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Venezuela uses the UTC−04:00 time offset, and they had previously used UTC−04:30 from 9 December 2007 until 30 April 2016. [1] The time is commonly called Venezuelan Standard Time (VET), and legally referred to as Hora Legal de Venezuela (HLV) or Venezuela's Legal Time. The HLV is administered by the Navigation and Hydrography Service, in ...
The United States of Venezuela (Spanish: Estados Unidos de Venezuela) was the official name of Venezuela, adopted in its 1864 constitution under the Juan Crisóstomo Falcón government. This remained the official name until 1953, when the constitution of that year renamed it the Republic of Venezuela .
The Astronomical and Meteorological Observatory of Caracas, was created by decree of President Juan Pablo Rojas Paul on September 8, 1888.The observatory was established on Quintana Hill, later changed to Cagigal Hill in honor of the astronomer and mathematician, Colonel Juan Manuel Cagigal, who was the founder of mathematical studies in Venezuela.
The Embassy of Venezuela in Washington, D.C. was the diplomatic mission of Venezuela to the United States. The embassy was located at 1099 30th Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C. in the Georgetown neighborhood. The embassy operated Consulates-General in Boston, Chicago, New York City, San Francisco, Houston, Miami, and New Orleans. [1]
During the presidencies of Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro, relations between Venezuela and the United States deteriorated.On 11 September 2008, Ambassador Patrick Duddy left Venezuela after Chávez claimed that he was involved in an American-led initiative to remove him from office. [8]
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is a federation made up of twenty-three states (Spanish: estados), a Capital District (Spanish: Distrito Capital) and the Federal Dependencies (Spanish: Dependencias Federales), which consist of many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. [1]
The Embassy of the United States of America in Havana (Spanish: Embajada de los Estados Unidos de América, La Habana) is the United States of America's diplomatic mission in Cuba. On January 3, 1961, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower severed relations following the Cuban Revolution of the 1950s. [1]
Día de San Juan Bautista y Aniversario de la Batalla de Carabobo: Feast of Saint John the Baptist and the Anniversary of the Battle of Carabobo: June 29 Día de San Pedro y San Pablo: Feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul: July 5 Cinco de julio: Independence Day: July 24 Natalicio del Libertador: Birth of Simón Bolívar: August 15 (usually ...