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Juan Vicente Gómez — ink portrait
§ The minds · 1857–1935 · Venezuela · President (dictator)

Juan Vicente Gómez

The oil dictator

Foreign concessions, personal rule.

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Governance+58
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The caudillo who turned Venezuela into a petro-state by handing its oil to foreign capital — paying off the national debt while ruling as an absolute, business-aligned dictator.

social

Rural-traditional caudillo nationalism.

economic

Opened Venezuela's oil to foreign capital, enriching a business-state elite.

governance

Ruled absolutely for nearly three decades.

Notable for
  • Built the Venezuelan petro-state
  • Foreign oil concessions
  • Ruled 1908–1935
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