This Friday, Venezuela celebrates the 213th anniversary of the declaration of its Independence.
The Independence of Venezuela was a military and political process that began on April 19, 1810, when it was decided that it was the authorities in Caracas that should govern the destinies of the Captaincy General, according to an agreement of the National Assembly signed in 2023. .
The Venezuelan government recognizes that that year, Caracas was experiencing great popular unrest due to the discontent of the Creole social groups that had the social and economic status, but not the political one, and the discontent of the population. The dissidents took advantage of the abdication of King Ferdinand VII due to pressure from the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte to change the political situation.
The insurgent revolutionaries decided to break ties with the Captaincy General of Venezuela and the Spanish Empire and convene a Congress of delegates from the provinces of the country that had the sovereignty to appoint the rulers, which also began a war of independence.