Venezuelan nationals died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic in April 1912.
NOT BSTOTAL BS
TOTAL BS — Verdict: False
Verified by Lenz ·
The Short Version
No credible evidence supports the claim that Venezuelan nationals died in the Titanic sinking. Over a dozen independent sources drawn from official passenger manifests, British Board of Trade records, and the 1912 inquiry find zero Venezuelan nationals aboard. The sole source naming Venezuelan victims is a low-authority blog that provides no primary documentation, and one of its named individuals appears to be a misidentification of a known American survivor, Thomas Drake Martínez Cardeza.
Caveats
The only source supporting this claim (Libre Online) provides no manifest entries, inquiry records, or other primary documentation for its assertion of Venezuelan passengers.
One of the two alleged Venezuelan victims ('Thomas D. Martínez Cardezá') appears to be a confusion with Thomas Drake Martínez Cardeza, a well-documented American first-class passenger who survived the sinking.
Documented Latin American passengers on the Titanic were Uruguayan, Argentine, Mexican, Cuban, and Spanish nationals — no Venezuelan nationals appear in any verified passenger or casualty list.