The history of venezuela reflects events in areas of the americas colonized by spain starting 1522. Paez fought first under various revolutionary caudillos, none of whom measured up to his own proficiency. He based his theories in part on the racist notions of the book democratic. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Since 1958, the country has had a series of democratic governments. His scholarly analysis of this central theme in the history of spanish america is underpinned by detailed casestudies of four major caudillos. Following the venezuelan war of independence venezuela initially won independence from. Since spanish american independence in the early nineteenth century, the region has been noted for its number of caudillos and the duration of their rule. 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. Venezuelas centurylong postindependence era of caudillismo is perhaps best. Internal tensions led to the dissolution of gran colombia in 183031, with venezuela declaring independence in 1811. Caudillo military dictator britannica encyclopedia britannica. Caudillismo y guerra civiles en venezuela 1830 a 1835. Furthermore, the cocoabased export economy lay in ruins, a victim of physical destruction, neglect, and the disruption of trade.
In this book, lynch explores the changing perception of the caudillobandit. During the 19th century, venezuela suffered political turmoil and autocracy, remaining dominated by regional caudillos military strongmen until the mid20th century. He also had to control the caudillos, to tame the guerrillas and their leaders within the revolutionary ranks. Internal tensions led to the dissolution of gran colombia in 1830 31, with venezuela declaring independence in 1811. Caudillos in spanish america, 18001850 by john lynch. Libro nuevo o segunda mano, sinopsis, resumen y opiniones. It gained full independence as a separate country in 1830. Twice elected president under the 1830 constitution, paez, on the one hand.
For the rest of the nineteenth century, independent venezuela saw a range of caudillos. 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. Venezuela the century of caudillismo country studies. Read the fulltext online edition of caudillos in spanish america, 18001850 1992.