Answer:
Vatican City (I know it has city in the name lol)
Explanation
Trust me on this one though haha
The land mass is technically a country because of the Lateran treaty of 1929, which made Vatican city an independent state under the Holy See.
The trade of goods between the New World and Old World
Because he held out hope for the large masses of poor people (the majority) for a better life with much improved housing, education and general living conditions with his socialist/nationalist model the opposite of the governments that Venezuela had had since time immemorial selling out the country's natural resources to foreign companies with no benefits for the majority of the people.