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Congreso General de Venezuela, in Constitution of 1811 and 1819 (19 years). Congreso del Estado de Venezuela , in Constitution of 1830 , 1857 and 1858 (34 years). Congreso de los Estados Unidos de Venezuela , in Constitution of 1864 , 1874 , 1881 , 1891 , 1893 , 1901 , 1904 , 1909 , 1914 , 1922 , 1925 , 1928 , 1929 , 1931 , 1936 and 1947 (89 ...
The First Republic of Venezuela (Spanish: Primera República de Venezuela) was the first independent government of Venezuela, lasting from 5 July 1811, to 25 July 1812.The period of the First Republic began with the overthrow of the Spanish colonial authorities and the establishment of the Junta Suprema de Caracas on 19 April 1810, initiating the Venezuelan War of Independence, and ended with ...
President Hugo Chávez was first elected in December 1998 on a platform calling for a National Constituent Assembly to be convened to draft a new constitution for Venezuela. . Chávez's argument was that the existing political system, under the earlier 1961 Constitution, had become isolated from the peop
Vicente Emparan resisted accepting it and was thus ousted by the junta with other royal officials on April 19, 1810. The junta gained the support of most of the other provinces of Venezuela and convened a Congress on March 3, 1811, which decided to declare Venezuela's independence on July 5, forming the First Republic of Venezuela.
During his first year in office Páez created a three-man Office of Foreign Relations within the Ministry of Finance. It had little occasion to deal with war-related diplomacy between Venezuela and other states, because Venezuela had only small military forces and they had the primary function of protecting the presidency from internal threats ...
At various times throughout its history, Venezuela has had unicameral and bicameral legislative bodies. National Assembly of Venezuela. Venezuelan Congress, first one convened in 1811, replaced by the legislature of Gran Colombia; Assembly organized by Simon Bolivar, convened once to ratify a decision; Legislature of Gran Colombia
The Province of Venezuela in 1656, by Sanson Nicolas. One of the first maps about Venezuela and near regions. 5 July 1811 (fragment), painting by Juan Lovera in 1811.. The history of Venezuela reflects events in areas of the Americas colonized by Spain starting 1502; amid resistance from indigenous peoples, led by Native caciques, such as Guaicaipuro and Tamanaco.
Topographic map of Venezuela Pictorial map of Venezuela. Venezuela is located in the north of South America; geologically, its mainland rests on the South American Plate. It has a total area of 916,445 km 2 (353,841 sq mi) and a land area of 882,050 km 2 (340,560 sq mi), making Venezuela the 33rd largest country in the world.