The Independence of Maracaibo
Zulianos celebrate a regional holiday that’s a complicated milestone: the region’s separation from Spain and union to the Republic of Colombia. The history of what happened explains why this is so tricky
Tag: History
A New Light Over the Shadows of the Betancourt Administration
After Tiempos de dictadura and CAP: 2 intentos, Carlos Oteyza premiered the new documentary Rómulo resiste, about the challenges, achievements and conflicts of the first term of Venezuelan democracy
The Venezuelan Youth Movement Opposing Democracy
A mix of inherited nostalgia for an era they didn’t experience and the ability of the alt-right produced a noisy tribe of young advocates for conservative authoritarianism
When Scholars Lie About the Crisis in Venezuela
A symposium on the crisis in Venezuela organized by the University of Houston painted a country that only exists in a leftist fantasy. Our history is usually rewritten in the international academia for ideological purposes
The Quixote Who Defended Caracas Against the English
On the third day of June, 1595, one of the most amazing episodes of early Venezuelan History took place. An old Spaniard charged almost alone against English pirates, giving birth to a legend of useless heroism.
In 1812, a National Catastrophe Helped Topple a Weak Government
On March 26th, 207 years ago, an earthquake devastated Caracas and other cities in that young Venezuela that was trying to be a republic. The event was decisive to the collapse of the revolutionary regime.
October, 18, 1945: The Start of the October Revolution
The October Revolution: First, a coup. Then, a Revolutionary Government Junta to rule the country, headed by Rómulo Betancourt. In their decrees, they vowed to do it right.
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