The Venezuelan experience between 1858 and 1863 exposes the fragile boundary between reform and rupture in post-independence...
Venezuela
Explore Venezuela’s history and culture, from Indigenous societies and Spanish colonial rule through independence, the rise of the oil economy, and modern political change.
To place Indigenous peoples at the center of Venezuelan history is not an act of inclusion for...
Two U.S. wars based on lies, in which tens of thousands of American troops and millions of...
Petroleum endowed the state with extraordinary fiscal power, geopolitical relevance, and the capacity to modernize at a...
Lawmakers from both major parties have also called out the administration’s drug claims and argued against launching...
The prehistoric and early ethno-linguistic peoples of Venezuela stand as witnesses to the region’s role as both...
Colonial Venezuela was a paradox. It appeared marginal, yet it mattered. Its society was hierarchical, yet constantly...
Venezuela continues to reimagine itself, to fight over its identity, to seek renewal even in collapse. Its...
María Lionza statue María Lionza is an indigenous Venezuelan religion that dates back to the 14th century...