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Venezuela

Venezuela( )
Author: Shields, Charles J.
Editor: Henderson, James D.
Series title:Discovering South America: History, Politics, and Culture Ser.
ISBN:978-1-4222-3306-1
Publication Date:Jan 2015
Publisher:Mason Crest
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $22.95
Book Description:

In 1499, the Spanish navigator Alonso de Ojeda explored the coast of South America. When his ships entered a gulf, he found that Amerindians had built their homes on stilts along the swampy shore of what became known as Lake Maracaibo. This reminded the explorers of the city of Venice, in Europe, so they named the region Venezuela (Spanish for "Little Venice"). The socialist government of Hugo Chávez, who ruled from 1999 until his death in 2011, put in place new laws that it said would...
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