death_date successor death_place birth_place president title profession birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name
10 february 2014 tomás polanco alcántara madrid , spain puerto cabello , venezuela rafael caldera ambassador to spain journalist , historian march 19 , 1923 1969 evangelina mendez de capriles carlos capriles ayala
 1972 carlos capriles ayala
carlos capriles ayala

carlos capriles ayala -lrb- 16 march 1923 -- 10 february 2014 -rrb- is a venezuelan journalist and historian , and a former ambassador of venezuela in spain during rafael caldera 's presidency tenure .
he is co-founder along with his brother , miguel Ángel capriles ayala , of la cadena capriles , capriles publications and became vice-president from 1950 to 1977 .
founding editor of the maracaibo daily `` critica '' -lrb- 1965 -- 68 -rrb- , el `` vespertino de maracaibo '' , news magazines `` elite '' and `` momento '' and lastly `` el mundo '' tabloid .
he is the author of a number of books , including a biography of venezuelan dictator marcos pérez jiménez .
he is co-author of the three-volume `` diccionario de la corrupción en venezuela '' -lrb- dictionary of corruption in venezuela -rrb- .
he protagonized and fomented the defence for free expression , free press and the constitution of the democracy in venezuela .
he was politically persecuted during the dictatorship of marcos perez jimenez , during which he was thrown in jail and afterwards sent into exile .
his thirst for adventure was expressed by his arrival to spain as ambassador of venezuela in the early 1970s , by crossing the atlantic ocean sailing his beloved vito sailboat .
in his role as ambassador , carlos signed several peace treaties and was awarded several decorations , like the great order of hispanic culture institute , the order of liberatator of venezuela and the knight grand cross of spain 's order of isabella the catholic in 1972 .
carlos capriles ayala died on february 10 , 2014 .
he graduated in history from the central university of venezuela .
he is the brother of miguel Ángel capriles ayala .
