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  Angostura Bitters - History
The hallmark of Angostura® aromatic bitters was firmly established.
Venezuela was not as politically stable as Simon Bolivar had promised.
In 1904, Alfredo was appointed purveyor of Angostura® aromatic bitters to the King of Prussia and in 1907 to King Alfonso XIII of Spain.
www.angosturabitters.com /history.htm   (1153 words)

  
 Venezuela   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Venezuela would like to expand the application of human rights in order to ensure that all citizens, without regard to social position, ethnicity, nationality, or creed, can feel protected and confident that their dignity will be respect.
Venezuela holds the view that the Inter-American Charter should enter into force as soon as possible, and that this instrument must be compatible with the OAS Charter, thereby developing and enhancing, in light of the new situations existing in the Hemisphere, Resolution 1080 and the Washington Protocol.
Venezuela is calling on all sectors, without exception, to contribute to the strengthening of the joint commitment in the Hemisphere.
www.oas.org /charter/docs/venezuela.htm   (10688 words)

  
 Venezuela Interesting Facts - Places - Things
Venezuela is bounded by the Caribbean, Guyana, the Atlantic Ocean, Brazil and Colombia.
Venezuela was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others being Colombia and Ecuador).
Ciudad Bolívar, formerly known as Angostura, and the home of Angostura bitters, is an old city on the south bank of the Orinoco and still bears traces of its colonial past, although it is currently the centre of modern developments.
www.travel-island.com /interesting.places/venezuela.html   (2572 words)

  
 Angostura LTD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Made from a secret formula, it is a unique blend of natural herbs and spices which is used to flavour a wide variety of foods and drinks.
The "secret" was developed in 1824 by Dr. J.G.B. Siegert, a Surgeon General in Simon Bolivar's army in Venezuela.
The word "Angostura" came from the town of that name in Venezuela where Dr. Siegert was based.
www.angostura.com /flash/bitter.shtml   (107 words)

  
 Angostura
Angostura is a rum-based bitters made from a formula long the secret of the Siegert family, heirs of the inventor.
Angostura went public in 1907, was first appointed purveyor of bitters to the British Crown (King George V) in 1910, and was re-appointed by Queen Elizabeth in 1965.
Angostura has placed a modest pot still prominently onsite as a bit of history, to show people how rum used to be made, and still is at boutique rhumeries in Martinique and Guadaloupe.
www.beveragebusiness.com /bbcontent/art-arch/mmbouch06.html   (4073 words)

  
 Angostura Herb Information
Angostura herb is native to tropical South America (Caroni region of Venezuela and northern Brazil).
Angostura herb is used for dysentary, bilious diarrhea, poor appetite, feverish illnesses, intermittant fever, and edema.
Angostura is laxative and emetic in large doses (anything over 15 grains of the powder).
www.free-food-recipes.com /angostura.htm   (140 words)

  
 Venezuela Country Profile
Venezuela is a country of striking natural beauty and dramatic contrasts: the snowcapped peaks of the Andes in the west; steamy Amazonian jungles in the south; the hauntingly beautiful Gran Sabana plateau, with its strange flat-topped mountains, in the east; and 3000km (1860mi) of white-sand beaches fringed with coconut palms lining the Caribbean coast.
Caracas: Situated in a picturesque valley on the north coast, Venezuela's capital is a bustling metropolis of nearly 5 million inhabitants.
Founded in 1527, it was one of the earliest colonial settlements on the continent, but most of the interesting architecture dates from the 18th century, when Coro flourished as a contraband center trading with the islands of Curaçao and Bonaire.
www.donquijote.org /tourist/profiles/paises/venezuela   (857 words)

  
 Angostura Bitters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Angostura aromatic bitters is a blend of rare tropical herbs and spices that is used to flavour and season a great variety of food dishes and certain alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.
Seigert's headquarters were in the port of Angostura, Venezuela, a city now known as Ciudad Bolivar.
Angostura is now the single most widely distributed bar item in the world.
www.drinkboy.com /LiquorCabinet/Flavorings/AngosturaBitters.html   (323 words)

