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The Republic of Venezuela was formed in 1830 after amicable secession from the other members of the Republic of Colombia. The constitution in force is nominally that of 5 July, 1947, but see below; the first three were signed in 1811, 1908 and 1936.
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Steinberg, S.H. (1951). Venezuela. In: Steinberg, S.H. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270800_78
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