By 1950, the Czech colony was one of the most scarce European immigrant groups in the country: 1,124 people, according to the census of the time.
But the main reason to settle here was simply the ease with which the Venezuelan government granted visas.
But after the division of Czechoslovakia (split today in the Czech Republic and Slovakia), the democratic opening, immigration to Venezuela has been almost nil.
[2] At the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Caracas were registered at the end of the twentieth century just over 200 immigrants in the country but could be more.
There is no known statistic, but according to Ambassador Antonin Blazek, if one compares the relationship between the number of immigrants and contributions to the country (means in commercial and cultural benefits), the Czechs could lead the list in Venezuela as one of the most productive immigrant colonies.