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- Arturo Michelena was born in Valencia – not in Spain, but in Venezuela.
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Francisco Arturo Michelena Castillo (Spanish pronunciation: [aɾˈtuɾo mitʃeˈlena]; 16 June 1863 – 29 July 1898) was a Venezuelan painter known for his historical and genre scenes and portraits.
Simón Bolívar was born on 24 July 1783 in Caracas, capital of the Captaincy General of Venezuela, the fourth and youngest child of Juan Vicente Bolívar y Ponte and María de la Concepción Palacios y Blanco . He was baptized as Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios on 30 July.
- Early Life, Education and Early Career
- 1948 Coup D'état
- Presidency
- Removal from Power
- Post-Presidency
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Marcos Evangelista Pérez Jiménez was born in Michelena, Táchira State. His father, Juan Pérez Bustamante, was a farmer; his mother, Adela Jiménez, a schoolteacher from Cucuta, Colombia. Pérez Jiménez attended school in his home town and in Colombia, and in 1934, he graduated from the Military academy of Venezuela, at the top of his class. He subseq...
Fears of cuts in pay for soldiers and a lack of modernized army equipment led Pérez Jiménez and Carlos Delgado Chalbaudto stage another coup in 1948. Betancourt and Gallegos were exiled, political parties were suppressed, and the Communist Party was once again banished by the military junta headed by Delgado Chalbaud, Luis Felipe Llovera Páez and P...
The junta called an election for 1952 in order to elect a Constituent Assembly that would elect a president and draft a new constitution. When early results showed that the opposition was well on its way to victory, the junta halted the count. On 2 December 1952, it released "final" results that showed the pro-junta "Independent Electoral Front" (F...
One of the first public demonstrations against the Pérez Jiménez regime occurred on 1952, after the assassination of opposition leader Leonardo Ruiz Pineda. During a commemorative ceremony in Nuevo Circo, Caracas, hundreds of people waved handkerchiefs during a minute of silenceasked in his honor. On 27 March 1957, Aaron Copland had come to Caracas...
Pèrez fled to the United States, where he lived until 1963, when he was extradited to Venezuela on charges of embezzling $200 million during his presidential tenure. The 1959–63 extradition of Pérez, related to Financiadora Administradora Inmobiliaria, S.A., one of the largest development companies in South America, and other business connections, ...
The period of Pérez Jiménez in power is remembered historically as a government of nationalist roots. His government was based on an ideological pragmatism characterized by the Doctrine of National Wellbeing, that the regime expressed in the New National Idealwould be the philosophical beacon to guide the actions of the government. His political le...
The documentary film Tiempos de dictadura (English: Times of dictatorship), directed by Carlos Oteyza[es], focuses on his dictatorship, from the 1948 coup d'état against President Rómulo Gallegos and the human rights violations committed by the Seguridad Nacional (including censorship, arrests, torture and extrajudicial killings) to the public work...
On 4 February 1945, Pérez married Flor María Chalbaud, daughter of Antonio Chalbaud Cardona and Angelina Castro Tejera. The couple had four daughters together. 1. Flor María Chalbaud Cardona
Perezjimenismo[es](in Spanish) Marcos Pérez Jiménez– Official biography.(in Spanish) Marcos Pérez JiménezAug 13, 2016 · Yet in the late 1800s, the eclectic Académie Julian trained artists from all over the world, including Francisco Arturo Michelena Castillo (1863-1898), who became the first Venezuelan painter to receive overseas acclaim. Arturo Michelena was born in Valencia – not in Spain, but in Venezuela.
Jul 11, 2022 · This is the copy that is in Venezuela, much darker than the original. The original was painted during Michelena’s time in Paris. At only 22 years old, the painter born in Valencia, Venezuela won a scholarship created by the government of Joaquín Crespo in 1883 to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Simón Bolívar.
Apr 21, 2024 · Marcos Pérez Jiménez (born April 25, 1914, Michelena, Venezuela—died September 20, 2001, Madrid, Spain) was a professional soldier and president (1952–58) of Venezuela whose regime was marked by extravagance, corruption, police oppression, and mounting unemployment.
Nov 6, 2016 · Arturo Michelena (1863 -1898), born in Valencia, Venezuela was a visual artist, who is among the most important and influential Venezuelan painters of the 19th century, along with Cristóbal Rojas...
