The Captain General of Caracas

The creoo of carancas, who had been trying and failing for almost two years to form an independent hunta, were finally able to do so. And they declared themselves to be the supreme junta of caracas, dedicated to preserving the rights of king ferdinand the seventh. They recognized no higher authority in spain and put themselves only below fer Ferdinand, who at the moment was sitting under french house arrest. So this was de facto independence. What followed then was yet another example of the problem of federalism. There was disagreement within the caracas hunta about where this was all headed. Many of the older creoo believed that they really were just holding the fort till fer