The Rómulo Betancourt Doctrine is a doctrine of foreign policy promoted by the president of Venezuela Rómulo Betancourt that establishes the rupture of diplomatic relations with governments without democratic and dictatorial origins.
13-661: When he was sworn in before the Congress of the Republic in the Federal Legislative Palace , In his inaugural address, Betancourt made clear his political perspective and proclaimed what is now known as the Betancourt Doctrine and made his pronouncement about the new police doctrine for the country: We will request cooperation from other democratic governments of America to ask, united, that
26-586: A bicameral composition: a Chamber of Senators (or Senate) and a Chamber of Deputies . The last president of the Chamber of Senators (who, in turn, served as President of Congress) was Luis Alfonso Dávila , elected senator in the State of Anzoátegui by the Socialist-leaning party Movimiento Quinta República ; the last president of the Chamber of Deputies (who also served as Vice President of Congress)
39-664: A number of notable paintings by Venezuelan artists of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries including Martín Tovar y Tovar , Antonio Herrera Toro , Tito Salas , Pedro Centeno Vallenilla and Emilio Jacinto Mauri . In addition to the dome painting of the Battle of Carabobo, the Oval Room also contains the Proceedings of the Constitutional Congress (1811–1812) which includes the handwritten version of
52-579: The Plaza Bolívar , it was built between 1872 and 1877 by President Antonio Guzmán Blanco to a design by the architect Luciano Urdaneta Vargas [ es ] . The Salón Elíptico, opened in 1877, is topped by a golden dome. Presenting himself as a moderniser, Antonio Guzmán Blanco promoted anticlerical policies and the introduction of contemporary infrastructure to Venezuela, in particular in Caracas. The Palacio Federal Legislativo, located to
65-632: The Declaration of Independence of Venezuela. The complex has been a National Historic Monument since 22 August 1997. 10°30′18″N 66°54′57″W / 10.50500°N 66.91583°W / 10.50500; -66.91583 Congress of the Republic of Venezuela The Congress of the Republic , also known as the National Congress , represented the Venezuelan Legislative Branch until 1999. It had
78-721: The Federal Palace. The first, completed in 1873, became the Congress in 1958 and the National Assembly in 2000. The façade of the Legislative Palace, completed in 1877, is symmetrical in design. It has a portico at the center. The triangular pediment has a bas-relief of busts of Simón Bolívar and Antonio Guzmán Blanco. There are three columnated portals, the one in the centre presenting two caryatids representing Justice and Freedom. The building houses
91-634: The Organization of American States exclude dictatorial governments from their bosom because they not only affront the dignity of America, but also because Article 1 of the Charter of Bogotá, constituent act of the OAS, establishes that only governments of respectable origin born of popular expression can be part of this organism, through the only legitimate source of power that are the freely chosen elections. Regimes that do not respect human rights, that violate
104-688: The governments of Spain , Cuba , Dominican Republic , Argentina , Peru , Ecuador , Guatemala , Honduras and Haiti . Palacio Federal Legislativo The Palacio Federal Legislativo ( English : Federal Legislative Palace ), also known as the Capitolio , is a historic building in Caracas , Venezuela which houses both the National Assembly and the National Constituent Assembly . Located southwest of
117-460: The liberties of their citizens and tyranny with the support of totalitarian policies, must be subjected to a rigorous sanitary cord and eradicated through the collective peaceful action of the international legal community. This proclamation is understood as an instrument of protection for democratic regimes, the result of the free election of the people. It rejects the recognition of non-democratic or illegitimate governments, which has its meaning in
130-746: The rupture of diplomatic relations with those dictatorial countries and proclaims the alliance with those who practice a democratic politics in their villages. Under the Betancourt Doctrine, Venezuela maintained good relations with the democratic governments, especially with the government of John F. Kennedy in United States , Luis Muñoz Marín in Puerto Rico , Manuel Ávila Camacho and Adolfo López Mateos in Mexico and Alberto Lleras Camargo in Colombia . In turn, it cut diplomatic relations with
143-404: The times were commissioned to design the building: Luciano Urdaneta and Roberto Garcia handled the engineering while the architect was Juan Hurtado Manrique . The complex consists of two rectangular volumes connected by two lower sections. It encloses a courtyard with a central fountain set in a small garden inside iron railings. The two Neoclassical buildings are known as the Legislative Palace and
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#1732765989217156-581: The west of Plaza Bolívar, incorporates structural cast iron . It replaced a convent on the site. The building is painted bright white and has a gilded oval-shaped dome crowning an elliptically shaped room (known as the Oval Room). The dome's ceiling has a painting by Martín Tovar y Tovar which vividly depicts the crucial Battle of Carabobo in the Venezuelan War of Independence against Spanish colonial rule. The most notable professionals of
169-608: Was Henrique Capriles Radonski , who was elected deputy in the State of Zulia by the Christian Socialist party COPEI . Different sectors of Venezuelan political life , both in the opposition and in government, have raised the possibility that, at some point, two chambers will again function in the Venezuelan Legislative Branch, resuming their bicameral composition. However, so far these are only proposals that have been made. According to
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