus in Latin America’s recent history, with most settling in the Americas, from ...
Though the 2011 Venezuelan Census states that "White" in Venezuela is used to describe the Venezuelans of European origin. [309] According to the 2011 National Population and Housing Census, 43.6% of the population identified themselves as white people. [8] A genomic study shows that about 60.6% of the Venezuelan gene pool has European origin ...
“The Venezuelan people should be able to elect their president in credible, transparent and competitive elections, supported by international observation, including that of the European Union ...
Over 7 million people have fled Venezuela alone, according to the United Nations. Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans have come to the U.S.-Mexico border since 2021.
Venezuelan people of European descent (30 C, 1 P) C. European-Venezuelan culture (1 C, 5 P) I. Italian diaspora in Venezuela (1 C, 2 P) S. Spanish diaspora in ...