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Eduardo Mendoza Goiticoa
Eduardo Mendoza Goiticoa (9 June 1917 – 25 August 2009) was a Venezuelan Science, scientific researcher and Agricultural engineering, agricultural engineer. He served the Government of Venezuela, government of Rómulo Betancourt, becoming the youngest cabinet minister in Venezuelan history at the age of 28. His appointment was problematic due to his young age and required a constitutional amendment. Betancourt had insisted on the appointment and vastly expanded the portfolio of the Secretary of Agriculture to include all immigration matters. Family Mendoza was married to Hilda Coburn Velutini (died 2006) and had two daughters. Biography Eduardo Mendoza obtained a degree in agricultural engineering from Argentina's National University of La Plata in 1941. Mendoza returned to Venezuela and settled on a family farm in Valles del Tuy. Government service On the eve of 18 October 1945, he was awakened at home by a commission from the Revolutionary Governmental Junta offerin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Mendoza Garriga
Eduardo Mendoza Garriga (born 11 January 1943) is a Spanish novelist, playwright, and essayist. His first novel, ''The Truth about the Savolta Case, La Verdad sobre el Caso Savolta'' (''The Truth About the Savolta Case''), published in 1975, reflected the social changes as Spain transitioned to democracy, and was very successful. His 1986 novel, ''La Ciudad de los Prodigios'' (''The City of Marvels''), is widely acclaimed, and he is also known for his "mad detective" parody novels, in particular ''El Laberinto de las Aceitunas'' (''The Olive Labyrinth'', 1982). Early life and education Eduardo Mendoza Garriga was born on 11 January 1943 in Barcelona. He studied law in the early 1960s and lived in New York City between 1973 and 1982, working as Interpreting, interpreter for the United Nations. He attempted practising as a lawyer, but realised that he wanted to be a writer. He currently lives in London. Career In 1975, Mendoza published his very successful first novel, ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks in World War II, Tanks and Air warfare of World War II, aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in history, causing World War II casualties, the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Allied-occupied Germany, Germany, Allied-occupied Austria, Austria, Occupation of Japan, Japan, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chacao, Venezuela
Chacao is one of the five political and administrative subdivisions of the city of Caracas, Venezuela. The other four are Baruta Municipality, Baruta, El Hatillo Municipality, Miranda, El Hatillo, Libertador Municipality (Venezuelan Capital District), Libertador and Sucre Municipality, Miranda, Sucre. This legal entity is known as the Caracas, Caracas Metropolitan District. Chacao is also one of the 21 municipalities that make up the State of Miranda State, Miranda, Venezuela. Geography Chacao occupies the mid-eastern portion of the Caracas Valley, north of the Guaire River, bordering the other urban municipalities to the east, south and west, and the Vargas_(state), La Guaira state to the north, including the Cerro El Ávila, Avila National Park. Economy Chacao, along with Baruta and Los Salias, is one of the communities with lowest poverty rates in Venezuela, with a poverty rate of only 4.67% according to the 2011 census. It is home to some of the city's major financial and sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopoldo López Mendoza
Leopoldo is a given name, the Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese form of the English, German, Dutch, Polish, and Slovene name, Leopold. Notable people with the name include: *Leopoldo de' Medici (1617–1675), Italian cardinal and Governor of Siena * Leopoldo Andara (born 1986), Venezuelan swimmer * Leopoldo Baracco (1886–1966), Italian politician *Leopoldo Batres (1852–1926), Mexican archaeologist * Leopoldo Bersani (1848–1903), Italian painter *Leopoldo Bertrand (born 1943), Spanish military engineer and politician * Leopoldo Borda Roldan (1898–1977), Colombian engineer * Leopoldo Bravo (1919–2006), Argentine politician *Leopoldo Brizuela (1963–2019), Argentine journalist * Leopoldo Alfredo Bravo (1960–2010), Argentine diplomat * Leopoldo Brenes, Nicaraguan Roman Catholic cardinal * Leopoldo Burlando (1841–1915), Italian painter *Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo (1926–2008), Spanish politician *Leopoldo Contarbio (1927–1993), Argentine basketball player *Leopoldo Conti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simón Bolívar
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios (24July 178317December 1830) was a Venezuelan statesman and military officer who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bolivia to independence from the Spanish Empire. He is known colloquially as ''El Libertador'', or the ''Liberator of America''. Simón Bolívar was born in Caracas in the Captaincy General of Venezuela into a wealthy family of American-born Spaniards (Criollo people, criollo) but lost both parents as a child. Bolívar was educated abroad and lived in Spain, as was common for men of upper-class families in his day. While living in Madrid from 1800 to 1802, he was introduced to Enlightenment philosophy and married María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro y Alaysa, who died in Venezuela from yellow fever in 1803. From 1803 to 1805, Bolívar embarked on a Grand Tour that ended in Rome, where he swore to end the Spanish America, Spanish rule in the Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristóbal Mendoza
José Cristóbal Hurtado de Mendoza y Montilla (23 June 1772 – 8 February 1829), commonly known as Cristóbal Mendoza, was a Venezuelan lawyer, politician, writer, and academic. Cristobal is best known for serving as the first official List of Presidents of Venezuela, President of Venezuela from 1811 to 1812. After earning a master's degree in philosophy in Caracas and his doctor utriusque juris (Doctor of Canon and Civil law (legal system), Civil Law) in the Dominican Republic, early in his professional career he served in various law firms in Trujillo, Trujillo, Trujillo, Mérida, Mérida, Mérida, and Caracas. He moved to Barinas, Barinas, Barinas in 1796 to practice law, and in 1807 was elected Mayor of Barinas. In 1810, Mendoza joined the insurgent movement started by wealthy Caracan citizens against the Spanish crown, and in 1811 was elected to represent the province of Barinas in the newly founded Constituent Congress of Venezuela. Days later he was appointed the first p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andean Parliament
