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Venezuela timeline (1870-88 (Ruler Antonio Guzman Blanca attracts foreign…
Venezuela timeline
1870-88
Ruler Antonio Guzman Blanca attracts foreign investment, modernizes infrastructure and develops agriculture and education.
1973
Venezuela benefits from the oil boom and its currency peaks against the US dollar; oil and steel industries nationalized.
1948
President Romulo Gallegos, Venezuela's first democratically-elected leader, overthrown within eight months in the military coup led by Marcos Perez Jimenez.
1498-99
Christopher Columbus and Alonso de Ojeda visit Venezuela, which is inhabited by Carib, Arawak and Chibcha peoples.
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1908-35
Under dictator Juan Vicente Gomez, Venezuela becomes the world's largest oil exporter.
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