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	History of Venezuela - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the 18th century, the province of Venezuela was under the jurisdiction of the Viceroyalty of New Granada (created in 1717), since 1777 as Captaincy General of Venezuela.
		Venezuela, along with what are now Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador, was part of the Republic of Gran Colombia until 1830, when Venezuela separated and became a sovereign country.
		History of: Argentina · Bolivia · Brazil · Chile · Colombia · Ecuador · Guyana · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Uruguay · Venezuela
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Venezuela (1071 words)

	A short history of Venezuela (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Present-day Venezuela is inhabited by Arawaks and Carib Indians.
		Venezuela is reconquered by Spain in 1812, but independence is restored in 1816 as the Republic of Venezuela.
		Venezuela secedes from Grand Colombia in 1830 and the Republic of Venezuela is proclaimed.
	www.electionworld.org /history/venezuela.htm (652 words)

	History of Venezuela
		Venezuela was a relatively neglected colony in the 1500s and 1600s as the Spaniards focused on extracting gold from other areas of the Americas.
		Venezuela, along with what are now Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador, was part of the Republic of Gran Colombia until 1830, when Venezuela separated and became a separate sovereign country.
		Venezuela's history of free and open elections since 1958 and its prohibition of military involvement in national politics had earned it a reputation as one of the more stable democracies in Latin America.
	www.historyofnations.net /southamerica/venezuela.html (977 words)

	History Lesson Venezuela
		Venezuela is a country of striking natural beauty and dramatic contrasts: the snowcapped peaks of the Andes in the west, and 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 line the Caribbean coast.
		Venezuela is situated on the northern coast of South America, north of Brazil and between Colombia and Guyana.
		Venezuela was a very cheap country to travel in during the period of the fixed exchange rates, provided you came with US dollars and changed them on the fl market.
	www.gypsylounge.com /x/sam/history_lesson/ven.htm (3236 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Venezuela
		Among the exports of Venezuela are: cotton, starch, hemp sandals, asphalt, cocoa, coffee, rubber, copper, coconut, copaiba, cinchona, horn, hides, divi-divi, fresh fruits, cabinet woods, gold, feathers, sarsaparilla, tobacco in leaf.
		Thus the Church in Venezuela, despoiled of almost all that it once possessed, has been unable to recover itself in this respect, and is placed in pecuniary straits which preclude it from energetic social action and from rising out of the prostrate condition in which it was left by the persecutor.
		The administration of this Church, as of most of the Venezuelan Churches, was formerly regulated by the synodal constitutions enacted at Caracas in 1687; at present all the dioceses are governed under the Pastoral Instruction promulgated by the Venezuelan episcopate in the Conference of 23 May to 27 July, 1904.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15327a.htm (6153 words)

	Venezuela (03/06)
		The population of Venezuela is comprised of a combination of European, indigenous, and African heritages.
		Venezuela was a relatively neglected colony in the 1500s and 1600s as the Spaniards focused on extracting gold and silver from other areas of the Americas.
		Venezuela is currently advocating regional integration through its PetroCaribe petroleum initiative, the creation of a South American Community of Nations, and the establishment of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (a social integration project proposed by President Chavez as an alternative to the Free Trade Area of the Americas).
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/35766.htm (4555 words)

	Venezuela on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Geographically Venezuela is a land of vivid contrasts, with four major divisions: the Venezuelan highlands, the coastal lowlands, the basin of the Orinoco River, and the Guiana Highlands.
		Later, however, Simón Bolívar (born in Venezuela) and his lieutenants, working from Colombia, were able to liberate Venezuela despite setbacks administered by the royalist commander, Pablo Morillo.
		Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (C) speaks 03 April, 2006 in Yaracuy, 200 km south east of Caracas, during the presentation of the three first Russian-made military Mi-17 helicopters, from a total of 35 rotary-wing aircraft purchased from Russia at a cost of USD 200 million.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/venezuel_history.asp (3654 words)

	Venezuela History & Venezuela Culture \| iExplore.com
		Originally inhabited by Carib and Arawak Indians, Venezuela was claimed as a Spanish territory by Christopher Columbus in 1498.
		Venezuela was a primarily agricultural country until the discovery and extraction of oil began in the 1920s.
		Venezuela was a prominent founding member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the current president, Hugo Chávez, has played a leading role in the revival of the organization’s fortunes since the late 1990s.
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/Venezuela/History (1306 words)

