The history of venezuela reflects events in areas of the americas colonized by spain starting 1522. Read the fulltext online edition of caudillos in spanish america, 18001850 1992. Following the venezuelan war of independence venezuela initially won independence from. Paez fought first under various revolutionary caudillos, none of whom measured up to his own proficiency. Two decades of warfare had cost the lives of between one fourth and onethird of venezuelas population, which by 1830 was estimated at about 800,000. In this book, lynch explores the changing perception of the caudillobandit. Venezuelas centurylong postindependence era of caudillismo is perhaps best. Following the venezuelan war of independence part of the spanish american wars of independence, venezuela initially won independence from the spanish empire as part of gran colombia. Caudillos in spanish america, 18001850 by john lynch, 1992.
Furthermore, the cocoabased export economy lay in ruins, a victim of physical destruction, neglect, and the disruption of trade. He based his theories in part on the racist notions of the book democratic. However, in the andean region of western venezuela, complex andean civilization of the timotocuica people flourished before european contact. Internal tensions led to the dissolution of gran colombia in 183031, with venezuela declaring independence in 1811. Internal tensions led to the dissolution of gran colombia in 1830 31, with venezuela declaring independence in 1811. Venezuela the century of caudillismo country studies. Caudillo military dictator britannica encyclopedia britannica. His scholarly analysis of this central theme in the history of spanish america is underpinned by detailed casestudies of four major caudillos. Biographische informationen caracas, 24 julio 1783santa marta, colombia, 17 diciembre 1830. Libro nuevo o segunda mano, sinopsis, resumen y opiniones. Caudillos in spanish america, 18001850 by john lynch. For the rest of the nineteenth century, independent venezuela saw a range of caudillos. Since 1958, the country has had a series of democratic governments. Caudillismo y guerra civiles en venezuela 1830 a 1835.
He also had to control the caudillos, to tame the guerrillas and their leaders within the revolutionary ranks. During the 19th century, venezuela suffered political turmoil and autocracy, remaining dominated by regional caudillos military strongmen until the mid20th century. It gained full independence as a separate country in 1830. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.