's painter Hector Poleo, born in 1918. Tough, hard-working, laconic, the Andino is a product of his bleak moun- tain habitat, which figures prominently in Venezuelan history, first as the road to the mythical kingdom of Eldorado, later as the country's chief coffee-growing region and home to Venezuela's caudillos (strong men).
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Venezuela stands out among its Latin American neighbors. On a continent beset dictatorships and periodic coups, Venezuela boasts more...