Famous People - Venezuela

Famous people in Venezuela are more local than international, but we have some people that are known for different reasons.

This last few of weeks our president Hugo Chavez got a lot of attention all over the globe for calling G.W.Bush "The Devil" in United Nations, but his relationship with Fidel Castro and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran have taken a lot of press also... that's not exactly an example on foreign relationships but he's famos now and that's what counts in this post.

Particularly I'd like the world to know Oscar D'Leon rather than him. Oscar is great singer with even a greater attitude, I guarantee he'll make you dance salsa no matter if you're in China, Australia or the North Pole, he's always smiling and having fun on stage and his audience can feel that energy.

In sports, our biggest stars are in Major League Baseball, such as Luis Aparicio (a Hall of Fame member), or more recently Bobby Abreu from the New York Yankees, or Johan Santana, winner of Cy Young Award 2004 and a strong contendant this year. Lately, Juan Arango is having a lot of success playing football for Real Mallorca in Spanish League and is some sort of hero among football fans.

We are also known for our beautiful women, because they have had good performances in beauty pageants around the world. My favorite is Gaby Espino, a model/actress who has performed as the face of several ad campaigns and lead star in lots of soap operas, and Daniela Kosán, who has been working for the E! channel in Latinamerica.

I thought this post was going to be difficult, with so many important people in so many different fields, but I hope you got curious about some of the fellows, they're pretty interesting in their own way.