José Cipriano Castro Ruiz was a Venezuelan politician and officer of the military who served as president from 1899 to 1908. He was the first man from the Venezuelan Andes to rule the country, and was
Castro in 1908
Cipriano Castro at the age of 25
Juan Vicente Gómez and Cipriano Castro
Caricature of Cipriano Castro, by William Allen Rogers, published in the New York Herald, January 1903
The Venezuelan Andes also simply known as the Andes in Venezuela, are a mountain system that form the northernmost extension of the Andes. They are fully identified, both by their geological origin as
Cipriano Castro
…4 December 1924) was a Venezuelan politician and officer of the military who served as president from 1899 to 1908. He was the first man from the Venezuelan Andes to rule the country, and was the first of four military strongmen from the Andean state of Táchira to rule the country over the next 46 years. Cipriano…
A view of Collado of Condor Peak in Venezuelan Andes
Los Cedros Lagoon, Trujillo State
Fauna of the Venezuelan Andes