The successor to Cipriano Castro, Juan Vicente Gomez, ruled this nation from 1908 to 1935 under a system he called "democratic Caesarism."
One dictator of this nation had himself styled "the Moses of the Republic," and "Supreme Chief of the Liberal Revolutionary Restoration," and was deposed by his lieutenant when he left to receive medical care in Paris. The successor to Cipriano Castro, Juan Vicente Gomez, ruled this nation from 1908 to 1935 under a system he called "democratic Caesarism." Following the death of Gomez, a future president of this country was instrumental in the formation of the leftist opposition party in this country, the Accion Democratica. After the military ouster of Perez Jimenez, that man, Romulo Betancourt, would become the first president of this country to serve out a full term and oversee a peaceful transfer of power. This country's independence was gained in 1821 when Jose Antonio Paez and Simon Bolivar defeated the Royalists at Carabobo, while its current president began his first term with a social program he called the "Bolivarian Revolution." For ten points, identify this nation whose presidents included the writer Romulo Gallegos, and whose current president is Hugo Chavez.
One dictator of this nation had himself styled "the Moses of the Republic," and "Supreme Chief of the Liberal Revolutionary Restoration," and was deposed by his lieutenant when he left to receive medical care in Paris.
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