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History
Nineteenth-century Venezuelan political thought and the formation of the Spanish American nations.
His academic work in history began formally in 2006, when he joined the Institute for Historical Research at the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello. At the same university he completed an MA in Venezuelan History, defending his thesis from exile in 2024, and in 2026 a PhD in Venezuelan History, awarded summa cum laude with the thesis recommended for publication.
Since 2022 he has devoted himself to research on nineteenth-century political thought, with emphasis on Venezuela, the formation of the Spanish American nations and their political and diplomatic relations. Federalism, and that of eastern Venezuela in particular, runs through all of his work.
As an associate researcher at INESDyC, the diplomatic school of the Dominican Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he has begun a line of research on political and diplomatic relations between Venezuela and the Dominican Republic. It opens with two topics: the exchange between the two countries after 1960, particularly between Acción Democrática and the PRD, and their twenty-first-century relations as examples of Dominican diplomacy.
Affiliations
- Current
Associate researcher
Institute for Diplomatic and Consular Training (INESDyC) · Santo Domingo
The diplomatic school of the Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- Current
Associate researcher
Institute for Historical Research, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (IIH-UCAB) · Caracas
Doctoral thesis · 2026
El federalismo oriental en Venezuela entre 1846 y 1870
Desde los Monagas hasta la Revolución Azul
A study of federalism in eastern Venezuela from the Monagas governments to the Blue Revolution, and of its place in the formation of the national state. [Provisional summary: replace with the thesis abstract.]
Approved summa cum laude; the examining committee recommended it for publication.
Research interests
- Political and diplomatic relations between Venezuela and the Dominican Republic, from 1960 to the present.
- Nineteenth-century Spanish American history, with emphasis on Venezuela.
- Political ideas and the formation of the Spanish American nations.
- Venezuelan federalism, particularly in the east of the country.
- Diplomatic relations in Latin America.
- Caribbean history.
Education in history
- 2026
PhD in Venezuelan History
Universidad Católica Andrés Bello
Summa cum laude; thesis recommended for publication.
- 2024
MA in Venezuelan History
Universidad Católica Andrés Bello
Coursework completed in 2009; thesis defended in 2024, from exile.
- 2006 – 2009
Researcher
Institute for Historical Research, UCAB
Publications
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Article
La cuestión federal durante el proceso separatista de Colombia (1826-1831). Una visión oriental
Caracas: Revista Tiempo y Espacio, vol. 43, no. 82, 2025
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Article
Andrés Aurelio Level de Goda y Grimaldo. Monárquico, liberal y federalista. Debates silenciados por la polarización de nuestra independencia
Caracas: Revista Montalbán, no. 65, 2024
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Review
Reinaldo Rojas, Cumaná en la formación del Estado nacional venezolano (1515-1811)
Caracas: Revista Montalbán, no. 63, 2024
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Master's thesis
Las ideas liberales y federales de Andrés Level de Goda. Los matices de la emancipación: un realista liberal devenido en venezolano federal
Caracas: Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, 2023
Master's thesis in Venezuelan History, defended in 2024.
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Article
Carretera Cumaná-Cumanacoa. Sus antecedentes, construcción e impacto
Caracas: Revista Tiempo y Espacio, vol. 19, no. 51, 2008
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Article
El terremoto de Cumaná en 1853
Caracas: Revista Montalbán, no. 40, 2007
Research in progress
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Book · In progress
El federalismo oriental en Venezuela, 1846-1870
Book edition of the doctoral thesis, recommended for publication by the examining committee. Title, publisher and date to be confirmed.
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Research project · In progress
Venezuela y la República Dominicana después de 1960. El intercambio político y diplomático entre Acción Democrática y el PRD
Working title. Research as associate researcher at INESDyC.
Beyond the 1960 attempt on Rómulo Betancourt's life and the OAS condemnation of the Trujillo regime, the two countries kept up an intense political and diplomatic exchange, particularly between Acción Democrática and the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD). Often mentioned, it has been little studied, especially after the Juan Bosch government.
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Research project · In progress
Venezuela y la República Dominicana en el siglo XXI. Diplomacia, energía y mediación
Working title. Research as associate researcher at INESDyC.
The diplomatic, energy and political relations between the two countries in the twenty-first century, including mediations and cases involving third countries, documented and analysed as examples of Dominican diplomacy.
Essays
- Forthcoming · In Spanish Cumaná y el oriente en la formación de la república El papel de las provincias orientales en el tránsito de la colonia al Estado nacional.
- Forthcoming · In Spanish Federalismo y Constitución: lo que la historia enseña al derecho público venezolano El debate federal del siglo XIX como antecedente de las preguntas constitucionales de hoy.
Researcher profile: ORCID 0009-0000-3055-8003