	Venezuela - Wikitravel
		Venezuela is a country in northern South America.
		Possessing shorelines on the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, Venezuela borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east and Brazil to the south, and is situated on the major sea and air routes linking North and South America.
		Venezuela was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others being Colombia and Ecuador).
	wikitravel.org /en/Venezuela (1689 words)

	History Of Venezuela - Caracas Central
		VENEZUELA History and Culture In ancient times, Venezuela was paradise for the Indians who lived on its beaches, in its tropical forests, and on...
		Venezuela Venezuela is important to world energy markets because it holds proven oil reserves of about 78 billion barrels, excluding billions
		Venezuela was named by Alonso de Ojeda, one of the first Europeans to explore the region after Columbus landed there in 1498.
	www.doubletreearabians.com /history-of-venezuela.html (374 words)

	Venezuela: History
		The Arawaks and the Caribs were the earliest inhabitants of Venezuela, along with certain nomadic hunting and fishing tribes.
		Venezuela and other territories became part of the federal republic of Greater Colombia.
		Although conservative and liberal parties appeared, the actual control of Venezuela was held mainly by caudillos from the landholding class.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0861773.html (1926 words)

	History (from Venezuela) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Venezuela is bounded by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Guyana to the east, Brazil to the south, and Colombia to the southwest and west.
		It is bounded by the Guajira Peninsula on the west and by the Paraguaná Peninsula on the east and is connected with Lake Maracaibo to the south through Tablazo Bay and a channel 35 feet (11 m) deep near the city of...
		History is a science—a branch of knowledge that uses specific methods and tools to achieve its goals.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-219055 (1030 words)

	Venezuela - History & Culture
		Early colonization in Venezuela was much less rampant than it was in other parts of South America, and the colony was ruled with a loose hand from Bogota.
		Venezuela may have been a quiet outpost on the edge of the Spanish Empire, but it gave birth to the man who would one day turn that empire on its head: Simon Bolivar.
		Despite a rough history, Venezuelans are infamous in South America for their easy-going nature and fun-loving spirit.
	www.geographia.com /venezuela/history.htm (666 words)

	WHKMLA : History of Venezuela, 1556-1819
		The area, called Captaincy of Venezuela, was now placed under the Audiencia of Santa Fe de Bogota, which again was subject to the Viceroyalty of Peru.
		Spain's administration regarded Venezuela (as the other colonies) as a supplementary economy, supplementary to that of the motherland.
		In 1777, the seat of the Captaincy of Venezuela was moved to Caracas, in 1786 the captaincy was elevated to Audiencia of Caracas.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/samerica/venezuelaspan.html (396 words)

	Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - The history of Venezuela and its oil
		Major political and social events took place between 1945 and 1948 which determined Venezuela's future course: presence of the modern political parties in government; unionisation of workers; foundation of the Venezuelan Workers Confederation; addition of farm labourers to the political-unionist movement, and the appearance of a middle class with a modern mentality.
		This system, which was understood to be inspired in the purpose of optimising the terms of the national benefit, should have brought with it important changes both to the political strata and to country's economic and social entities.
		Venezuela is to be found among the six countries in the world with the largest proven reserves of oil (over 74 bn barrels), and with a business attitude willing to raise production capacity to meet growing demand.
	www.gasandoil.com /goc/news/ntl12749.htm (1330 words)

	History of VENEZUELA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The modern nations of Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador are grouped together, from 1740, as the Spanish viceroyalty of New Granada with its capital at Bogotá.
		He appeases Páez, allowing him a degree of autonomy in Venezuela, but in doing so he provokes opposition in Colombia - where he assumes dictatorial powers in 1828 (and later in the same year is lucky to survive an assassination attempt).
		The newly independent republic of Venezuela is profoundly affected, from the earliest decades of its existence, by the Latin American tradition of caudíllos.
	www.historyworld.net /wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ab55 (1979 words)

	The history of the Republic of Venezuela (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The retrospective history of the Republic of Venezuela
		The working-class history of the Republic of Venezuela
		The culture history of the Republic of Venezuela
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/42/index-c.html (97 words)

	Boat charter, history, updates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It is still possible to get to know the real Caribbean that did exists back then in the fifties with unspoiled and deserted islands and an abundance of underwater live as described by Christopher Columbus in his third voyages like as it could have been a cruise of today in these same waters.
		Venezuela offers all that and with more coastline and islands compared to the rest of the Caribbean countries and islands.
		Slavery was abandoned in Venezuela long before it became the norm in the rest of the world (The small town San Jose close to Higerote on the north coast of Venezuela was the first place in the new world where all slaves were freed in 1595).
	www.explore-yachts.com /charter/venezuela-history.htm (629 words)

