 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Maturín sechikamu cheProvince yeCumaná yaive kudivi reRepublican panguva yeVenezuelan Declaration of Independencemusi waJuly 5, 1811. Hondo shanu dzakaitika muMaturin kubva muna 1813 kusvika muna 1814, kusanganisira Hondo yakakurumbira yeAlto de los Godos. Muhondo iyi varwi vokuVenezuela, vaitungamirirwa naManuel Piar, vakawana rukundo rukuru pamusoro pomukuru mukuru weSpain Juan Domingo de Monteverde. José Antonio de Sucre, José Francisco Bermúdez, José Tadeo Monagas, José Gregorio Monagas naJosé Félix Ribas vaiva vamwe vakarwa muhondo shanu. Hondo yokupedzisira yeMaturin 1814, zvisinei, yakanga iri kukundwa. Vanhu vakanga vatiza muCaracas munguva yehondo yaJosé Tomás Boves yokurwisa republic, vakauya kuMaturin kuzovanda kubva kumasoja eSpanish. Pashure pehondo yeUrica uko Boves akafa Tomás José Morales, mukuru mukuru weSpain, akasarudza kutora taundi racho. VaRepublicans vakadzivirira taundi racho, asi vakarohwa uye vakawanda vavo vakapondwa naMorales. Guta racho rakaparadzwa. Vamwe vakapona muhondo yokupedzisira vakavakazve Maturín makore maviri gare gare. 