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Venezuela

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February 26th 2009
Sitting on the plane on the way to Caracas I suddenly thought to myself what the hell am I doing! I'm going to a continent that I have never been to before and have no knowledge of, I don't know anyone there and I don't speak the language! And yet despite this I was still very excited. At the immigration control the guy behind the desk started talking to me in Spanish and I had no idea what the he ... 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