Supreme Junta

The Supreme Junta (or Junta Suprema de Caracas) was the institution that governed the

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following the forced resignation of the Captain General

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on April 19, 1810, marking the beginning of the

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. It lasted until March 2, 1811, when the first constituent congress of the

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was established. Following the events of the Revolution of April 19, 1810, the commanding General and other colonial officials designated by

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to oversee the

, were deposed by an expanded municipal government in Caracas that called itself: the Supreme Junta to Preserve the Rights of

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(''La Suprema Junta Conservadora de los Derechos de Fernando VII''). One of the first measures taken by the revolutionaries, after securing the support of six provinces, was to send diplomatic missions abroad with the hope of gaining support and recognition for the revolution and that of the Supreme Junta of Caracas as the legitimate councillor of Venezuela in the absence of the King.

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along with Luis Lopez Mendez and

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as secretary, set sail for London from

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in early June 1810. Juan Vicente Bolívar Palacios, brother of the Liberator, Jose Rafael Revenga and Telesforo Orea sailed for the United States, and had some success in gaining the interest of that country to support the Supreme Junta. Venezuelan War of Independence Independence of Venezuela History of Venezuela {{Venezuela-hist-stub