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The Wikipedia page on the Venezuelan Navy lists its major engagements as being in the Venezuela war of independence back in 1810-1813.
Challenge: Have the Venezuelan Navy have a major engagement after independence. Preferably this is not a doomed effort to avoid collection of debts by either a European power or the United States.