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The Venezuelan War of Independence (Spanish: Guerra de Independencia de Venezuela, 1810–1823) was one of the Spanish American wars of independence of the early nineteenth century, when independence movements in South America fought a civil war for secession and against unity of the Spanish Empire, emboldened by Spain's troubles in the Napoleonic Wars.

The establishment of the Supreme Caracas Junta following the forced deposition of Vicente Emparan as Captain General of the Captaincy General of Venezuela on 19 April 1810, marked the beginnings of the war. On 5 July 1811, seven of the ten provinces of the Captaincy General of Venezuela declared their independence in the Venezuelan Declaration of Independence. The First Republic of Venezuela was lost in 1812 following the 1812 Caracas earthquake and the 1812 Battle of La Victoria. Simón Bolívar led an "Admirable Campaign" to retake Venezuela, establishing the Second Republic of Venezuela in 1813; but this too did not last, falling to a combination of a local uprising and Spanish royalist reconquest. Only as part of Bolívar's campaign to liberate New Granada in 1819-20 did Venezuela achieve a lasting independence from Spain (initially as part of Gran Colombia).

On 17 December 1819, the Congress of Angostura declared Gran Colombia an independent country. After two more years of war, the country achieved independence from Spain in 1821 under the leadership of Simón Bolívar. Venezuela, along with the present-day countries of Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador, formed part of the Republic of Gran Colombia until 1830, when Venezuela separated and became a sovereign state.

Gual and España Conspiracy
Manuel Gual and Jose Maria España Conspiracy Is one of the first revolutionary movements in Latin America and the first major attempt at the independence of Venezuela. It all started in Spain where the San Blas Conspiration took place, it consisted of a Liberal movement that involved the installation of democracy in Spain, inspired by the French Revolution. Regardless this attempt at democracy failed, and some of their members were sent to prisons in the Spanish colonies, one of them, Juan Batista Picornell, was sent to the Port of La Guaira,  where he secretly met with Gual and España, his revolutionary Ideas spread like wildfire throughout the country. Sooner than later both Manuel Gual and Jose Maria España found themselves planning and conspiring against the Spanish rule. according to Tomas Fernandez and Elena Tamaro, the British and French navy supported their ambitions.

This conspiracy was dismantled during their.

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