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Venezuela achieves home rule: Vicente Emparán, Governor of the Captaincy General is removed by the people of Caracas and a junta is installed.
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Venezuela
Country in South America
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It comprises an area of 916,445 km2 (353,841 sq mi), and its population was…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Vicente Emparán
18/19th-century Basque colonial official in Spanish Venezuela
Vicente Emparán was a Spanish Captain General.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Governor
Governing official
A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on the type of political region or polity, a governor may be either appointed or elected, and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
General Captaincy
Administrative division of the Spanish and Portuguese empires, underneath a viceroyalty
The Captaincy General was a division of a viceroyalty in Spanish or Portuguese colonial administration. Captaincies general were established districts that were under threat from foreign invasion or attack from indigenous peoples. Their governors were the Captains general.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Caracas
Capital and largest city of Venezuela
Caracas, officially Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas. Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern part of the country, within the Caracas Valley of the Venezuelan…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Supreme Junta
Governing institution of Spanish Venezuela from 1810 to 1811
The Supreme Junta was the institution that governed the Captaincy General of Venezuela following the forced resignation of the Captain General Vicente Emparán on April 19, 1810, marking the beginning of the Venezuelan War of Independence. It lasted until March 2, 1811, when the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)