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Rafael Caldera
Rafael Antonio Caldera Rodriguez was president of Venezuela from 1969 to 1974 and again from 1994 to 1999.
Caldera taught sociology and law at various universities before entering politics. He was a founding member of COPEI, Venezuela's Christian Democratic party. He first ran for president unsuccessfully in 1946 and tried again every time it was possible until finally succeeding in 1968, winning by a relatively scant 33,000 votes against a recently divided Accion Democratica party. When he was sworn into office in 1969, it marked the first peaceful transfer of power from one party to another in Venezuela's history. During ...
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