Jorge Olavarría (12 December 1933 – 18 April 2005) was a

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

n journalist, politician, historian, and writer. He was editor of the magazine ''Resumen'' from 1973 to 1984. Collections of his writings for '' El Nacional'' and '' El Universal'' were published in 1999 and 1994, respectively. He was elected to the Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies in the 1963 elections, and re-elected in the 1968 elections. He was a presidential candidate in the 1983 election and the 1988 election, for the party "OPINA" (Opinion), and was a member of the 1999 Constituent Assembly of Venezuela. He also served as Venezuela's ambassador to Britain (1969–70). '' El Mundo'', 20 April 2005
Jorge Olavarría, uno de los 'adversarios' del presidente Chávez
/ref>Norman Lockman, '' Spartanburg Herald-Journal'', 20 April 2005
Deaths elsewhere: Jorge Olavarria
/ref> As a historian and writer, his books covered subjects such as the

1945 Venezuelan coup d'état The 1945 Venezuelan coup d'état took place on 18 October 1945, when the president Isaías Medina Angarita was overthrown by a combination of a military rebellion and a popular movement led by Democratic Action. The coup led to a three-year per ...

and the dictator

Juan Vicente Gómez Juan Vicente Gómez Chacón (24 July 1857 – 17 December 1935) was a Venezuelan military general, Politician and ruler of Venezuela from 1908 until his death in 1935. He was president on three occasions during this time, ruling through puppe ...

. He studied law at the

Complutense University of Madrid The Complutense University of Madrid ( es, Universidad Complutense de Madrid; UCM, links=no, ''Universidad de Madrid'', ''Universidad Central de Madrid''; la, Universitas Complutensis Matritensis, links=no) is a public research university loc ...

Books

* ''La Revolución olvidada: el 18 de octubre de 1945'', 2008, Fundación Olavarría * ''Gómez: un enigma histórico: una revisión al fenómeno histórico y político de Juan Vicente Gómez'', 2007, Fundación Olavarría * ''Historia viva, 2002-2003: la rebelión civil, el referéndum revocatorio'', 2003, Alfadil * ''Historia viva: artículos publicados en El Nacional, marzo 1998--marzo 1999'', 1999, El Nacional * ''Una Constitución para una nueva república: presentado en el VI Congreso Venezolana de Derecho Constitucional, celebrado en Caracas, los días 27, 28 y 29 de Octubre de 1999, en la Universidad Católica Andrés Bello'', 1999, Editorial Melvin * ''No, señor Presidente! no!: artículos publicados en "El Universal" 1994'', 1994 * ''Democracia radical'', 1993, Ediciones Centauro * ''Dios y federación: el fetichismo federal en el pasado, presente y futuro de Venezuela'', 1988, Fundación para una Nueva República * ''Proyecto Nueva República'', 1988, Fundación para una Nueva República * ''El caso"Sidor."'', 1968, Guanarteme

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