Caracas in 3 Days

Caracas in 3 Days
Author: Finest City Guides
Publisher:
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2017-04-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781521032756

No one knows Caracas, Venezuela like we do. We will help you to navigate the chaotic city and explore its astounding beauty. Whether you're more into natural beauty or the bustling metropolis and its night life, we have you covered. As the capital of Venezuela, Caracas offers numerous attractions for tourists, with comfortable hotels, museums, churches and a national park to wander. When you understand more about their local culture and history now, this will make your trip more rewarding and enjoyable. We offer you information on:* Getting to Caracas* Getting around once you're there* What to see & do* Places to stay* Places to eat* Events, holidays and festivals* Money matters - not at all simple in Caracas* Tipping* And more!We'll also help you with inside knowledge about the people of this Venezuelan city and offer information about their culture and etiquette. Particularly if you only have a short time to stay, The Definitive Tourist Guide Book That Helps You Travel Smart and Save Time helps you, from planning where you'll stay and what type of transportation you should use, right down to the best meals you can find in this busy city. We help you in getting the most out of even a short stay in Caracas.

Latin America

Latin America
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
Publisher:
Total Pages: 28
Release: 1960
Genre: Bolivia
ISBN:

Precarious Paths to Freedom

Precarious Paths to Freedom
Author: Aragorn Storm Miller
Publisher: UNM Press
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2016-05-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0826356885

Miller analyzes US-Venezuelan relations during the 1950s and 1960s as a case study for the broader political dynamics of the hemisphere and beyond during the critical period of the global Cold War. He addresses the perception that US foreign policy toward Latin America was an overwhelming failure in which initiatives intended to promote democracy and modernization, and to insulate the hemisphere from the ideological struggles of the global Cold War, reaped only authoritarian regimes, uneven and sluggish economic growth, and abstract debates over capitalism and communism that distracted attention from Latin America’s pressing socioeconomic problems. Precarious Paths to Freedom demonstrates that Washington rather achieved success by cultivating a partnership with a democratizing Venezuela. From 1958 onward US policymakers identified Venezuela as the crucial bulwark against political extremism and as the ideal partner in the creation of a modernized, prosperous, and pro-US Latin America.

The Origins and History of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

The Origins and History of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Author: Merrie A. Fidler
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2015-05-07
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1476604282

This in-depth treatment of the organization and operation of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League draws on primary documents from league owner Arthur Meyerhoff and others for a unique perspective inside the AAGPBL. The study begins with a brief history of women's softball, an important precursor to, and talent pool for, women's professional baseball. Next the book investigates league administration and organization as well as publicity and promotion. Later chapters cover team administrative structures, managers, chaperones, player backgrounds, and league policies. Finally, discussion focuses on the activities of the AAGPBL Players' Association from 1980 onward. Informed by many years of research and insights from former players, this exhaustive history contains 149 photographs.

Hearings

Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1362
Release: 1963
Genre:
ISBN:

The Rise of the Latin American Baseball Leagues, 1947-1961

The Rise of the Latin American Baseball Leagues, 1947-1961
Author: Lou Hernández
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2011-10-10
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0786489367

Major League Baseball today would be unrecognizable without the large number of Latin American players and managers filling its ranks. Their strong influence on the sport can trace its beginnings to professional leagues established south of the border and in the Caribbean nations in the 1940s. This narrative history of Latin American baseball leagues during the 1940s and 1950s provides an in-depth, year-by-year chronicle of seasonal leagues in the seven primary baseball-playing areas in the region: Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. The success of these leagues, and their often acrimonious competition with U.S. Organized Baseball, eventually ushered in a new era of contract concessions from owners and general labor advancements for players that forever changed the game.