Gunboats, Corruption, and Claims: Foreign Intervention in Venezuela, 1899-1908

by Brian S. McBeth

The Cipriano Castro administration, which ruled Venezuela from 1899 to 1908, was characterized by a series of internal and external political crises which seemed capable of toppling it at any moment. In 1901, a number of foreign countries provided financial backing to Castro's former allies, united under the leadership of Manuel Antonio Matos, who almost brought the government down. In the midst of this civil war, Germany, the United Kingdom and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313313563
• ISBN13: 9780313313561
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"