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72-703: Since founded Latino Victory has been under the leadership of a strong group of individuals linked to progressive politics and the ecosystem of national Latino organizations in the United States. Leopoldo Martinez Nucete was the organization’s first Chair of the Board (until 2017), a key player in Latino politics with the Democratic Party as a DNC member, and a leading voice in Latin American foreign policy. The current Chair of

144-660: A Venezuelan-American who was played leadership roles in California politics, and also with national Hispanic organizations, such as Chair of Hispanic Federation. Her leadership roles also include organizations such as Planned Parenthood and the Aspen Institute. It has endorsed several elections candidates. In 2022, it sought to keep Democratic Party organizing attention in Florida by endorsing Maxwell Alejandro Frost and Annette Taddeo . This article about an organization in

216-543: A decade. He temporarily returned to Venezuela secretly in 1952 to complete special missions in his fight against the new dictatorial government. He was imprisoned on various occasions and spent more than two years in jail in total. In Costa Rica, he was active in Venezuelan political refugee circles, worked as Editor in Chief of the newspaper La República and kept in close contact with Betancourt and other AD leaders. In 1958, after

288-523: A group of civilians and young army officers plotted the overthrow of the government run by General Isaías Medina Angarita . At the age of 23, Pérez was appointed Private Secretary to the Junta President, Rómulo Betancourt , and became Cabinet Secretary in 1946. However, in 1948, when the military staged a coup against the democratically elected government of Rómulo Gallegos , Pérez was forced to go into exile (going to Cuba , Panama and Costa Rica ) for

360-665: A high profile in international affairs. In 1980, he was elected president of the Latin American Association of Human Rights. He collaborated with Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere in the organization of the South-South Commission. He actively participated in the Socialist International , where he served as vice-president for three consecutive terms, under the presidency of Willy Brandt from West Germany. Willy Brandt and Carlos Andrés Pérez, together with

432-861: A lawyer from the Andrés Bello Catholic University (UCAB) and received two LL.M. degrees from Harvard University (1989) and University of Miami (2008). In addition, he is a Mid-Career Fellow (MCF '96) in International Studies and Economic Policy from the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University . He was also Professor of Law at the UCAB in Venezuela, and a Visiting Scholar at Harvard Law School in 1995. In 1996 he published his first book "Democracia Económica" (Princeton Academic Press, 1996) and lately 94 Paradoxes to Consider in

504-574: A member of Small Business Commission in the Commonwealth of Virginia (2017-2019), appointed by Governor Terry McAuliffe . He also was a member of the gubernatorial Transition Committee between Governors Terry McCauliffe and Ralph Northam in Virginia (2017). Then, he was appointed by Governor Northam, as member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Mary Washington (2018-2022). As a board member of

576-558: A member of the Assembly, Martinez Nucete was vocal and fearless in denouncing what he considered the authoritarian trends of the Chavez government, as well as its reckless management of the economy and corruption . Between the years of 2002 and 2005 members of Chavez' parliamentary fraction petition the Supreme Court to authorize the impeachment of Martinez Nucete as a conspirator and traitor of

648-679: A notorious figure in Venezuelan politics beginning in the 1970s and through the 1990s, the result of rumours of corruption and trafficking of influence centred around her role as the President's mistress. Such allegations of corruption were damaging to Pérez's political standing. Although Pérez initiated divorce proceedings against his wife in 1998, the action failed and was discontinued. Until his death (see below), Pérez remained legally married to Blanca Rodríguez although he had been living in exile since 1998 with Matos, dividing his time between his homes in Miami,

720-597: A profound impact on the young Pérez, bolstering his convictions that democratic freedoms and rights were the only guarantees against the arbitrary, and tyrannical, use of state power. In Caracas, Pérez enrolled in the renowned Liceo Andrés Bello , where he graduated in 1944 with a major in Philosophy and Letters. In 1944, he enrolled for three years in the Law School of the Central University of Venezuela and one year in

