Juan Bautista Arismendi

Juan Bautista Arismendi (March 15, 1775 – June 22, 1841) was a Venezuelan patriot and general of the

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. He is buried in the National Pantheon of Venezuela. Arismendi was born in

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, Isla Margarita in 1775. He was a captain when the revolution broke out and took command of the patriots and drove the Spanish General

Pablo Morillo Pablo Morillo y Morillo, Count of Cartagena and Marquess of La Puerta, a.k.a. ''El Pacificador'' (The Peace Maker) (5 May 1775 – 27 July 1837) was a Spanish general. Biography Morillo was born in Fuentesecas, Zamora, Spain. In 1791 ...

from the island after a long conflict. He was one of the leaders that assembled a provincial congress at Angostura on 20 July 1817, and put at the head of the government a triumvirate of which Bolivar was a member. In 1819 he assisted Bolivar and Paez to drive Morillo from New Granada and from the greater part of Venezuela. In Bolivar's absence the Angostura congress forced Francisco Antonio Zea, whom he had appointed vice-president, to resign, and chose Arismendi in his place. On his return Bolivar restored Zea and exiled Arismendi to Margarita. Notwithstanding this, Arismendi espoused the cause of Bolivar during the insurrection headed by Paez in 1826, and rendered great service to the nation. 1775 births 1841 deaths People from La Asunción People of the Venezuelan War of Independence Venezuelan military personnel Burials at the National Pantheon of Venezuela Death in Caracas {{Venezuela-mil-bio-stub