De la dictadura de Juan Vicente Gómez a la transición de López Contreras: relaciones diplomáticas entre Estados Unidos y Venezuela (1908-1941)

Luís Manuel  Marcano Salazar

doi:10.58479/cu.2024.149

Authors

Luís Manuel Marcano Salazar Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (Venezuela)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58479/cu.2024.149

Keywords:

Diplomacy, Venezuela-U.S. relations, Juan Vicente Gómez, Eleazar López Contreras, oil

Abstract

This study analyzes diplomatic relations between Venezuela and the United States during the period of Juan Vicente Gómez and the transition to Eleazar López Contreras. It examines the role of oil, the influence of dollar diplomacy, and U.S. policy in the region, highlighting changes in Venezuelan foreign policy in the context of World War II.

Author Biography

Luís Manuel Marcano Salazar, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (Venezuela)

Luis Manuel del Valle Marcano Salazar (born April 21, 1966, in Caracas) is a Venezuelan lawyer and writer. He completed his primary education at Santiago de León and Emil Friedman schools in Caracas, and later attended Lyman Ward Military Academy in Alabama, United States. Over the course of more than 30 years, he has worked in various public institutions, including the National Institute of Waterways, the National Congress, and the Baruta Municipality, where he served as Director of the Municipal Legal Department (Sindicatura Municipal). He was a candidate for deputy in the 1993 national elections. On July 21, 2017, he was appointed Justice of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Venezuela. After receiving threats of arrest by Nicolás Maduro's regime, he went into hiding and later sought asylum at the Chilean embassy in Caracas, where he remained for three months before escaping with other justices to form the Supreme Court in exile.