 Nhau dzokurasikirwa kweSpain muHondo dzaNapoleon dza1808 nokukurumidza dzakasvika kuLatin America, asi pana April 19, 1810 bedzi apo cabildo dare reguta reCaracas rakasarudza kutevera muenzaniso wakagadzwa namapurovhinzi eSpain makore maviri pamberi pezvi. Musi wa 5 Chikunguru 1811, matunhu manomwe kubva pagumi eCaptaincy General yeVenezuela akazivisa rusununguko rwavo muVenezuelan Declaration of Independence. First Republic of Venezuela yakarasika muna 1812 zvichitevera kudengenyeka kwenyika kwa1812 kweCaracasuye Hondo yeLa Victoria 1812. Simón Bolívar akatungamira Mushandirapamwe Unoshamisa wekutorazve Venezuela, achigadza Second Republic yeVenezuela muna 1813, asi izvi hazvina kugara kwenguva refu, zvichiwira mukubatanidzwa kwekumukira kwenzvimbo uye Spanish royalist reconquest. 