The Fall of Marcos Pérez Jiménez and Venezuela's Democratic Dawn — Fexingo History copertina

The Fall of Marcos Pérez Jiménez and Venezuela's Democratic Dawn — Fexingo History

The Fall of Marcos Pérez Jiménez and Venezuela's Democratic Dawn — Fexingo History

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 In the 1950s, Venezuela was ruled by General Marcos Pérez Jiménez, a modernizing strongman who built highways, towers, and the Hilton Caracas — but crushed dissent, tortured opponents, and drained oil wealth into Swiss accounts. This episode follows his rise from a young army cadet to the undisputed caudillo of the nation, his brutal crackdown on the Generation of '28, the spectacular construction of the Humboldt Hotel atop a mountain, and the unexpected way his regime unraveled: a military uprising triggered by a commercial airline pilot's defiant flight. We explore how the dictator's own propaganda machine — lavish architecture, a national beauty pageant, and a Hollywood-style film — backfired, and how the 1958 Punto Fijo pact set up Venezuela's turbulent democracy. Along the way, Lucas and Luna examine the role of the Acción Democrática party, the shadowy US oil interests, and the exiled poets who kept the flame alive. Was Pérez Jiménez the last classic caudillo, or the first modern populist?

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