  
 Etiqueta del amargo de Angostura
It does not contain Angostura Bark but derives its name from the fact that it originated in the town of Angostura, Venezuela, renamed Ciudad Bolívar in 1846.
ANGOSTURA aromatic bitters was first made in 1824 by Dr. J.G.B. Siegert in the town Angostura, Venezuela.
ANGOSTURA aromatic bitters may be distinguished from all other aromatic bitters by its fine flavour and aromatic odour.
orbita.starmedia.com /~venezuela10/amarg_etiq.html   (456 words)

  
 Angostura LTD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
As a point of interest, world-famous rum from Trinidad is produced by the same company that manufactures Angostura aromatic bitters, the secret formula that originated in Angostura, Venezuela over 170 years ago.
Angostura has been in the rum business since the turn of the 20th century.
Whiskey is a spirit distilled from a fermented mash of grain (usually corn, rye, barley, or wheat) and then aged in wooden barrels.
www.angostura.com /flash/distill.shtml   (742 words)

  
 Simón Bolívar Address to Congress at Angostura (1819)
Furthermore, the liberators of Venezuela are entitled to occupy forever a high rank in the Republic that they have brought into existence.
I say, moreover, that it is a matter of public interest and national honor, of gratitude on Venezuela's part, to honor gloriously, until the end of time, a race of virtuous, prudent, and persevering men who, overcoming every obstacle, have founded the Republic at the price of the most heroic sacrifices.
And if the people of Venezuela do not applaud the elevation of their benefactors, then they are unworthy to be free, and they will never be free.
homepages.udayton.edu /~santamjc/angosturatxt.html   (2009 words)

  
 Angostura Bitters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Angostura bitters were developed in 1824 by Dr. J.
Angostura Bitter is named for the port town of Angostura, Venezuela, and not for the bark of the eponymous tree.
It is made from a secret blend of tropical herbs, plant extracts and spices - reportedly over forty ingredients.
users.bigpond.net.au /mickandlucyna/mickstavern/angostura_bitters.htm   (76 words)

  
 Venezuela   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The population of Venezuela is 21,051,000 and is growing at a rateof 2.4% each year.
There are 31 universities in the country, of which the Universidad Centra de Venezuela in Caracas is the largest and oldest, followed by the Universidad de los Andes in Merida.
Venezuela's historical significance perhaps reached its peak during Spanish America's struggle for independence during the early nineteenth century.
www.warroad.k12.mn.us /moredocs/stdnt_work/jlewis/venezuela.html   (1520 words)

  
 Resource Investor - Juniors - Greystar's Angostura Gold Deposit Seems Increasingly World Class
The Angostura deposit is now thought to host almost 8 million ounces of indicated and inferred resources, and a 2005 exploration and development budget of $12m looks set to expand and upgrade the certainty of this figure further.
There is also considerable exploration potential in the vicinity of Angostura, most notably immediately to the north in the Veta de Barro area, which is increasingly thought to be an extension of the main Angostura deposit, and slightly to the north of that in the Cristo Rey area, which could be a second deposit entirely.
The next major stage for Angostura itself is a proper economic evaluation, and to this end a scoping study will be conducted later in the year to be followed, all being well, in 2006 by a full feasibility study, which is loosely targeted for completion in Q3 or Q4 of 2007.
www.resourceinvestor.com /pebble.asp?relid=10125   (976 words)

