Ramón Carrizales
Governor of Apure
Incumbent
Assumed office February 10, 2011
Preceded by	Jesús Aguilarte
Minister of Infrastructure
In office 2004 – 2 July 2006
Preceded by	Diosdado Cabello
Succeeded by	José David Cabello
23rd Vice President of Venezuela
In office 3 January 2008 – 25 January 2010
Preceded by	Jorge Rodríguez
Succeeded by	Elías Jaua
Minister of Defense
In office 4 March 2009 – 25 January 2010
Preceded by	Gustavo Rangel Briceño
Succeeded by	Carlos Mata Figueroa
Personal details
Born	(1952-11-08) 8 November 1952 (age 59) Zaraza, Guarico, Venezuela
Political party	United Socialist Party of Venezuela

Ramón Alonso Carrizales Rengifo (born 8 November 1952 in Zaraza) is a Venezuelan politician who was Vice President of Venezuela from January 2008 to January 2010. Carrizales was a Colonel of the Venezuelan Armed Forces (retired in 1994) and was educated at the Venezuelan Academy of Military Sciences, where he graduated in 1974.

He was appointed Vice President by President Hugo Chávez in January 2008 after previously serving as chair of the Fondo Nacional de Transporte Urbano (Fontur) from 2000 to 2004, Infrastructure Minister 2004 to 2006, and Housing Minister from 2007 to 2008.^[1] In 2009, Chavez appointed Carrizales to also serve as the Minister of Defense.^[2]

On 25 January 2010 Carrizalez resigned as both Defense Minister and Vice President for personal reasons.^[3]

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Ezequiel Zamora

Ezequiel Zamora (Spanish pronunciation: [eθeˈkjel θaˈmoɾa]; 1 February 1817 - 10 January 1860) was a Venezuelan soldier and leader of the Federalists in the Federal War (Guerra Federal) of 1859-1863. His life was marked by the romanticism that characterized liberals of the time.

Zamora was born in Cúa, Miranda State. His parents were Alejandro Zamora and Paula Correa, modest landowners belonging to the white social class. During the early years of his childhood, he received basic education, typical of a rural area still disrupted by the struggles for independence from Spain.

Later, Zamora moved to Caracas, where he continued his primary school studies, the only formal education he received. However, thanks to the influence of his brother-in-law John Caspers, he received informal political training, influenced by the revolutionary movements in Europe. Zamora completed his education thanks to his friendly relationship with the lawyer José Manuel García. Zamora learned modern philosophy and the foundations of Roman law, and soon advocated the "principles of equality" and the need for their implementation in Venezuela.

After an aborted run for office as a member of the Liberal Party and amid claims of election irregularities, Zamora took up arms in 1846. He was captured 26 March 1847, and sentenced to death, but had his sentence commuted by President José Tadeo Monagas, who abolished the death penalty for political crimes.

In the Federalist War, Zamora was named the Federalist's "Chief Operating Officer of the West" on 22 February 1859. After leading successful battles in San Felipe, Yaracuy, (28 March 1859) and Santa Inés, La Ciénega, (10 December 1859) he died from a bullet to the head while preparing an attack on San Carlos, Cojedes.

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• Biography at venezuelatuya.com (in Spanish)

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Los Cinco is also the name of the founders of the Mexican American Youth Organization.

Los Cinco (in English: "The Five") is an unofficial collective of Latin American composers living and working in Los Angeles. These composers include: Daniel Catán, Miguel del Águila, Aurelio de la Vega, Enrique González-Medina, and Carlos Rodríquez.

Meant to draw a comparison between this collective and a group of avant-garde Parisian composers active in the 1920s known as "Les Six", the term "Los Cinco" was originally coined by Sean Bradley, an American conductor. Bradley first presented these composers as a collective in public performance, and the label Los Cinco first appeared in print in a Los Angeles Times review dated August 3, 2004.

The music by these composers shares "...certain common features, including a vibrancy of ideas, no fear of sensuality or humor, and an infectious passion." (Josef Woodward, Los Angeles Times)

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• L.A. Times article where the term "Los Cinco" first appears in print
• More on the web about Sean Bradley
• More on the web about Daniel Catán
• More on the web about Miguel del Águila
• More on the web about Aurelio de la Vega
• More on the web about Enrique González-Medina
• More on the web about Carlos Rodriguez