José Herrera Uslar (born January 4, 1906) was the son of José Manrique and Carolina Herrera Uslar Urbaneja,[1] one of the founding families of the Valley of Caracas and owners of the Hacienda la Vega.
[2] Uslar was a lawyer who founded, along with Juan Jose Mendoza, Martin Vegas, Manuel Antonio Matos, Francisco Pimentel, and others, the Progressive Republican Party (PRP) in 1936.
Its purpose was to fight against extremism, social dissolution, relaxation, and opposing the spread of Marxist ideology in Venezuela.
[3][4] In 1950, as an Ambassador of Venezuela in Sweden, Uslar organized the transfer of 1,000 war orphans from Switzerland.
[5] They arrived to the country in batches of 50 children, and were later brought to the colony of Catia La Mar, where they were adopted by Venezuelan families.