  
 Bitters - Alternative medicine - Alternative medicine
Both Angostura Bitters and Peychaud Bitters are compounds whose chief taste comes from gentian, a bitter herb.
Angostura and similar gentian bitters preparations are still of some value to settle a mild case of nausea or an upset stomach.
Angostura was named for the town of Angostura, VenezuelaAngostura in Venezuela.
www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Bitters   (355 words)

  
 monkeytravel.org colombia page 6
Bolívar was born in Caracas in 1783, and joined the revolutionary movement to oust the Spanish in 1810.
After numerous defeats, the resilient Bolívar and his forces captured Angostura (in Venezuela) by 1819, where a congress promptly promoted him to President of Venezuela.
Wary of Bolívar's increasingly authoritarian rule, Venezuela and Ecuador seceded from Gran Colombia in 1830.
www.monkeytravel.org /col6.html   (399 words)

  
 Mission Accomplished in Haiti. Onward to Venezuela?
Bush is possessed with the madness of trying to blockade Venezuela, or worse for them, to invade Venezuela in response to the desperate song of his lackeys...
Moreover, Chavez considers himself a bolivariano, that is to say he takes inspiration from the Carta de Jamaica and the Discurso de Angostura, texts written by Simon Bolivar, called El Liberator because he kicked the Spaniards out of Bolivia, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
According to Shapiro, plotting the overthrow of Venezuela's democratically elected government "is not necessarily a crime," especially when that country has a whole lot of mighty fine sweet crude and a leader with funny ideas about empowering poor negro y indio folk.
www.venezuelanalysis.com /articles.php?artno=1124   (1397 words)

  
 SSHL: Collections: Latin American Studies: Elections
Sturges-Vera 1990: "As victory over Spain became increasingly apparent, leaders from present-day Venezuela, Colombia, and Panama convened a congress in February 1819 in Angostura…and agreed to unite in a republic to be known as Gran Colombia" (page 20).
Bushnell 1993: "The Congress of Cúcuta had been elected by a restricted suffrage that excluded most inhabitants from voting, as was then perfectly normal; since the restrictions were waived for the benefit of soldiers in the revolutionary army itself, in that one respect the election was unusually democratic for the time.
Park 1985: "Two years after Venezuela and Ecuador separated from Gran Colombia, the Colombians promulgated the 1832 constitution, described at the time as mixed or centro-federal, which established a central government and divided the country into provinces administered by presidentially appointed governors and elected assemblies" (page 13).
sshl.ucsd.edu /collections/las/colombia/1810.html   (7803 words)

  
 montrealfood.com: Angostura Bitters
Once, it contained Angostura bark but apparently that was too similar to the lethal poison strychnine and has consequently been left out.
The name comes from Angostura Venezuela where, 175 years ago, the elixir was concocted by Dr. J.
The actual formula is secret; but Angostura’s flavour is there for everyone, as subtle as walking into a barn door.
www.montrealfood.com /angostura.html   (376 words)

  
 History of Simon Bolivar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
As he returned to Venezuela, Bolivar joined the group of patriots that seized Caracas in 1810 and proclaimed independence from Spain.
When he returned to Venezuela, and took command of a patriot army, he recaptured Caracas in 1813 from the Spaniards.
He then returned to Angostura and led the congress that organized the original republic of Colombia (now Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela).
www.bolivarmo.com /history.htm   (325 words)

  
 Angostura Bitter as defined by Drinkalizer.com
Named after a town in Venezuela and made in Trinidad from roots, bark, leaves, and alcohol.
Angostura Bitter was originally developed in 1824 by Dr. J.
It is best known as the essential ingredient of the popular cocktail called the Manhattan.
www.drinkalizer.com /definitions/angostura-bitter.php   (89 words)

  
 Venezuela - Historical Flags (1817-1830)
The flag hoisted from 1817 to 1830, was Bolivar's design (decreed by the Federal Government of Angostura [currently Ciudad Bolivar], November 20th, 1817), a variation of the one designed by the Federal Government of Pampatar on the 12th of May of the same year.
It combines the flag of Venezuela and the Coat of Arms of New Granada, as it disposed the Congress of 1819 but the location of the Coat of Arms and its enamels seem to be a particular representation in comparison with traditionally reviews of the Venezuelan Historical Vexillology.
These arms were added to the national flag, but in Venezuela seems that the information of the exact design of new arms were sended a bit later and while were used three stars.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ve-hist3.html   (1498 words)

