For their courage! Francisco de Miranda was appointed Generalissimo of Venezuela in 1812

On April 23, 1812, Sebastián Francisco de Miranda y Rodríguez was appointed Generalissimo of Venezuela by the Venezuelan Congress. This designation gave him authority to defend the First Republic by commanding patriotic troops in order to confront the Spanish army that was then led by Domingo Monteverde.

Miranda, born on March 28, 1750 in Caracas, died on July 14, 1816 at the age of 66 in the Four Towers prison of the Carraca Arsenal in San Fernando de Cádiz.

A military strategist, politician, diplomat, writer, translator, humanist and ideologue, he became notoriously recognized and admired by the world leaders of the time. “There was no one in the Americas with those powers,” says historian Anaías Gómez.

The Generalissimo had two nationalities, Spanish and Venezuelan, and had great military skills and knowledge of the political reality of the entire American continent, which explains his participation in the three very important socio-political movements of his time: The War of Independence of the United States of America (USA), The French Revolution, the Venezuelan War of Independence and the Spanish-American Revolutions.

Mazo News Team