User:Juan.acevedo/Jóvito Villalba

Jóvito Rafael Villalba Gutiérrez (1908-1989) was a Venezuelan politician born in Pampatar (Estado Nueva Esparta) on 23 March 1908. He passed away in Caracas on 8 July 1989. He was a key figure in the Venezuelan 'Generation of 28' which started the fight against the dictatorship of General Gómez in 1928, the main leader of URD (Unión Republicana Democrática), and ran unsuccessfully for president on two occasions. He was renowned for his oratory and is widely acknowledged as one of the founding fathers of Venezuelan democracy.

Rómulo Betancourt