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| Overthrow of Monaga Brothers; *Shelved for the time being* | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Oct 2 2006, 02:06 AM (288 Views) | |
| Moderator | Oct 2 2006, 02:06 AM Post #1 |
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In March 1859, Julián Castro, Commander of the "Bolivarian Army" refused his orders to invade Bolivar. The demand to unjustly invade Colombia was the last stray for many withen the Venezuelan government, and with Castro at the helm the Monaga Brothers were overthrown in a revolution engineered by Conservatives and Liberals, who were both vying for power. Even with Castro's leadership, yhe two elite factions failed to agree on a replacement for Monagas, however, and Venezuela plunged into a Civil war as local caudillos engaged in a chaotic power struggle. The two Primary forces were the Liberal Force under General Juan C. Falcón, and the Conservative Force under General Jose Antonio Páez, who just recently returned from Exile upon hearing of the overthrow of the Monaga brothers.
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| Scipio | Oct 2 2006, 03:30 AM Post #2 |
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Sultan and Caliph Mahmud II
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The French Ambassador in Caracas is taken aback at the sudden conflict, and has deemed it necessary to flee to the Venezuelan city of Maracaibo in the North before Caracas becomes engulfed in violence. Aware that President Bonaparte has entrusted 1.5 million pounds in silver under the protection of Maracaibo, the sum of money which is half of the 3 million pounds that the French Interim Government agreed to invest in the Venezuelan Fund, the Ambassador takes steps to contact Paris for a possible quick removal of the money before it falls under the wrong hands. The other 1.5 million pounds, of course, is in Brest, stipulated by the Franco-Venezuelan Treaty of Maracaibo. When a steamer arrived in France announcing this turn of events, the Parliament was thrown into a moment of disarray, with the President contemplating the possibility of a direct intervention, considering that the legitimate government has been removed in any case. |
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