Members of the Revolutionary Government Junta, from left to right: Mario Ricardo Vargas, Raúl Leoni, Valmore Rodríguez, Rómulo Betancourt, Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, Edmundo Fernández and Gonzalo Barrios.

Rómulo Betancourt, Leonardo Ruiz Pineda and Carlos Andrés Pérez during a visit to Táchira state in 1946

In Venezuela, enabling laws allowing the President to rule by decree in selected matters were granted to Rómulo Betancourt ( 1959 ), Carlos Andrés Pérez ( 1974 ), Jaime Lusinchi ( 1984 ), Ramón José Velásquez ( 1993 ) and Rafael Caldera ( 1994 ).

Among the most outstanding players are José Cardona who played for Atlético Madrid in Spain ; Gilberto Yearwood who played in Elche, Spain ; Porfirio Betancourt, who played in France ; Carlos Pavón, who currently plays for Real España ; and David Suazo, current player of Internazionale, who was named The Most Valuable Foreign Player of the Italian league in 2006.

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Lead singers in the group, of different nationalities, have included Eugenio Pérez, Manolo Barquín, Humberto Cané, Bienvenido Granda, Israel del Pino, Alfredito Valdés, Miguel de Gonzalo, Bienvenido León, Daniel Santos, Myrta Silva ( she was the first female member of this musical cooperative, joining it in 1949 — Celia Cruz succeeded her in 1950, continuing to perform and record with the conjunto till 1965 ), Leo Marini, Miguelito Valdés, Gloria Díaz, Bobby Capó, Nelson Pinedo, Vicentico Valdés, Olga Chorens, Tony Álvarez, Estanislao " Laíto " Sureda, Alberto Beltrán ( Daniel Santos recommended him to Rogelio Martínez ), Celio González, Carlos Argentino ( he was the first husband of Celia Cruz ), Carmen Delia Dipiní, Johnny López, Felipe " la Voz " Rodríguez, Víctor Piñero, Rey Caney, Toña la Negra, Elliot Romero, Justo Betancourt, Linda Leida, Eladio " Yayo el Indio " Peguero, Raúl Planas, Ismael Miranda and, arguably, its greatest alumna, Celia Cruz ( she would return to record one final album with the collective in 1982 ).

At that time its board ( Fernando Londoño Henao, Cayetano Betancourt, Carlos Sanz de Santamaría, Pedro Navas, and Germán Montoya ) started to suggest the possibility of establishing the first television station in Colombia.

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* ( 1968 – 1970 ): Carlos Gálvez Betancourt

Thus, also there are several notable Venezuelan leaders that are of Canarian descent, such as the precursor of independence Francisco de Miranda, philosopher Andrés Bello and physician José Gregorio Hernández, as well presidents Simón Bolívar, José Antonio Páez, José María Vargas, Carlos Soublette, José Tadeo Monagas, Antonio Guzmán Blanco, Rómulo Betancourt and Rafael Caldera.