Ideologies / National Capitalist / Juan Vicente Gómez

§ The minds · 1857–1935 · Venezuela · President (dictator)
Juan Vicente Gómez
The oil dictator
Foreign concessions, personal rule.
Economic+93
SocialistMarket
Governance+58
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social−54
TraditionalProgressive
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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