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In October of 2012 Chavez is re-elected president with a convincing mandate despite being diagnosed with cancer. In March,2013 Chavez dies of cancer and Nicholas Maduro takes over.

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2006-He is re-elected and takes control over four heavy oil products in the Orinoco belt worth billions of dollars.Some US gas companies leave the country and sue for compensation.
2007-Chavez suffers his first electoral defeat.Including the abolition of his term limits.
2010-Congressional elections lead to significant gains for the opposition, but Chavez's United Socialist Party still remains majority.

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1992-Hugo Chavez,then a military officer, leads a failed coup attempt and is jailed.
1994-Chavez is freed from prison and forms a new political party
1998-Hugo Chavez is elected president.
1999-Chavez takes office promising to reduce poverty and corruption.

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A fall in world oil prices leads to government spending cuts.President Jamie Lusinchi signs a pact between business, trade unions and government to deal with the fallout.Then president Carlos Andres Perez is elected president as Venezuela seeks loans from the international Monetary Fund to prop up its economy.

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In 1973 , the Arab oil embargo begins following the "Yom Kippur War" between Arab states and Isreal.Oil prices then rapidly rise, benefiting Venezuela.This was very good for their economy and civilians were happy as well.

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Leftist Romulo Betancourt is elected president.He oversees the 1963 elections,the country's first  democratic civilian-to civilian transfer of power.Then Rual Leoni becomes president during a period called "puntofijsmo" in which elections are seperated into two major parties.

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Venezuela becomes one of the world's largest oil exporters. The government had been struggling with their oil businesses previously.Until their new dictator,Juan Vicente Gomez.

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Venezuela seperates from Gran Colombia.They then become an independent country, and establish their government. They also set Caracas as its capital.

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Next the king of Spain is overthrown by France's Napoleon Bonaparte, providing an opening for anti-colonial movements fighting for independence. After a series of bitter battles and short lived declarations of sovereignty,Gran Colombia- compromising Venezuela, Colombia,Panama and Ecuador wins independence from Spain. Simon Bolivar (Venezuela's national hero) plays a key role.

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During this period of time Spanish colonization formally begins on the coast.This happened after another visit from Christopher Columbus in 1499.Lastly in 1550 African Slaves are shipped to Venezuela to work on plantations.

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In 1498, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, who was working for the behalf of the Spanish Monarchy sails along Venezuela coast.Then a man named Alonso de Ojeda, another Spanish explorer names this country "Venezuela".Also known as "little Venice" because of its resemblance to the Italian city.