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Rómulo Betancourt



Betancourt, Rómulo (1908–81), president of Venezuela (1945–47 and 1957–63) and founder of the left-wing Acción Democrática Party (1935). Betancourt spent 1948–58 in exile after a military coup. He survived an assassination attempt in 1960.



See also: Venezuela.

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