Venezuela, New Granada, and Paraguay Declare Independence
In 1811 the First Venezuelan Republic declared independence on 5 July, inspired by the Junta of Caracas formed in April 1810, while Paraguay declared independence on 14 May and New Granada (Colombia) followed later in the year. Venezuela's declaration was the first formal independence proclamation in South America. Simón Bolívar, a young Caracas-born aristocrat, emerged as a military leader after the First Republic collapsed under royalist counterattack in 1812. These early declarations inaugurated a decade and a half of intermittent warfare across northern South America that ultimately ended in independence for Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador as Gran Colombia.
- Year: 1811 CE
- Category: Political