792-408: A prolonged family dispute about where his final resting place should be. The documentary film CAP 2 Intentos ( English: CAP 2 Attempts), directed by Carlos Oteyza  [ es ] , focuses on the two non-consecutive presidential tenures of Andrés Pérez. Oteyza later released another documentary, CAP Inédito (CAP Unedited), featuring including previously unpublished material and from

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864-484: A stroke that left him partially disabled. While in Miami, following the Daktari Ranch affair , Pérez said that the plot was a hoax but that Chávez had to be forcibly removed, saying that "Chávez has rejected all the peaceful exits that have been presented to him" and "it is not that I am in favor of violence, but that there is no other way out of Chavez". In 2009, Venezuelan attorney general Luisa Ortega Díaz ordered

936-547: A total of US$ 2.287 billion due to privatization reforms. The most notable auction was CANTV 's, a telecommunications company, which was sold at the price of US$ 1.885 billion to the consortium composed of American AT&T International, General Telephone Electronic and the Venezuelan Electricidad de Caracas and Banco Mercantil . The privatization ended Venezuela's monopoly over telecommunications and surpassed predictions, selling over US$ 1 billion above

1008-831: The Dominican Republic 's José Francisco Peña Gómez , expanded the activities of the Socialist International from Europe to Latin America. In 1988, he became a Member of the Council of Freely-Elected Heads of Government, established by the former President of the United States, Jimmy Carter . He was elected Chairman of the Harvard University Conference on Foreign Debt in Latin America, in September 1989 , and received

1080-670: The Jose Nucete Sardi Fellowships , to increase Latino enrollment in the institute's programs. On August 10, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Martinez to be the United States executive director of the Inter-American Development Bank . Hearings were held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on December 14, 2021. The committee deadlocked on the nomination in a party-line vote on March 29, 2022. The opposition against Martinez

1152-596: The Supreme Court on charges for the embezzlement of 250 million bolívars (roughly 2.7 million US dollars) belonging to a presidential discretionary fund, whose money was used to support the electoral process in Nicaragua and hire bodyguards for President Violeta Chamorro . Carlos Andrés Pérez was born at the hacienda La Argentina , on the Venezuelan-Colombian border near the town of Rubio , Táchira state ,

1224-494: The " Twelve Apostles ". A well-publicized rift with his former mentor Betancourt and disgruntled members of AD all pointed to the fading of Pérez's political standing. By the 1978 elections , there was a sense among many citizens that the influx of petrodollars after 1973 had not been properly managed. The country was importing 80% of all foodstuffs consumed. Agricultural production was stagnant. The national debt had skyrocketed. And whilst per capita income had increased and prosperity

1296-409: The 11th of 12 children in a middle-class family. His father, Antonio Pérez Lemus, was a Colombian-born coffee planter and pharmacist of Spanish Peninsular and Canary Islander ancestry who emigrated to Venezuela during the last years of the 19th century. His mother, Julia Rodríguez, was the daughter of a prominent landowner in the town of Rubio and the granddaughter of Venezuelan refugees who had fled to

1368-718: The 21st . Century (Editorial Dahbar, 2019), which was recognized at the prestigious Hay Festival in Cartagena on its February, 2020 meetings. Martínez Nucete began his political career with the Democratic Action (Acción Democrática) party, which has an international affiliation with Socialist International , together with the majority of social democratic parties in Europe and worldwide. Like most social democratic parties in other countries, in Venezuela Acción Democrática

1440-674: The Americas (CDDA/IQLatino) publishers of IQLatino , and served as a board member and chair of the National Committee (after being the first chairman of the board) of the Latino Victory Project . He is known for his passionate advocacy on immigrant rights, social justice and economic equity, Latino empowerment, and prioritizing the U.S. relations in the Americas through principled foreign policy, diplomatic engagment and effective development policies and investments. For that reason, as

