Carlos Alberto Taylhardat (
Maracay, June 6, 1921, –
Caracas
Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the ...
, November 21, 2011), was a Venezuelan naval captain and diplomat. He was the son of Carlos Albert Taylhardat a
Venezuelan lawyer. He trained in military school in
Italy, until 1942. He was a naval captain in Venezuela for 30 years, and the ambassador of Venezuela to
Beirut,
Lebanon and
Baghdad,
Iraq in 1990 to 1994.
Cuban revolution
Taylhardat helped
Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (; ; 13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 200 ...
in 1958 by buying
World War II weapons from the United States, to later deliver, via the Venezuelan government, to Castro's revolution in the
Sierra Maestra.
References in print
BARRETO, Braulio. ''Bajo el terror de la SN'' (1984)
COLECTIVO. ''La violencia en la Venezuela reciente, 1958–1980''. Volumen 3 (1992)
COLECTIVO. ''El 23 de enero y las Fuerzas Armadas Venezolanas'' (Ministeio de Defensa (Venezuela, 1990)
COLECTIVO. ''Gobierno y época de la junta revolucionaria'' (Congreso de la República. (Caracas, 1990)
GARCÍA PONCE, Guillermo. ''La fuga del cuartel San Carlos'' (1991)
MALDONADO, Jorge. Génesis y consecuencias del 23 de enero de 1958 (1984)
PÉREZ LECUNA, Roberto. ''Apuntes para la historia militar de Venezuela'' (1999)
RAMÍREZ, Edito. ''Memorias de un inconforme''
RIVAS RIVAS, José. ''Historia gráfica de Venezuela: El gobierno de Rómulo Betancourt'' (1972)
SUAREZ PEREZ, Eugenio (y otros). ''Fidel: de Cinco Palmas a Santiago'' (2006)
YANES, Oscar. ''Hoy es mañana, o, Las vainas de un reportero muerto'' (1994)
TAYLHARDAT, Carlos Alberto. ''La Infantería de Marina en combate'' (Revista Militar, v.51; Buenos Aires, 1951)
External links
''La vanguardia'' (10-VI-1961)Fotografía de Carlos Alberto Taylhardat, por Ringo''Una historia militar de las Fuerzas Armadas'', lectura en linea
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Venezuelan diplomats
1921 births
2011 deaths
Ambassadors of Venezuela to Iraq
Ambassadors of Venezuela to Lebanon
Venezuelan expatriates in Italy