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1812 CE
Despite the gravity of the circumstances, Miranda's July 25, 1812, surrender of his troops to the Spanish commander, General Juan Domingo de Monteverde, provokes a great deal of resentment among Bolivar and his other subordinates.
Miranda will die in a Spanish prison in 1816; Bolivar manages to escape to New Granada (present-day Colombia), where he assumes the leadership of Venezuela's independence struggle.
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Basque people
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Christians, Roman Catholic
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Franciscans, or Order of St. Francis
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Spaniards (Latins)
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Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of
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Capuchin, Order of Friars Minor
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Canary Islanders
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Britain, Kingdom of Great
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Guipuzcoan Company of Caracas
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New Granada, Viceroyalty of
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Venezuela, Captaincy General of
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