1512-871: The Andes and Colombia in the wake of the Federal War , a civil war that ravaged Venezuela in the 1860s. Pérez was educated at the María Inmaculada School in Rubio, run by Dominican friars . His childhood was spent between the family home in town, a rambling Spanish colonial-style house, and the coffee haciendas owned by his father and maternal grandfather. Influenced by his grandfather, an avid book collector, Pérez read voraciously from an early age, including French and Spanish classics by Jules Verne and Alexandre Dumas . As he grew older, Pérez also became politically aware and managed to read Voltaire , Rousseau , and Marx without

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1584-614: The Board is Luis Miranda Jr. , a key figure in New York City politics, as well as nationwide Latino politics. Miranda Jr. was the founder of Hispanic Federation , and the father of the formidable Broadway and Hollywood talent Lin-Manuel Miranda . Two Presidents and CEOs have been key to the success of the Latino Victory: Cristóbal Joshua Alex , who was Hillary Clinton’s campaign Latino political operative, and Joe Biden’s Senior Advisor; and currently Nathalie Rayes ,

1656-575: The DNC National Finance Committee Deputy Chairs. Leopoldo Martínez also was a member of the Steering Committee and Central Committee of the Democratic Party of Virginia. Given his leadership roles with Latino Victory, Martinez Nucete has supervised or advised the work of such organization in the presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton (2016) and Joe Biden (2020); and in more than 50 political campaigns of candidates for

1728-606: The Dominican Republic and New York. In 2003, he suffered a debilitating stroke that seriously affected his mental and physical abilities. On 31 March 2008, the secretary general of Acción Democrática , Henry Ramos Allup, announced that Pérez wanted to return to Venezuela from exile, to spend his last years in Caracas. On 25 December 2010, Pérez was rushed to Mercy Hospital in Miami , where he died that same afternoon. The cause of death

1800-710: The Founder CDDA/IQLatino, we was a founding board member of the influential political action committee Foreign Policy for America and lately, the Co-Chair of the Venezuela Solutions Group of the prestigious Altlantic Council. In 2018, Tom Pérez appointed him to the national leadership of the Democratic National Committee and he also served as Finance Chair of the DNC's Hispanic Caucus and one of

1872-457: The Henry and Nancy Bartels World Affairs Fellowship at Cornell University . He based his campaign for the 1988 Venezuelan general election in his legacy of abundance during his first presidential period and initially rejected liberalization policies. Venezuela's international reserves were only US$ 300 million at the time of Pérez' election into the presidency; Pérez decided to respond to

1944-666: The Latino Victory Project and as a DNC member, Leopoldo Martinez spearheaded the efforts that led to including in the Democratic Party’s platform of 2020 the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelan refugees fleeing the humanitarian crisis and oppressive regime of Nicolas Maduro, which became effective during the Biden Harris Administration since March 2021. Leopoldo Martinez served as

2016-661: The Law School of the Free University of Colombia . However, the intensification of his political activism would prevent Pérez from ever completing his law degree. The political life of Carlos Andrés Pérez began at the age of 15, when he became a founding member of the Venezuelan Youth Association and a member of the National Democratic Party, both of which were opposed to the repressive administration of General Eleazar López Contreras , who had succeeded

2088-462: The National Assembly, but did not gain a seat. On 20 December 2001, while in Dominican Republic, a court in Caracas ordered his detention, on charges of embezzlement of public funds. On 3 February 2002 he was formally asked in extradition. After that, he self-exiled in Miami, Florida , from where he became an opponent of President Hugo Chávez . On 23 October 2003, at 80 years old, he suffered

2160-708: The Organization of American States (OAS) that would have lifted economic sanctions against the country. He opposed the Somoza and Augusto Pinochet dictatorships and played a crucial role in the finalizing of the agreement for the transfer of the Panama Canal from American to Panamanian control. In 1975, with Mexican President Luis Echeverría , he founded SELA, the Latin American Economic System , created to foster economic cooperation and scientific exchange between

