Resumen

OLIVAR, José Alberto. Venezuela, política y petróleo, una revisión historiográfica en el marco del centenario de Rómulo Betancourt. Tiempo y Espacio [online]. 2008, vol.18, n.49, pp.89-104. ISSN 1315-9496.

In the occasion of the commemoration of the centenary of the natalicio of Rómulo Betancourt in February of 2008 one has opened to an interesting debate on the projection of his ideario and public performance in the development of contemporary Venezuela. The opportunity is propitious to make the petroleum and one of its greater written works political, Venezuela revision published for the first time in 1956. Registered in the historiography, as a testimonial one of first hand to include/understand the narrow relation between the businesses of the tie foreign capital with black gold and the submissive regimes of government before the imperial will of the great powers. Throughout the voluminous text, the writer, journalist, politician and man of their time are confused to offer in addition, an expeditious defense of their own management of government during the triennium (1945-1948) that constitutes a departure point for its unpublished memories.

Palabras clave : Venezuela; Betancourt; petroleum; State; economy; political.