Title: Semblanza del general Juan Vte. Gómez
Description: Adulation of a dictator that filled an institutional and social void in Venezuela. Through the maze of interested praise and the complicated power struggles, emerges the profile of a resourceful and Machiavellian paternalistic despot. Gómez had a natural talent for reading the motives of the men around him.
Subjects: Politics, government, and Venezuelan society, Politics and government
Places: Venezuela
People: Juan Vicente Gómez (1859-1935)
Time periods: 1830-1918