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Caracas, Venezuela 1908 Rufino Blanco Fombona: 17 June 1874 Caracas, Venezuela 16 October 1944 Buenos Aires, Argentina 1928, 1929, 1930, 1933, 1935 [6] Clotilde Crespo de Arvelo: 19 September 1887 Los Teques, Venezuela 1959 Caracas, Venezuela 1930 [7] Rómulo Gallegos: 2 August 1884 Caracas, Venezuela 5 April 1969 Caracas, Venezuela
The Gran Premio Latinoamericano, formerly known as the Gran Premio Asociación Latinoamericana de Jockey Clubes e Hipódromos and currently also known as the Longines Gran Premio Latinoamericano due to sponsorship reasons, is a Group 1 horse race in Latin America alternatively run in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Panama, Peru, and Uruguay.
The Comisión de Hacienda issued 50 and 200 pesos in 1865, whilst the Junta de Crédito introduced notes for 10 and 20 centavos that year, followed by 5 and 40 centavos in 1866 and 1, 2, 5 and 10 pesos in 1867. In 1862, the Spanish issued notes for 1 ⁄ 2, 2, 5, 15 and 25 pesos in the name of the Intendencia de Santo Domingo. The last ...
The Nobel Prize is an annual, international prize first awarded in 1901 for achievements in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace, with an associated prize in Economics awarded since 1969. [1]
Created on October 10, 1955 by the Zulian journalist Guillermo Sánchez García, the Mara de Oro maintains the purpose of promoting the work of men and women nationally and internationally. [4] The Mara de Oro Awards, in turn, is one of the pioneering awards in recognizing the Gaita Zuliana , an autochthonous musical genre of the region.
In 1811, the Estados Unidos de Venezuela issued notes in denominations of 2 reales, 1, 2, 4, 5 and 10 pesos. In 1849, the Treasury issued notes for 5 pesos, which were followed by government issues for 5, 10, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 pesos from 1859. From 1860, notes for 8 reales and 20 pesos were issued. [3]
A high-end hotel called the Miramar was inaugurated in the 1920s, but is no longer in operation. Macuto served as the hideaway and final residence of Venezuelan artist Armando Reverón, a modernist painter and craftsman, who built a compound of huts surrounded by a wall, which he named "El Castillete" ("little castle"). [3]
Banco de Venezuela was in operation from November 1, 1861 until November 30, 1862. It was established by the Páez government with a credit from the Treasury, and a capital of $4 million. It was commonly known as "Banco de la Dictadura". It issued promissory notes (vales) of 5 and 50 pesos dated February 1, 1862.