The Andean Parliament is the governing and deliberative body of the Andean Community, conformed by representatives of its four member states Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, and one associate member, Chile. It is composed of 25 parliamentarians, five representing each state. It was created on 25 October 1979, in La Paz, Bolivia, through the Constitutive Treaty signed by the chancellors of the five member states, including Venezuela at the time. It entered into force in January 1984. Venezuela abandoned both the Andean Community and the Parliament in 2006. Chile joined the Parliament in 2015, despite not being a full member of the Andean Community. The Andean Parliament has its headquarters in Bogotá and is administered by the Secretary General. In addition, each country has national headquarters that serve as liaison and coordination bodies. The main functions of the Andean Parliament include legislative harmonization in its member countries, permanent and active represent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universidad De Oriente
The University of Oriente (UDO), founded in 1958, is one of the main national universities in Venezuela and the main autonomous university institution dedicated to teaching, research and development in Eastern Venezuela. With the commitment to train university professionals for the industries where the world's largest accumulation of heavy and extra-heavy oil, gas, coltan, uranium, coal, gold, diamonds, bauxite and underlying rare earths are found in the Guiana Shield or, the oldest geological formation on earth. With one of the largest hydroelectric generation systems in the world. To the north with the Caribbean Sea, to the south with the Amazon Rainforest (greatest biodiversity in the world) and the Guiana Shield (also among the regions with the greatest biodiversity in the world). Sustainable tourism, studies of tropical diseases. Energy, minerals, all these diversities of resources and their industries in Eastern Venezuela constitute the lines of academic research, developme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parque Del Este
El Parque del Este (In English: "East Park"), renamed as officially Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Park by Hugo Chávez, Chávez since, in honor of the Venezuelan national hero, is a public recreation park located in the Sucre Municipality, Miranda, Sucre Municipality of Metropolitan Caracas in Venezuela. Opened in 1961, it is one of the most important of the city, with an area of . The park was designed by Roberto Burle Marx and associates Fernando Tabora and John Stoddart. The park is located just outside the station Miranda (formerly East Park) Line 1 of the Caracas Metro. East Park is managed and supervised by the National Parks Institute (INPARQUES), an agency under the Ministry of Popular Power for the Environment. The park combines three differently designed areas: the first is an open grass field with a gentle undulating topography, the second is a densely forested landscape with meandering pathways, while the third is a series of paved gardens with tiled murals and wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caracas
Caracas ( , ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern part of the country, within the Caracas Valley of the Venezuelan coastal mountain range (Cordillera de la Costa). The valley is close to the Caribbean Sea, separated from the coast by a steep mountain range, Cerro El Ávila; to the south there are more hills and mountains. The Metropolitan Region of Caracas has an estimated population of almost 5 million inhabitants. The historic center of the city is the Cathedral, located on Bolívar Square, though some consider the center to be Plaza Venezuela, located in the Los Caobos area. Businesses in the city include service companies, banks, and malls. Caracas has a largely service-based economy, apart from some industrial activity in its metropolitan area. The Caracas Stock Exchange and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugenio Mendoza
Eugenio Mendoza Goiticoa (Caracas, November 13, 1906, Caracas, October 17, 1979) was a Venezuelan business tycoon who made important contributions in the modernization of the country during the 20th Century. Early life He was the son of Eugenio Mendoza Cobeña (the grandson of Venezuela's first president, Cristóbal Mendoza) and Luisa Goiticoa (the great-granddaughter of Simón Bolívar's sister, Juana Bolívar). Despite his family's historical position he grew up in modest circumstances due to the monetary sacrifices made by his family during the war for Venezuelan independence and later the Venezuelan civil war. Along with his brothers, Pedro, Carlos, and Eduardo Mendoza Goiticoa, he was a descendant of Simón Bolívar's sister, Juana Bolívar (Simón Bolívar had no children). Eugenio married Luisa Rodriguez Planas in 1938, and had four children with her: Eugenio Andres, Gertrudis, Luisa Elena and Eugenio Antonio. One son, Eugenio Andres, drowned as a youngster. Business car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcos Pérez Jiménez
Marcos Evangelista Pérez Jiménez (25 April 1914 – 20 September 2001) was a Venezuelan military officer and the dictator of Venezuela from 1950 to 1958, ruling as member of the military junta from 1950 to 1952 and as president from 1952 to 1958. He took part in the 1948 Venezuelan coup d'état, becoming part of the ruling junta. He ran in the 1952 election. However, the junta cancelled the election when early results indicated that the opposition was ahead and declared Jiménez provisional president. He became president in 1953 and instituted a constitution that granted him dictatorial powers. Under Pérez's rule, the rise of oil prices facilitated many public works projects, including roads, bridges, government buildings and public housing, as well as the rapid development of industries such as hydroelectricity, mining and steel. He also enriched himself considerably, as well as many of his political allies. The economy of Venezuela developed rapidly while Pérez was in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
