Venezuelan Republic (Axis vs Allies)

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Venezuela, is a tropical, oil rich, Hispanic, jungle country on the northern coast of South America.

Geography
Our timeline Venezuela, Netherlands Antilles, western and central Nicaragua and the Darién Gap.

History
An army coup took place in 1934 removing the OTL military dictator and replaceing him with the ATL General Aznar, who takes over with the aim of becoming a local, regional and Latino strong man.

Venezuela invited the Pontiff to Caracas, Maturín and Angle falls to help spread the Catholic faith further and inspire the rural poor with his Papal visit in or shortly after 1945, but he never came.

Venezuela proposed during 1948, the building a new railway linking the Mexican cities of Cancun, Tuxtla Gutiérrez via San Francisco de Campeche, Mexico City, Guatemala City, Acapulco, El Paso (Texas), Tecoman, Juarez, Mazatalan, and Villahermosa (Tobasco) in one united network rail network that the locals can enjoy and flourish under. Both Cuba, Japan, The UK, Germany, Italy, China, Hindustan and the USA are invited to set a join board for the joint run line. Venezuela suggested it so they have a veto and the fledgling Mayan Republic is on the board.



In 1950, Venezuela a 200 strong peace keeping force Colombia’s La Guajira Department due to the La Violencia (Spanish for- The Violence), a period of civil conflict in the Colombian countryside between supporters of the Colombian Liberal Party and the Colombian Conservative Party, a conflict which took place roughly from 1948 to 1958 (sources vary on the exact dates). The Venezuelan troops long stationed in the lawless Darién Gap as a security mesusure against a long passed Japanese invasion of Panamá then annex it to Venezuela. Latin American Economic and Monetary Union was founded later that year. Venezuela’s ambassador to the UN had also raised concerns that the UN Security Council was to anti-Hispanic, because none of the 4 permanent members were of Hispanic origin.

Demographics
In 1945, Several new schools open in the urban slums.

Nature reserves
A Venezuelan nature reserve is opened in the Sierra Pacaraima mountains on the border with Brazil in 1949.

Mineral resources
Oil (started in 1910), coal (started in 1900), natural gas, oil shale, sand, bauxite, iron ore, low grade gold and natural bitumen.

Air force

 * 1) 3 CR.32 comparable fighters.
 * 2) 4 Rogožarski IK-3 fighter.
 * 3) 6 'Pena de muerte concepción' (death penalty idea) class bombers.
 * 4) 10 Stinson Reliant photographic reconnaissance plain
 * 5) 10 Stinson Reliant general utility plain
 * 6) 8 Polish PZL P.11 fighter aircraft
 * 7) 2 Henkel He 162 Fighters
 * 8) 2 Polish PWS-10 fighter
 * 9) 1 PZL.23 Karaś light bomber
 * 10) 1 Lublin R-XX torpedo bomber

Navy

 * 1) 2 'Conquistador class' frigates (comparable to the USS Abilene (PF-58)).
 * 2) 3 'Leticia class' support vessels akin to the USS Aquarius (AKA-16) Andromeda-class attack cargo ships.
 * 3) 5 Chávez class frigates.
 * 4) 2 ex-Yugoslav Dreadnought ship (comparable with Nevada-class Battleship).

Army

 * 1) 2 Fiat M11/39 tanks
 * 2) 42 Christie 1928 Prototype tanks
 * 3) 3 Panzer II tanks
 * 4) 5 Polish 7TP tanks
 * 5) 3 Serman comparible tanks
 * 6) 40 M1928 Christie prototype design tanks
 * 7) 5 Polish Ciągnik Siedmiotonowy Polski "7-tonnes Polish Tractor"
 * 8) 2 Czechoslovak heavy 220 mm wz.32 Škoda mortars,

Air mail
Venezuela opend its national air mail service in 1950, with 3 Stinson Reliant aircraft.

Airlines
2 ‘Rodriguez type’ airliners, which is a copy of Poland's PWS-21 do state sponcered flights to the nighbouring states since the early 1940's, but may autrinpnures have set up local servaces with a few small pasinger, frieght and/or mail aircraft since 1930.

Politics
The national policy is of a right-wing, pro-Latin and nationalistic type.

The Mayan Republic (client)
Poulation (1948)- 1,550,000.

Location- S. W. Mexico.

Trebisov and Košice (merged with Ruthenia)
Poulation (1948)- Trebisov- 40,000 and Košice 125,000.

Location- S.E. Slovakia.

Nyíregyháza (merged with Ruthenia)
Poulation (1948)- 45,000 Location- eastern Hungary.

Ruthenia (client)
Poulation (1948)- 705,000.

Location- Ruthenia.

Mt Tarnica, et al (?)
Poulation (1948)- 42.

Location- S.E. Poland.

Oberlichtenau-Niederlichtenau (puppet)
Poulation (1950)-950

Location- Eastern Germany.

Balatonszentgyörgy-Balatonberény (puppet)
Poulation (1950)-1,100

Location- western Hungary.