Venezuela Changes Flag
Sunday April 16, 2006
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FYI, that flag was changed by Simon Bolivar in 1817 from 7 stars to 8 stars.
Venezuela became part of a union of countries a few months later and when Venezuela went back to being an independent country people went back to the flag with 7 stars instead of the one with 8 stars