Isaias Medina Angarita
Venezuelan politician
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- In Venezuela: Technocrats and party politics
Isaias Medina Angarita, a fellow Táchira general, was president in 1941–45. He continued López’s development program and also restored political liberties. Petroleum revenues declined sharply in 1941–42 because of a World War II transportation squeeze, and President Medina used a 1943 oil law to raise…
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