Germán Carrera Damas (

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, 28 May 1930), is a

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n historian, professor and retired ambassador, author of important works of Venezuela's

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such as ''El Culto a Bolívar'' (1969) and ''Una nación llamada Venezuela'' (1980), among other works and essays.

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*Early review about Carrera Damas career at the National Magazine of Culture, July–August, 1961. 1930 births Living people People from Cumaná Venezuelan male writers 20th-century Venezuelan historians {{Venezuela-bio-stub