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Juan Crisóstomo Falcón

1820–1870 · 19th century

Juan Crisóstomo Falcón was a Venezuelan general and Liberal leader who commanded the federalist forces in the Federal War after the death of Ezequiel Zamora in 1860. Following the Treaty of Coche in 1863 he became president, and the constitution of 1864 renamed the country the United States of Venezuela. Weakened by regional revolts, his government fell to the Blue Revolution in 1868.

Juan Crisóstomo Falcón
Image: Martín Tovar y Tovar (1827 - 1902) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
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