Word: zulia
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Most important political upset was the removal from office of General Vincencio Pérez Soto, Governor of Zulia, by hollow-cheeked Provisional President Eleazar López Contreras. In Zulia lie practically all Venezuela's oil wells. General Pérez Soto was a politico in whom U. S., British and Dutch oil companies had largely invested. He was generally considered to be the strongest man in the country. He took his removal quietly last week-and waited...
Wiseacres paid little attention to him. The most important man in Venezuela last week was General Vincencio Perez Soto, Governer of the State of Zulia. From Zulia comes all Venezuela's oil, most of her revenues. General Soto was smart enough never to oppose Dictator Gomez. He lived simply, kept his books straight, and waited. Exiles in Panama insisted last week that General Soto had sent what was virtually a secret ultimatum to Caracas. Either he must be President of Venezuela, or .he would proclaim Zulia an independent republic...