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Front: Francisco de Miranda (1750-1816), Venezuelan revolutionary leader

Miranda is a hero in the struggle for independence from Spain. He is sometimes called the Precursor to distinguish him from Simón Bolívar, who completed the task of liberation. At the start of the revolution in 1810, he took a commanding position in the revolutionary forces. He was dictator for a short time, but after increasing misfortunes, including the loss of Puerto Cabello by Bolívar and a destructive earthquake in Caracas, he surrendered to the Spanish in 1812. Bolívar and other patriots, angered by his capitulation, seized him and turned him over to the Spanish who failed to honor the terms of surrender, deported him to Cádiz, and kept him in a dungeon for the rest of his life.

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Front: Antonio Jose de Sucre (1795-1830), military and political leader

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Front: Francisco de Miranda (1750-1816), Venezuelan revolutionary

Francisco de Miranda had visionary plans to free all of South America from Spanish rules. However, his military initiatives failed, and his enemies captured him in 1812. He died four years later in a Spanish dungeon. Within fourteen years after his death, Simón Bolívar successfully liberated a vast portion of South America.

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Front: Pedro Camejo (1790-1821), Venezuelan revolutionary

Pedro Camejo was the only black officer in the army of Simon Bolívar during the Venezuelan war of independence

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