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Rómulo Betancourt
Rómulo Ernesto Betancourt Bello, known as "The Father of Venezuelan Democracy", was a Venezuelan politician who served as the president of Venezuela, from 1945 to 1948 and again from 1959 to 1964, as well as leader of the Democratic Action, Venezuela's dominant political party in the 20th century.
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culture · President of Venezuela, 1945–48 and 1959–64 · journalist · politician · lawyer · also Rómulo Betancourt, Romulo Betancourt, Betancourt
Born 22 February 1908 · Died 28 September 1981 · Q332081
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1981· 4 entries
Died 1981-09-28.
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“Dígale a Fidel Castro que cuando Venezuela necesitó libertadores no los importó, los parió.”
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“We Will Come Back» (Volveremos).”
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“Yo soy un presidente que ni renuncia, ni lo renuncian.”
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1980· 1 entry
Betancourt attended the funeral of his friend in 1980.
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1964· 2 entries
Career landmark: senator for life (1964–1981).
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Betancourt was awarded a lifetime seat in Venezuela's senate, due to his status as a former president
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1963· 1 entry
Refused to attend the inauguration of Juan Bosch as president of the Dominican Republic if Bosch did not extend an invitation to Muñoz Marín, who had provided a safe haven for Bosch and various members of his politica
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1961· 1 entry
And in navy bases in 1962 (El Carupanazo, Carúpano, and El Porteñazo, Puerto Cabello), Betancourt suspended civil liberties
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1960· 1 entry
Two important institutions were created by Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso, Betancourt's minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons: the Venezuelan Petroleum Corporation (Corporación Venezolana del Petróleo — CVP), conceived to oversee
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1959· 2 entries
“... Regimes disrespectful of human rights, violating their citizens´ freedom, tyrannizing them with the backing of totalitarian political police, should be submitted to a rigorous sanitary cordon and eradicated, through collective pacification, from the Inter-American juridical community”
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Career landmark: president (1959–1964).
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1956· 1 entry
Was prohibited from circulating in Venezuela
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1947· 1 entry
Which were won by the AD's Rómulo Gallegos
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1945· 2 entries
By means of a military coup d'état and, during his time in office, completed an impressive agenda
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Career landmark: President of Venezuela (1945–1948).
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1941· 1 entry
Before AD's entry into policymaking, Venezuela received 85,279,158 bolívars from oil taxes, out
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1938· 1 entry
And because its economy was more diversified than Venezuela's, there was little to no backlash
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1908· 1 entry
Born 1908-02-22.
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