Explorer Christopher Columbus reached the Caribbean shores of what is now Venezuela in 1498. The country declared independence from colonial power Spain in 1810 under national hero Simon Bolivar. Nicolas Maduro was elected president in 2013 after his predecessor and mentor Hugo Chavez died.
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