2232-579: The Soviet market in Cuba. Towards the end of his first term in office, Pérez's faced criticism for excessive government spending. His administration was often referred to as Saudi Venezuela for its grandiose and extravagant ambitions. In addition, there were allegations of corruption and trafficking of influence, often involving members of Pérez's intimate circle, such as his mistress Cecilia Matos, or financiers and businessmen who donated to his election campaign, known as

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2304-630: The State of Miranda Enrique Mendoza with various electoral movements and the Primero Justicia party. His relation with Primero Justicia ended as a result of being called to occupy the position of Minister of Finance in the "de facto" government that was intended to be formed after the coup d'état of April 2002. However, Martínez never accepted that position. As a result of these events, Leopoldo Martínez sat in parliament as an independent until 2005, resuming his ties to Acción Democrática. During his tenure as

2376-660: The United States Congress or Senate, as well as candidates for Governor or legislators in States such as Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Florida, California, Texas, New Mexico, Nevada and Arizona. Martinez Nucete has also been a strong promoter of capacity building efforts in the progressive ecosystem, through his involvement as Board member of the National Democratic Training Committee . In his activism and advocacy on Latino empowerment, with

2448-459: The United States is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Leopoldo Mart%C3%ADnez Nucete Leopoldo José Martínez Nucete (born October 16, 1964) is a Venezuelan-American lawyer, writer, and politician. He was previously a member of the Democratic National Committee and an opposition deputy in the National Assembly of Venezuela . Martínez Nucete graduated as

2520-406: The achievements were reversed, inflation remained between thirty and forty percent and Venezuela did not become macro-economically stable. The main accomplishment during this period was that Venezuela was finally able to pay international debtors. In 1992, his government survived two coup attempts . The first attempt took place 4 February 1992, and was led by Lieutenant-Colonel Hugo Chávez , who

2592-402: The base price and US$ 500 million more than the bid offered by its next competitor. By the end of the year, inflation had dropped to 31%, Venezuela's international reserves were now worth US$ 14 billion and there was an economic growth of 9% (called as an "Asian growth"), the largest in Latin America at the time. Overall, the results of liberalization policies were mixed; by 1992 many of

2664-508: The country's history. During the run up to elections, he visited nearly all the villages and cities of Venezuela by foot and walked more than 5800 kilometers. He was elected in December of that year, receiving 48.7% of the vote against the 36.7% of his main rival. Turnout in these elections reached an unprecedented 97% of all eligible voters, a level which has not been achieved since. One of the most radical aspects of Pérez's program for government

2736-550: The country. The response resulted in the declaration of a state of emergency and led to a large number of deaths, ranging from the official estimate of 277 dead to extraofficial estimates of up to 5,000, the most violent period of unrest in Venezuela's democratic history. The deaths were attributed to Pérez's implementation of Plan Ávila , which resulted with authorities killing protesters. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch reported that human rights in Venezuela deteriorated during Pérez's administration, with

2808-489: The country. This was an important step in the pacification of the country in the mid-to-late 1960s, the consolidation of democracy and the integration of radical parties into the political process. Pérez was accused, however, of human rights violations during his tenure. After the end of the Betancourt administration and the 1963 elections , Pérez left government temporarily and dedicated himself to consolidating his support in

2880-579: The debt, public spending, economic restrictions and rentier state by liberalizing the economy. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) offered Venezuela a loan for 4.5 billion US dollars with the condition of the application of austerity measures. Carlos Andrés announced a technocratic cabinet and a group of economic policies to fix macroeconomic imbalances known as El Gran Viraje  [ es ] (English: The Great Turn ), called by detractors as El Paquetazo Económico (English: The Economic Package ). Pérez implemented such reforms without

2952-452: The dictatorship of Juan Vicente Gómez in 1935. He also co-operated with the first labour unions in his region. When he moved to Caracas , in 1939, he started an ascendant political career as a youth leader and founder of the Democratic Action (AD) party, in which he would play an important role during the 20th century, first as a close ally to party founder Rómulo Betancourt and then as a political leader in his own right. In October 1945,

