sentences:  In 1964, he left the staff of "El Clarín", quit the URD, and retired from political life.For the next 30 years, he dedicated himself to business, becoming a landowner and industrialist.He approved of the Pacto de Punto Fijo believing that Venezuela had a "history of coups and militarism" and that this was a good attempt to solve that problem, though the failure of this system led to Chávez coming to party, which he thought was worse.