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  2. History of Venezuela - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. History of Venezuela (1830–1908) - Wikipedia

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    Following Venezuela's separation from Gran Colombia, the Venezuelan congress approved a new constitution and banned Simón Bolívar from his own homeland. [6] Although the 1830 Constitution prescribed democracy, tradition and practical difficulties militated against the actual working of a republican form of government, and in practice an oligarchy governed the nation.

  4. History of Venezuela (1908–1958) - Wikipedia

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    The history of Marxism in Venezuela is rather complex, but a brief overview is that communism never sunk roots in Venezuela and its impact on mainstream politics was minimal. López Contreras tried to create a political movement called Cruzadas Cívicas Bolivarianas (Civic Bolivarian Crusades), but it did not pan out, for whatever he did had ...

  5. Colonial Venezuela - Wikipedia

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    Christopher Columbus sailed along the eastern coast of Venezuela on his third voyage in 1498, the only one of his four voyages to reach the South American mainland. This expedition discovered the so-called "Pearl Islands" of Cubagua and Margarita off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. Later Spanish expeditions returned to exploit these ...

  6. Pre-Columbian period in Venezuela - Wikipedia

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    It covers the history of what are now known as the indigenous peoples of Venezuela. Archeologists have discovered evidence of the earliest known inhabitants of the Venezuelan area in the form of leaf -shaped flake tools , together with chopping and plano – convex scraping implements exposed on the high riverine terraces of the Pedregal River ...

  7. Venezuela - Wikipedia

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    Venezuela, [c] officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, [d] is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It comprises an area of 916,445 km 2 (353,841 sq mi), and its population was estimated at 29 million in 2022. [18]

  8. List of wars involving Venezuela - Wikipedia

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    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

  9. Venezuela latest: Nicolás Maduro inaugurated for a third term ...

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    CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for a third six-year term Friday despite international condemnation of his recent reelection as illegitimate, as his ...