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Which Venezuelan President did Trujillo's government attempt to assassinate?

  • Hugo Chavez

  • Juan Guaidó

  • Carlos Andrés Pérez

  • Rómulo Betancourt

Answer

Rómulo Betancourt was the Venezuelan president from 1945 to 1948, and again from 1959 to 1964. He was a member of the Democratic Action party (AD), and his first presidency was cut short by a coup d'état led by Marcos Pérez Jiménez. In 1958, Betancourt was elected president for a second time, and his government oversaw the restoration of democracy in Venezuela.
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