Venezuelan Institute

Both URD and COPEI (last that supported the overthrow of Democratica-gallegos action), could participate to cultivate an attitude of conciliation with the Government; Parties democratic action (AD) and the Communist Party (1. 950) had been dissolved since they sponsored resistance to the regime with worker strikes and peasant protests since the fall of Gallegos. Coup and military dictatorship 1. 952, December 2: then that the junta repudiation electoral results, MPJ receives Government command, thus initiating a dictatorial phase which lasted until 1. 958 MPJ is declared in the Presidency through the SN.

Villalba is expelled from the country. Once again the military Junta calls for constituent Assembly. 1. 953, 9 January: the Assembly meets Constituent, same as, after reforming the Constitution, appoints MPJ President for five years, also designating the members of the Congress. MPJ: Creates the Office of special studies (later Cordiplan) active service of the autopista Caracas – La Guaira creates city vacacional Los Caracas creates the Venezuelan Institute of iron and steel (today CVG) began the development of the petrochemical industry of Moron in the construction industry begins to live a period of boom during his tenure: lived a moment of apparent well-being and increase tax revenuesdue to the boom in sales of oil and exploitation of iron. MPJ reagent the granting of concessions with oil, suspended for eleven years. His regime was characterized by the rapacity: pertaining to the regime officials were made with excessive fortunes by using embezzlement, illicit enrichment, nonprofit…

Cruelty, also marked, to the regime, primarily through the SN: controlled and It silenced the opposition leadership, through jail and torture. Political killings became frequent. The Central University and several high schools were closed, and his teaching went to jail or exile in dozens of cases.