West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 was a West Caribbean Airways charter Renting flight which crashed Catastrophe in a mountainous region in northwest Venezuela in the early hours of Tuesday , 16 August 2005 , killing Killing all 160 passengers and crew on board .

The 160-person death toll made Causation the accident the deadliest of 2005 , the deadliest aviation disaster to occur Coming_to_be in Venezuela , and the deadliest involving Participation a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 .

Passing Motion_directional just north of Venezuela , the hurricane Catastrophe produced Creating strong winds over the country , peaking as high as 70 mph ( 115 km/h ) .

The situation began Process_start on 9 April , when a general strike was called by the trade union organization `` National Federation of Trade Unions '' , Confederación de Trabajadores de Venezuela ( CTV ) .

The proposed strike was in response to Chávez 's appointments to prominent posts in Venezuela 's national oil company , PDVSA .

The Battle of San Félix was an engagement Hostile_encounter in the of the War of Independence of Venezuela occurred Presence on 11 April 1817 , on the mesa of Chirica in Province of Guayana , over the course of just half an hour .

In South America , the Pink tide began Process_start with Venezuela in 1999 and swept through the early 2000s .

After crossing Motion_directional Trinidad , Alma became Becoming one of only four tropical storms Catastrophe to traverse the Paria Peninsula of northeastern Venezuela .

The storm dissipated Dispersal on August 15 over the high terrain of Venezuela .

This was the only tour Traveling that Queen played Self_motion in Venezuela where they were due to play Self_motion 5 shows in its capital city Caracas .

Eight people were killed Killing by the storm in Venezuela , and at least 100 people have been confirmed dead Death throughout Central America and southern Mexico .

Peru finished Process_end third after defeating Preventing_or_letting Venezuela 4–1 in the third-place match .

The Dutch–Venezuelan crisis Quarreling of 1908 was a dispute Quarreling that broke out Process_start between the Netherlands and Venezuela after the Venezuelan president , Cipriano Castro , cut off Hindering trade with the Dutch island of Curaçao on the grounds that it was harbouring political refugees from Venezuela .

The Dutch–Venezuelan crisis Quarreling of 1908 was a dispute Quarreling that broke out Process_start between the Netherlands and Venezuela after the Venezuelan president , Cipriano Castro , cut off Hindering trade with the Dutch island of Curaçao on the grounds that it was harbouring political refugees from Venezuela .

Venezuela expelled Removing the Dutch ambassador , prompting Causation a Dutch dispatch Sending of three warships : , , and .

With their overwhelming naval superiority , the Dutch enforced Action a blockade Besieging on Venezuela 's ports .