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3024-579: The extradition of Pérez due to his implementation of the Plan Ávila . At the age of 26 he married his first cousin Blanca Rodríguez with whom he had six children: Sonia, Thais, Martha, Carlos Manuel, María de Los Angeles and María Carolina. In the late 1960s, he began an extramarital relationship with his then secretary Cecilia Matos . He also had two daughters with Cecilia, María Francia and Cecilia Victoria Pérez, while married to Blanca Rodríguez. Matos became

3096-478: The fall of dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez , Pérez returned to Venezuela and participated in the reorganization of the AD Party. He served as Minister of Interior and Justice from 1959 to 1964 and made his mark as a tough minister and canny politician who worked to neutralize small, disruptive and radical right-wing and left-wing insurrections, the latter Cuban-influenced and Cuban-financed, that were being staged around

3168-636: The first case. Multiple reports of political opponents, grassroots activists and students being tortured occurred during the period when the Pérez suspended constitutional guarantees. On 20 March 1993, Attorney General Ramón Escovar Salom  [ es ] introduced action against Pérez for the embezzlement of 250 million bolivars belonging to a presidential discretionary fund, or partida secreta . The issue had originally been brought to public scrutiny in November 1992 by journalist José Vicente Rangel . The money

3240-496: The form of politics that he personified rest in peace and leave here forever." Pérez's relatives in Miami said that Pérez would be buried in Miami and that they have no intention of returning his remains to Venezuela until Chávez was no longer in office. Less than 24 hours before the burial, legal representatives for Blanca Rodríguez obtained a court order to stop the ceremony. The order was based on Blanca Rodríguez's legal right as Pérez's widow to determine where he would be buried. It

3312-518: The foundation and democratic struggles protagonized by Acción Democrática; and his father, businessman Bernardo Martínez Acosta , was a high level official under the Presidencies of Carlos Andrés Pérez and Jaime Lusinchi , both from Acción Democrática. In the parliamentary elections of 2000, Leopoldo Martínez was elected as an independent Assembly member supported by an alliance between the Governor of

3384-748: The full Senate on March 8, 2023, but his nomination expired on January 3, 2024 without a full senate floor vote and has not been resubmitted. In May 2024, President Biden appointed Leopoldo Martinez Nucete as Senior Counselor of the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) at the U.S. Department of Commerce , the appointment was praised by Latino advocates and national organizations, and the leadership Venezuelan American diaspora community. References Carlos Andr%C3%A9s P%C3%A9rez Carlos Andrés Pérez Rodríguez (27 October 1922 – 25 December 2010) also known as CAP and often referred to as El Gocho (due to his Andean origins),

3456-457: The government and its laws condemned human rights abuses, authorities still performed torture methods that were "simple but sophisticated: they are designed to cause maximum pain with the minimum of marks." The human rights group further reported that poor citizens, including minors, were often victims of police raids and arbitrary detention , being subsequently tortured on many occasions. By late 1991, Carlos Andrés Pérez' administration received

3528-503: The knowledge of his deeply conservative parents. The combination of falling coffee prices, business disputes, and harassment orchestrated by henchmen allied to dictator Juan Vicente Gómez , led to the financial ruin and physical deterioration of Antonio Pérez, who died of a heart attack in 1936. This episode would force the widow Julia and her sons to move to Venezuela's capital, Caracas , in 1939, where two of Pérez's eldest brothers had gone to attend university. The death of his father had

3600-461: The latter human rights groups writing in 1993 that his "tenure was marked by an increase in human rights violations, including arbitrary detentions, torture, extrajudicial executions, the violent repression of popular demonstrations and protests." Torture in Venezuela during the Carlos Andrés Pérez administration was common according to Amnesty international, with the group saying that while

3672-458: The maximum 90 days temporary leave available to the President under Article 188 of the 1961 constitution, the National Congress removed Pérez from office permanently on 31 August. Pérez' trial concluded in May 1996, and he was sentenced to 28 months in prison. In 1998 he was prosecuted again, this time on charges of embezzlement on public funds, accused of having secret joint bank accounts held in New York with his mistress, Cecilia Matos. Before

