Venezuelan general Cipriano Castro's nine years of…

1900 CE to 1911 CE

Venezuelan general Cipriano Castro's nine years of despotic and dissolute rule are best known for having provoked numerous foreign interventions, including blockades and bombardments by British, German, and Italian naval units seeking to enforce the claims of their citizens against Castro's government.

The subsequent appearance of United States warships in 1902 persuades Castro to acquiesce to a financial settlement.

Five years later, however, he again incites foreign naval intervention, this time by the Dutch, who seize a port and destroy part of Venezuela's tiny navy.

In 1908 Castro travels to Europe for medical treatment; his chief military aide and fellow tachirense (native of the state of Tachira), Juan Vicente Gomez, takes this opportunity to overthrow the dictator and assume power.

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