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Hugo Chávez served the longest uninterrupted period in office with 11 consecutive years, from his restoration to power in April 2002 until his death in March 2013. The presidency was disputed between Juan Guaidó and Nicolás Maduro from January 2019 to 2023 during the Venezuelan presidential crisis.
The Province of Venezuela in 1656, by Sanson Nicolas. One of the first maps about Venezuela and near regions. 5 July 1811 (fragment), painting by Juan Lovera in 1811.. The history of Venezuela reflects events in areas of the Americas colonized by Spain starting 1502; amid resistance from indigenous peoples, led by Native caciques, such as Guaicaipuro and Tamanaco.
President Maduro was formally inaugurated as President of Venezuela on 19 April 2013, after the election commission had promised a full audit of the election results. [166] [167] In October 2013, Maduro requested an enabling law to rule by decree in order to fight corruption [168] [169] and to also fight what he called an 'economic war'. [170]
Pardoned from prison two years later, he founded the Fifth Republic Movement political party, and then receiving 56.2% of the vote, was elected president of Venezuela in 1998. He was re-elected in 2000 with 59.8% of the vote and again in 2006 with 62.8% of the vote.
Venezuela, [c] officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, [d] is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It comprises an area of 916,445 km 2 (353,841 sq mi), and its population was estimated at 29 million in 2022. [18]
The president's salary is not to be superior to twelve monthly minimum wages, [10] that is to say, 67,469.76 VEF (as of February 2015). [11] The Presidential Honor Guard Brigade of Venezuela is in charge of the president's protection, as well as the presidential family and their political peers. The Presidential Guard of Honor is made up of ...
Carlos Andrés Pérez. Carlos Andrés Pérez Rodríguez (27 October 1922 – 25 December 2010) [1] also known as CAP and often referred to as El Gocho (due to his Andean origins), was a Venezuelan politician who served as the 47th and 50th president of Venezuela from 1974 to 1979 and again from 1989 to 1993. He was one of the founders of ...
The politics of Venezuela are conducted under what is nominally a federal presidential republic, but is in practice an authoritarian system of government. [1][2][3][4] Prior to the early 1990s, Venezuela was considered an unusually long-standing and stable liberal democracy in Latin America, having transitioned to democracy in 1958. [1][2][5 ...