The Threat of U.S. Intervention in Venezuela: A Debate Since The 1930s

The Threat of U.S. Intervention in Venezuela: A Debate Since The 1930s. By Pedro David Correa Pérez In 1930, Senator Joseph Ransdell introduced a resolution to the United States Congress calling for an investigation into the violations that the dictatorship of Juan Vicente Gómez in Venezuela (1908–1935) committed against U.S. citizens. Gómez had ruled the country for more than two decades, a period during which the oil […]