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Christopher Columbus sights the coast of Venezuela. He sets foot on the American mainland for the first time, at the Paria Peninsula in present-day Venezuela. Columbus claimed it for Spain.

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Caracas was founded. Caracas is the heart and soul of Venezuela. It is the capital of it Venezuela.

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Creoles in Caracas depose Spanish king's representative and set up a council to run colony. The First Republic of Venezuela to overthrow the Spanish colonial authorities. In this time period, the Venezuelan War of Independence was initiated.

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Creoles defeat Spanish at Battle of Carabobo. Was fought between independence fighters, led by General Simon Bolivar, and the royalist forces, led by Spanish Field Marshal Miguel de la Torre.

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Oil is discovered near Lake Maracaibo. Venezuela is one of the world's largest exporters of oil. It also has the world's largest oil reserves.

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Carlos Andres Perez became president. He supported Democratic and progressive causes in Latin America and the world. People somewhat liked him as President, until toward the end of his first term. Perez was accused of overspending the government's money.

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Recession in oil industry. Venezuela demanded that there should be changes to the agreement made by the international oil companies that would give them majority control of the projects. ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips refused, while led the Venezuela's oil industry to decline.

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Hugo Chavez became President. Chavez was by far one of the worst and most corrupted presidents of Venezuela. He manipulated laws, suppressed the press, and arrested critics and used propaganda.

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Nicolas Maduro won the presidential election. Maduro is another corrupt president that Venezuela elected. He is isolating the country from the rest of the world, while he is taking its goods from the citizens of Venezuela. The country is currently in very poor condition, with hardly any goods coming into the country.

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Ever since Venezuela elected Perez as President, Venezuela has been on the decline. People are not getting enough resources to live, the country is one of the most corrupt country in the world, and the country is isolating itself from the world.