Carlos Soublette: Distinguished General of the Liberation Army (+seeding)

On February 11, 1870, the illustrious hero Carlos Valentín José de la Soledad Antonio del Sacramento de Soublette and Jerez de Aristeguieta died in Caracas at 80 years of age.

Venezuelan soldier, politician and distinguished man who at an early age joined the independence troops alongside Francisco de Miranda, and later joined Simón Bolívar in the Los Cayos expedition, in eastern Venezuela.

For his outstanding participation, he earned the position of Director of War in the Central Provinces, where he carried out a campaign against the realists. He also served as vice-president of the Republic and in 1829, he participated in the act of separation of Venezuela from Gran Colombia.

Soublette, was elected Constitutional President for the period of 1843-1847.

Mazo News Team