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3744-476: The national interest. Their request was dismissed by the Supreme Court on April 25, 2005 ( Judgement 13, case 2002-00074 ), but without prejudice, leaving the window open for future political persecution. Therefore, Martinez has forced to flee the country with his family, to avoid further personal persecution; which had already included the confiscation by the government of some of his family assets. After years of successful litigation efforts against this confiscation,

3816-446: The nationalization of the iron and petroleum industries. Following the establishment of PDVSA , corruption in Venezuela as a system of patrimonialism was created. He also promoted investment in large state-owned industrial projects for the production of aluminium and hydroelectric energy, infrastructure improvements and the funding of social welfare and scholarship programmes, were ambitious and involved massive government spending, to

3888-401: The nations of Latin America. He also supported the democratization process in Spain, as he brought Felipe González , who was living in exile, back to Spain in a private flight and thus strengthened the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE). Additionally, he negotiated a treaty with the USSR that called for the USSR to supply oil to Venezuela's Spanish market in exchange for Venezuela supplying

3960-452: The party. During this time, he served as head of the AD in Congress and was elected to the position of Secretary General of AD, a role that was crucial in laying the ground for his presidential ambitions. In 1973, Carlos Andrés Pérez was nominated to run for the presidency for AD. Youthful and energetic, Pérez ran a vibrant and triumphalist campaign, one of the first to use the services of American advertising gurus and political consultants in

4032-421: The price rise on 27 February, a day before payday in Venezuela. In response, protests and rioting began on the morning of 27 February 1989 in Guarenas , a town near Caracas, known as El Caracazo . a lack of timely intervention by authorities, as the Caracas Metropolitan Police  [ es ] was on a labor strike , led to the protests and rioting quickly spreading to the capital and other towns across

4104-424: The process was ended in 24 hours, adverse to the Martinez Family, with an irregular ruling of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court which, i n their Judgement 1863 on December 19, 2014 (case 14–1342) , returned the asset to the control of the government. Martínez Nucete became a U.S. citizen and resides in McLean, Virginia . As its Founder, he acted as the CEO of the Center for Democracy and Development of

4176-479: The support of political groups, including his own AD party, resulting with the AD blocking his future policies in Congress and pulling its support, with many perceiving the package as an act of betrayal. Among the policies there was the reduction of fuel subsidies and the increase of public transportation fares by thirty percent (VEB 16 Venezuelan bolívares , or US$ 0.4). The increase was supposed to be implemented on 1 March 1989, but bus drivers decided to apply

4248-411: The trial, he was elected to the Senate of Venezuela for his native State of Táchira , on the ticket of his newly founded party, Movimiento de Apertura y Participación Nacional (Apertura), thus gaining immunity from prosecutions. However, as the newly approved 1999 Constitution of Venezuela dissolved the Senate and created a unicameral National Assembly , Pérez lost his seat. In 1999 he ran again for

4320-406: The tune of almost $ 53 billion . His measures to protect the environment and foster sustainable development earned the Earth Care award in 1975, the first time a Latin American leader had received this recognition. In the international arena, Pérez supported democratic and progressive causes in Latin America and the world. He reestablished diplomatic relations with Cuba and submitted a resolution to

4392-406: The university he served as the chair of the Administration, Finance, Advancement and Facilities Committee, as well as member of the Audit and Executive Committees. The Sorensen Institute at the University of Virginia appointed Leopoldo Martinez Nucete to their Board of Advisors in 2020. The Sorensen Institute, under the leadership of Leopoldo Martinez Nucete with support from CDDA/IQ Latino, created

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4464-533: Was a Venezuelan politician who served as the 47th and 50th president of Venezuela from 1974 to 1979 and again from 1989 to 1993. He was one of the founders of Acción Democrática , the dominant political party in Venezuela during the second half of the twentieth century. After the fall of dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez and returning from exile, Pérez served as the interior affairs minister for Rómulo Betancourt between 1959 and 1964, when he became known for his tough response against guerrillas. His first presidency

