Venezuela national football team, popularly known as the “Vinotinto”. *Photo from Wikipedia
July 5 is Independence Day, celebrating the independence of Venezuela from Spain in 1811 (Also National Armed Forces Day).
The history of Venezuela reflects events in areas of the Americas colonized by Spain starting 1522; amid resistance from indigenous peoples, led by Native caciques (*cacique: a leader of an indigenous group), such as Guaicaipuro and Tamanaco. However, in the Andean region of western Venezuela, complex Andean civilization of the Timoto-Cuica people flourished before European contact.
In 1811, it became one of the first Spanish-American colonies to declare independence, which was not securely established until 1821, when Venezuela was a department of the federal republic of Gran Colombia. It gained full independence as a separate country in 1830.
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a federal republic located on the northern coast of South America. It is bordered by Colombia on the west, Brazil on the south, Guyana on the east, and the islands of Trinidad and Tobago to the north-east.
In commemoration of the day, we introduce you to Clara Nakazato, a Venezuelan cuisine instructor.
*Click the photo below and read her wonderful stories!
“I don’t like to look for differences, I prefer to find similarities. Both Venezuelans and Japanese eat fish, meat and rice. If there’s any differences, how to cook and how to eat, that’s it.”
*Reference: Wikipedia
