* 1908 – Rómulo Betancourt, Venezuelan president ( d. 1981 )

** Rómulo Betancourt, Venezuelan president ( d. 1981 )

** Rómulo Betancourt, Venezuelan president ( b. 1908 )

He expressed great contempt for Venezuela's president Rómulo Betancourt ; an established and outspoken opponent of Trujillo, Betancourt associated with Dominicans who had plotted against the dictator.

Venezuelan President Rómulo Betancourt and U. S. President John F. Kennedy at La Morita, Venezuela, during an official meeting for the Alliance for Progress in 1961

Signers of Punto Fijo Pact in 1958, from left to Right: Rafael Caldera, Jóvito Villalba and Rómulo Betancourt

After the overthrow of Pérez Jiménez and the consequent constitution of a provisional government headed by Wolfgang Larrazábal in 1958, Caldera was elected Solicitor General of Venezuela, but left this position, to participate in the 1958 Presidential Elections, which were won by Rómulo Betancourt of Acción Democrática.

Former Venezuelan President Rómulo Betancourt said in his book Venezuela: Oil and Politics that "(...) Gomez was something more than a local despot, he was the instrument of foreign control of the Venezuelan economy, the ally and servant of powerful outside interests.

Rómulo Ernesto Betancourt Bello ( 22 February 1908 – 28 September 1981 ), known as " The Father of Venezuelan Democracy ", was President of Venezuela from 1945 to 1948 and again from 1959 to 1964, as well as leader of Accion Democratica, Venezuela's dominant political party in the 20th century.

Rómulo Betancourt during his childhood

Rómulo Betancourt was born in Guatire, a town near Caracas, son of Luis Betancourt Bello ( from Canary origins ) and Venezuelan Virginia Bello Milano, being the middle brother between his older sister Teresa and younger sister Helena.

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 voting at the Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, 1946

Betancourt transferred power to his old teacher, the novelist Rómulo Gallegos ( who was the first Venezuelan president elected by direct and universal suffrage ), being appointed by the latter to head the Venezuelan Delegation to the IX Inter American Conference to be held in Bogotá, in 1948.

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

When he moved to Caracas, in 1939, he started an ascendant political career as a youth leader and founder of the Democratic Action ( AD ) party, in which he would play an important role during the 20th century, first as a close ally to party founder Rómulo Betancourt and then as a political leader in his own right.

At the age of 23, Pérez was appointed Private Secretary to the Junta President, Rómulo Betancourt, and became Cabinet Secretary 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 ).

* May 4 – 5 – During the Carupanazo revolt against Venezuelan President Rómulo Betancourt, Venezuelan Air Force aircraft attack rebel positions at Carúpano.

* June 2 – During the Porteñazo revolt of the Venezuelan Marine Corps against Venezuelan President Rómulo Betancourt, Venezuelan Air Force aircraft attack marine corps positions at Puerto Cabello.

* Parque Rómulo Betancourt: located on Universidad Avenue, next to the Universidad de Oriente.