Sparked by an oil boom, the population of this Venezuelan capital tripled between 1961 & 1981
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Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army | Mapping ...  Reports show that, by 1988, between 200 and 500 UP leaders, including UP ... In 1999, a quarter of the Colombian population protested in cities throughout the .... Before the drug trade boom in the 1970s and 1980s, the FARC received .... in Apure, Venezuela, kidnapped a U.S. oil engineer and his Venezuelan pilot.
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Human capital flight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  Human capital flight refers to the emigration of highly skilled or well-educated individuals. .... After the peace treaty between the Persian and the Byzantine empires in 532 .... by 1961 totalled approximately 20% of the entire East German population. ... This has sparked programmes to curb the outflow by encouraging skilled...
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Ask Me A Trivia Question -- 2 -- - Discussion on Topix  Jul 6, 2012 ... Sparked by an oil boom, the population of this Venezuelan capital tripled between 1961 & 1981. Caracas? Reply . Report Abuse Judge it!
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Trinidad and Tobago facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ...  The capital city of Trinidad and Tobago, Port-of-Spain, is located on Trinidad's ... In between these hill ranges is level or gently rolling flatland, dissected by small ... Scarborough, the main town of Tobago, has a population of approximately 4,500. .... prime minister in 1961 and was regularly reelected until his death in 1981.
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jeopardy/157_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  SOUTH AMERICA | Sparked by an oil boom, the population of this Venezuelan capital tripled between 1961 & 1981 | Caracas. right: Gary. Wrong: Value: $300.
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Ask Me A Trivia Question -- 2 -- - Discussion on Topix  Nov 9, 2012 ... ______ WORLD GEOGRAPHY ______. An autopiste, or superhighway, connects this Venezuelan capital with the port of La Guaira. Reply .
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Texas oil boom - Wikipedia  The Texas oil boom, sometimes called the gusher age, was a period of dramatic change and economic growth in the U.S. state of Texas during the early 20th century that began with the discovery of a large petroleum reserve near Beaumont, Texas. The find was unprecedented in its size and ushered in an age of rapid ... Texas quickly became one of the leading oil producing states in the U.S.,...
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Maracaibo | Venezuela | Britannica.com  Jun 16, 2016 ... City, capital of Zulia estado (state), northwestern Venezuela. Maracaibo is the country's second largest city and one of its largest seaports.
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History of Venezuela (1999present) - Wikipedia  Venezuela under the presidency of Hugo Chvez from 1999 to 2013 saw sweeping and radical shifts in social policy, moving away from the government officially embracing a free ... "Venezuelan workers enjoyed the highest wages in Latin America and subsidies in food, ...... The recall vote itself was held on 15 August 2004.
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Caracas - Wikipedia  Caracas officially Santiago de Len de Caracas, is the capital, the center of the Greater Caracas Area, and the largest city of Venezuela. Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas .... assumed the lion, the scallop and Saint James' Cross for the same purpose.
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Free Flashcards about WORLD CAPITAL CITIES - StudyStack  LUCIO COSTA DESIGNED THIS NEW CAPITAL IN 1957 TO HOLD 500,000 PEOPLE; TODAY IT HAS MORE THAN 3 TIMES THAT NUMBER, BRASILIA.
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Jeopary Questions page 2212 - CELEBRITY ASTROLOGY ...  SOUTH AMERICA: Sparked by an oil boom, the population of this Venezuelan ... "Joy of Cooking" suggests serving this North American marsupial with turnip greens .... SCIENCE: Scientist John Dalton suffered from the red-green type of this.
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OPEC facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about ...  Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, and Kuwait formed the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in September 1960. ... This set the stage for OPEC's takeover of crude oil pricing when the 1973 ArabIsrael War, with .... and financial resources to other aspects of industry development, including research on...
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The Emerging Capital - Havana - Travel Brain Blog  Oct 15, 2010 ... Established as the westernmost of Diego Velzquez' seven settlements in August 1515, the original village of Habana was founded on Cuba's south coast near the ... was moved a few years later to the north coast between present-day Vedado ... where they became prime fodder for pirates and buccaneers.
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Tulsa: Oil Capital of the World by James O. Kemm | Arcadia ...  The site, known as Glenn Pool, became the first major oil field in Oklahoma, with reserves so huge ... which grew to be Oklahoma's second largest city, became the hub of the oil industry. Tulsa: Oil Capital of the World tells the story of one Oklahoma town's rise to fame and fortune and ... People who viewed this also viewed.
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Maracas in Caracas 1987 - YouTube  Jun 4, 2011 - 7 min - Uploaded by Rosalind BellBest Days Of Your Life Concert, Sheldon School, Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK.  1987.
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La Guaira - Wikipedia  La Guaira is the capital city of the Venezuelan state of Vargas and the country's main port. It was founded in 1577 as an outlet for Caracas, 30 kilometres (19 mi)...
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Caracas | national capital, Venezuela | Britannica.com  Jun 20, 2016 ... City, capital of Venezuela, and one of the principal cities of South ... Internal migration has added significantly to the population growth rate of the capital city, as has a ... For almost three centuries of settlement in the valley, local water .... by which time nearly 1.7 million people crowded the city proper and...
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BBC - Travel - Venezuela's Andean playground  Nov 8, 2012 ... The world's longest and highest cable car will reopen in Merida in early 2013, ... above sea level at the summit of Pico Espejo -- one of the highest peaks in ... South American city to the top of the country's snow-capped peaks. ... About 50km north of Merida is Venezuela's huge Lake Maracaibo, where...
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Venezuela facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ...  Air pollution results from the activity of power plants and from industrial and vehicle .... During his dictatorship, agriculture was developed and oil was discovered, ...... Bolvar and serves the vast inland llanos region and the Guiana Highlands. ... was characterized by a decline in world petroleum prices and a general drop in...
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Fiftieth Anniversary of the Bahia de Cochinos debacle.  Apr 16, 2011 ... The Bay of Pigs is the name we now call the 1961 CIA sponsored invasion of Cuba. Bahia de Cochinos, the Spanish place name, is a body of...