Carlos Alberto Taylhardat (

Maracay Maracay () is a city in north-central Venezuela, near the Caribbean coast, and is the capital and most important city of the state of Aragua. Most of it falls under the jurisdiction of Girardot Municipality. The population of Maracay and its ...

, June 6, 1921 –

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, November 21, 2011) was a Venezuelan naval captain and diplomat. He was the son of Carlos Albert Taylhardat a

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n lawyer. He trained in military school in

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, until 1942. He was a naval captain in Venezuela for 30 years, and the ambassador of Venezuela to

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, and

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, in 1990 to 1994.

Cuban revolution

Taylhardat helped

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in 1958 by buying

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weapons from the United States, to later deliver, via the Venezuelan government, to Castro's revolution in the

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References in print

BARRETO, Braulio. ''Bajo el terror de la SN'' (1984) COLECTIVO. ''La violencia en la Venezuela reciente, 1958–1980''. Volumen 3 (1992) COLECTIVO. ''El 23 de enero y las Fuerzas Armadas Venezolanas'' (Ministeio de Defensa (Venezuela, 1990) COLECTIVO. ''Gobierno y época de la junta revolucionaria'' (Congreso de la República. (Caracas, 1990) GARCÍA PONCE, Guillermo. ''La fuga del cuartel San Carlos'' (1991) MALDONADO, Jorge. Génesis y consecuencias del 23 de enero de 1958 (1984) PÉREZ LECUNA, Roberto. ''Apuntes para la historia militar de Venezuela'' (1999) RAMÍREZ, Edito. ''Memorias de un inconforme'' RIVAS RIVAS, José. ''Historia gráfica de Venezuela: El gobierno de Rómulo Betancourt'' (1972) SUAREZ PEREZ, Eugenio (y otros). ''Fidel: de Cinco Palmas a Santiago'' (2006) YANES, Oscar. ''Hoy es mañana, o, Las vainas de un reportero muerto'' (1994) TAYLHARDAT, Carlos Alberto. ''La Infantería de Marina en combate'' (Revista Militar, v.51; Buenos Aires, 1951)

External links

''La vanguardia'' (10-VI-1961)

Fotografía de Carlos Alberto Taylhardat, por Ringo

''Una historia militar de las Fuerzas Armadas'', lectura en linea
{{DEFAULTSORT:Taylhardat, Carlos Alberto Venezuelan diplomats 1921 births 2011 deaths Ambassadors of Venezuela to Iraq Ambassadors of Venezuela to Lebanon Venezuelan expatriates in Italy