  
 Ciudad Bolivar all inclusive... Ciudad Bolivar Venezuela   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Ciudad Bolívar, (initially called Angostura) capital of the Bolívar State, was founded in the year of 1764 and baptized thereafter with the name of Ciudad Bolívar in honor to the Liberator.
Simon Bolivar declares the "Guerra a Muerte" (War to Death) to the Spanish Wreath and installs the Congress of Angostura in which pronounces a speech with a high moral, social and political content.
Ciudad Bolivar offers to the visitor the tranquility and captivation of an era that will never return, its construction date from the year 1766 and they are many the constructions that preserve their original structure.
www.venezuelaonline.com /boli_e.html   (298 words)

  
 INGLES GRANMA INTERNACIONAL DIGITAL, CUBA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The city was called Angostura until 1846, when its current name was confirmed in honor of the independence leader.
It was the same case with the state, known as Guayana until 1901, when the constitution for that year changed it to Bolívar, after the man who, during the Congress of Angostura on February 15, 1819, established the bases of action for liberating the present Bolivarian nations.
He pondered the transcendence of electricity as an energy source, starting from the area’s ample hydraulic possibilities, and recalled that three quarters of the planet remain to be developed and that that is possibly the necessary resource.
www.granma.cu /ingles/agosto2/33fidel-i.html   (1705 words)

  
 The Secret of Angostura
This unique tour will present the fascinating history behind the development of Angostura Bitters and its founder, Dr. Siegert, a Prussian Physician, who attended the Napoleon and created the formula for herbs and plants 175 years ago.
The House of Angostura was established in 1824 and is the only company in the Western Hemisphere to receive a Royal Warrant for its product, Angostura Bitters.
Included in your tour will be a 15-minute historic video, the narrated tram ride, viewing of the extensive Angostura Butterfly Collection, tasting of the products at the Angostura Bar, visiting the art gallery with variety of local handicrafts plus time to purchase the products at the gift shop.
www.sputnick.com /ajmtours/the_secret_of_angostura.htm   (190 words)

  
 The Bitter Truth
The name derives from the name of the city in which it was developed, Angostura Venezuela, now known as Ciudad Bolivar.
In the modern cocktail, bitters are seldom called for, and when they are, it can almost always be assumed to be Angostura Bitters.
Angostura is the only bitter that can be considered commonly available.
www.drinkboy.com /Essays/TheBitterTruth.html   (654 words)

  
 DiscoverVenezuela - Ciudad Bolívar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The city was founded in 1764 as Santo Tomás de La Guayana de Angostura, later shortened to simply Angostura (which means "narrow"), because of its location at the narrowest width of the Orinoco River.
It was in this city, on February 15, 1819, that Simón Bolívar instituted the Congreso de Angostura and where he first expressed his vision for a union of confederated Latin-American states.
Next to the plaza is the cathedral, whose construction first began in 1765 and ended in 1840.
www.discovervenezuela.com /ciudadbolivar.cfm   (577 words)

  
 Bitters - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It was exported to England and to Trinidad, where it came to be used in a number of cocktails following its medicinal use by the British Navy in Pink Gin.
It is used in both apéritifs and digestifs, and will settle one's stomach before a meal, or before undertaking a night of drinking.
Peychaud's Bitters is associated with the Sazerac cocktail.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bitters   (708 words)

  
 Angostura Bitters - Drinks Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
Angostura is an aromatic blend of herbs and spices including gentian, made to the same secret recipe since 1824.
Angostura was first made by Dr J.G.B Siegert in the town of Angostura, in Venezuela.
Now all the ingredient that are on the list I recognised but the bitter gave it a totally different taste to any other drink I have tried.
www.dooyoo.co.uk /drinks/angostura-bitters   (315 words)

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