Church in Coro

Venezuela - first half of the vacation

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August 6th 2007
Hello friends. On our vacation we went to Venezuela When mum and dad had their vacation this year they went to Venezuela in South America. We did some studies before we left and learned that Venezuela means "Little Venice". That name comes from early visitors who came to a place in Venezuela that reminded them of Venice in Italy. Well we have never been to Venezuela before and we have ... read more

South America » Venezuela

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Venezuela was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others being Colombia and Ecuador). For most of the first half of the 20th century, Venezuela was ruled by generally benevolent military strongmen, who ... ... read more