Caracas in 3 Days


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No one knows Caracas, Venezuela like we do. We will help you to navigate the chaotic city and explore its astounding beauty. Whether you're more into natural beauty or the bustling metropolis and its night life, we have you covered. As the capital of Venezuela, Caracas offers numerous attractions for tourists, with comfortable hotels, museums, churches and a national park to wander. When you understand more about their local culture and history now, this will make your trip more rewarding and enjoyable. We offer you information on:* Getting to Caracas* Getting around once you're there* What to see & do* Places to stay* Places to eat* Events, holidays and festivals* Money matters - not at all simple in Caracas* Tipping* And more!We'll also help you with inside knowledge about the people of this Venezuelan city and offer information about their culture and etiquette. Particularly if you only have a short time to stay, The Definitive Tourist Guide Book That Helps You Travel Smart and Save Time helps you, from planning where you'll stay and what type of transportation you should use, right down to the best meals you can find in this busy city. We help you in getting the most out of even a short stay in Caracas.










Latin America


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Precarious Paths to Freedom


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Miller analyzes US-Venezuelan relations during the 1950s and 1960s as a case study for the broader political dynamics of the hemisphere and beyond during the critical period of the global Cold War. He addresses the perception that US foreign policy toward Latin America was an overwhelming failure in which initiatives intended to promote democracy and modernization, and to insulate the hemisphere from the ideological struggles of the global Cold War, reaped only authoritarian regimes, uneven and sluggish economic growth, and abstract debates over capitalism and communism that distracted attention from Latin America’s pressing socioeconomic problems. Precarious Paths to Freedom demonstrates that Washington rather achieved success by cultivating a partnership with a democratizing Venezuela. From 1958 onward US policymakers identified Venezuela as the crucial bulwark against political extremism and as the ideal partner in the creation of a modernized, prosperous, and pro-US Latin America.




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The Rise of the Latin American Baseball Leagues, 1947-1961


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Major League Baseball today would be unrecognizable without the large number of Latin American players and managers filling its ranks. Their strong influence on the sport can trace its beginnings to professional leagues established south of the border and in the Caribbean nations in the 1940s. This narrative history of Latin American baseball leagues during the 1940s and 1950s provides an in-depth, year-by-year chronicle of seasonal leagues in the seven primary baseball-playing areas in the region: Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. The success of these leagues, and their often acrimonious competition with U.S. Organized Baseball, eventually ushered in a new era of contract concessions from owners and general labor advancements for players that forever changed the game.