	Global Exchange : Venezuela
		Venezuela is fast becoming a leader in regional integration in the hemisphere, particularly in the promotion of viable alternatives to corporate globalization and the "free trade" model.
		Venezuela is also working to create the first Latin American news channel, TeleSur, to offer an alternative to foreign corporate media, and the establish of PetroAmérica— the first fully integrated, Latin American oil company.
		We invite you to travel to Venezuela with Global Exchange to dig past the headlines and explore the changes occurring in Venezuela, Latin America and the hemisphere as a whole.
	www.globalexchange.org /countries/americas/venezuela (595 words)

	Venezuela
		Venezuela, a third larger than Texas, occupies most of the northern coast of South America on the Caribbean Sea.
		Venezuela - Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, republic (2005 est.
		Venezuela: Government - Government Venezuela is governed under the 1999 constitution.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108140.html (1201 words)

	Venezuela's Chavez Triumphant: History Making Democracy in Latin America
		President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, first elected in 1998 made democratic history today in a triumphant defeat of the recall referendum on his Presidency.
		“Venezuela is the number one ally of the social movements”.
		Venezuela's Foreign Minister denounces at OAS the frequent negative statements by U.S. officials against President Chavez
	www.venezuelanalysis.com /articles.php?artno=1250 (1157 words)

	VENEZUELA encyclopedia : Cultural Information , Maps, VENEZUELA politics and officials, VENEZUELA History. Travel to ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (IPA: [ËvÉnÉËzwelÉ]; Spanish: RepÃºblica Bolivariana de Venezuela, IPA: [re'puÎ²lika boliÎ²aÉ¾iana de benesu'ela]) is a country on the northern tropical Caribbean coast of South America.
		Venezuela borders Brazil to the south, Guyana to the east, and Colombia to the west.
		North of the Venezuelan coast lie the islands of Aruba, the Netherlands Antilles, and Trinidad and Tobago.
	www.venezuelaiworld.com (220 words)

	Oil History-Venezuela
		It is plain to see that even in the earliest periods of exploitation; the enormous wealth that went along with the oil in Venezuela had a tremendous influence on every thing in Venezuela.
		Venezuela from that moment on, would work through its own companies to execute and control each and every one of the activities pertaining to its oil industry.
		Venezuela, has one of the largest proven reserves of oil, over 74 billion barrels.
	www.lcsc.edu /elmartin/historybehindthenews/mccoy/oil.html (910 words)

	Venezuela - A short history - Carlos Herrera
		In both cases, the objective of the US inspired opposition, who were losing their economic privileges, was to overthrow the democratically elected government of Hugo Chavez with the ultimate aim of abolishing the Bolivarian Constitution, approved in a national referendum on December 15th 1999 by 71% of the voters.
		Since independence was finally wrested from the grips of the Spanish Empire at the Battle of Carabobo on June 24th 1821, Venezuela has experienced a series of civil wars such as the Federation War (1859 -1863) for control of the land, or was peppered by successive coups right up to 1948.
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	venezuelasolidarity.org.uk /ven/web/articles/carlos_history.html (1232 words)

	Venezuela States
		Venezuela is divided into 23 estados (states), one dependencias federales (federal dependencies), and one distrito capital (capital district).
		As related to the pre-1819 divisions, Apure department corresponded roughly to Barinas province; Orinoco department to the provinces of Barcelona, Cumaná, Guayana, and Margarita; Venezuela department to Caracas province, and Zulia department to the provinces of Coro, Maracaibo, Mérida, and Trujillo.
		According to Agustin Codazzi's Atlas fisico y politico de la Republica de Venezuela (1840), the populations and areas of the thirteen provinces were as follows.
	www.statoids.com /uve.html (2411 words)

	Venezuela, Solidarity,The Revolution Will Not Be Televised DVD,online, PayPal,Britain,Trade Unions, Campaigning,Video ...
		Caracas, Venezuela, February 24, 2006—In the wake of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’s recent threat to hold a referendum on extending presidential term limits if the opposition declined to run in the upcoming presidential election, opposition parties have broken into two overlapping camps in declaring their plans for the upcoming election.
		The guerilla training taking place in Venezuela at this time is a direct response to the increasing threats, born and bred in Washington as the empire prepares for the December, 2006 presidential elections.
		Venezuela, with the largest proven reserves of crude oil in the world, is a prime target for the Neocons since it is much nearer the US and has historically been in a much safer geopolitical position than the oil producing nations of the Middle East, and is thus open to an Iraq style US invasion.
	www.venezuelasolidarity.org.uk (5625 words)

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