United States Relations with Venezuela, 1919-1976
by
Stephen G. Rabe
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
On September 10, 1960, Venezuela spearheaded the formation of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (other original members included Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, and Kuwait). However, in a world abundantly supplied with oil, the United States could and did ignore Venezuelan suggestions that...