4536-420: Was evident in Caracas and other major cities, the country was also more expensive and a significant minority of Venezuelans were still mired in poverty. This malaise led to the defeat of AD at the polls by the opposition Social Christian Party . The newly elected president, Luis Herrera Campíns , famously stated in his inaugural speech that he was "inheriting a mortgaged country." Carlos Andrés Pérez maintained

4608-452: Was initially reported as having been a heart attack, but was later referred to as "respiratory failure". It later emerged that Blanca Rodríguez and Pérez's four daughters and son learned of Pérez's death from a news website, as neither Matos nor her daughters notified them of the loss. Chávez offered condolences, but commented that he hopes Pérez's way of governing would not return to the country: "May he rest in peace. But with him ... may

4680-410: Was key in establishing democracy, leading the struggle against the right wing authoritarian dictatorship of General Marcos Pérez Jiménez , as well as defeating (through the decisive actions of democratically elected governments) the incursion of communists "guerrillas" in Venezuela, during the 60s. Martínez Nucete grandparents José Nucete Sardi and Leopoldo Martínez Olavarria were closely connected to

4752-401: Was known as the Saudi Venezuela due to its economic and social prosperity thanks to enormous income from petroleum exportation. However, his second presidency saw a continuation of the economic crisis of the 1980s, a series of social crises, widespread riots known as Caracazo and two coup attempts in 1992 . In May 1993 he became the first Venezuelan president to be forced out of office by

4824-473: Was later elected president. With the attempt having clearly failed, Chávez was catapulted into the national spotlight when he was allowed to appear live on national television to call for all remaining rebel detachments in Venezuela to cease hostilities. When he did so, Chávez famously quipped on national television that he had only failed " por ahora "—"for now". The second, and much bloodier, insurrection took place on 27 November 1992, with many more deaths than in

4896-467: Was led by Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), alleging Martinez Nucete was a member of the "hard left" when in Venezuela, claims which were debunked by Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) , major national Latino organizations , and the national press . On January 23rd, 2023 President Biden renominated Martinez Nucete for this position before the 118th Congress. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted and reported favorably his confirmation vote to

4968-445: Was reported that Miami relatives agreed to her wish to return Pérez's body to Venezuela but later they denied having reached to an agreement. On 4 October 2011, the remains of Carlos Andrés Pérez were brought back to Venezuela, nine months after his death. The casket arrived in a flight originated from Atlanta, Georgia, escorted by Mayor of Caracas Antonio Ledezma , friend of Pérez and member of Democratic Action (AD). Once in Caracas it

5040-594: Was the notion that petroleum oil was a tool for developing countries like Venezuela to attain first world status and usher a fairer, more equitable international order. International events, including the Yom Kippur War of 1973, contributed to the implementation of this vision. Drastic increases in petroleum prices during the 1970s energy crisis led to an economic bonanza for the country just as Pérez started his term. Using high oil prices, Pérez bolstered his support, buying patronage by subsidizing prices, increasing wages and tripling public spending. His policies, including

5112-407: Was transported to the Headquarters of AD, where over 5,000 people waited to see the hearse and the casket covered with the Venezuelan flag. Pérez remains were interred on Thursday 6 October 2011. Cecilia Matos died in Bogotá , Colombia, of "kidney and respiratory problems," one of her daughters told Efe. She was 66. The death of Cecilia Matos came 25 days after Pérez was buried in Venezuela, following

5184-496: Was used to support the electoral process in Nicaragua , and during the process it was revealed that the money was used to support and hire bodyguards for President Violeta Chamorro . On 21 May 1993, the Supreme Court considered the accusation valid, and the following day the Senate voted to strip Pérez of his immunity. Many of those in the Senate who supported Pérez's impeachment were members of AD. Pérez refused to resign, but after

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