Cuando un puerto habla de la guerra: Puerto Cabello y el impacto comercial de la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945)

• Autores: Jessica Pamela Guillén Araque
• Localización: Anuario de Estudios Atlánticos, ISSN 0570-4065, Nº. 69, 2023
• Idioma: español
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  • When a port tell us a story about the war: Puerto Cabello and the commercial impact of World War II (1939-1945)
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    Una economía como la venezolana, marcada por el comercio exportador desde tiemposcoloniales, con acentuación primero en lo agrícola y luego en lo petrolero, tuvo los puertos como uno desus ámbitos de interés. Son estos puntos en donde se realizaba la entrada y salida de mercancías, el registroy monitoreo de los productos por parte de las autoridades estatales, la negociación de rubros entre las casascomerciales y particulares, así como otros intercambios. No obstante, no todos los desembarcaderoscontaron con el mismo rango de importancia y la ubicación estratégica requerida: es el caso de PuertoCabello (Venezuela), centro de esta investigación, puerto vital dentro de las interacciones comerciales concualquier país. Este artículo supone una aproximación al comercio en Puerto Cabello en los tiempos de la Segunda GuerraMundial (1939-1945), con la consulta de fuentes de la época como los registros de la Cámara de Comerciode Caracas./In an economy like Venezuela's, marked by export trade since colonial times —with emphasisfirst on agriculture and then on oil— ports were one of its main areas of interest. These are the points wherethe entry and exit of commodities, the registration and monitoring of products by state authorities, thenegotiation of items between trading houses and individuals, as well as other exchanges took place.However, not all shipping sites had the same importance and the required strategic location: this is the caseof Puerto Cabello (Venezuela), the focus of this research, a vital port within the commercial interactionswith any country. This paper is an approach to trade in Puerto Cabello at the time of World War II (1939-1945), with the review of historical sources such as the records of the Caracas Chamber of Commerce.

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    In an economy like Venezuela's, marked by export trade since colonial times —with emphasisfirst on agriculture and then on oil— ports were one of its main areas of interest. These are the points wherethe entry and exit of commodities, the registration and monitoring of products by state authorities, thenegotiation of items between trading houses and individuals, as well as other exchanges took place.However, not all shipping sites had the same importance and the required strategic location: this is the caseof Puerto Cabello (Venezuela), the focus of this research, a vital port within the commercial interactionswith any country. This paper is an approach to trade in Puerto Cabello at the time of World War II (1939-1945), with the review of historical sources such as the records of the Caracas Chamber of Commerce.