Venezuelan War of Independence
The establishment of the Supreme Caracas Junta following the forced deposition of Vicente Emparan as Captain General of the Captaincy General of Venezuela on April 19, 1810, marked the beginnings of the war. On July 5, 1811, seven of the ten provinces of the Captaincy General of Venezuela declared their independence in the Venezuelan Declaration of Independence. The First Republic of Venezuela was lost in 1812 following the 1812 Caracas earthquake and the Battle of La Victoria (1812). Simón Bolívar led an "Admirable Campaign" to retake Venezuela, establishing the Second Republic of Venezuela in 1813; but this too did not last, falling to a combination of a local uprising and Spanish royalist reconquest. Only as part of Bolívar's campaign to liberate New Granada in 1819-20 did Venezuela achieve a lasting independence from Spain (initially as part of Gran Colombia).
Taiwan–Venezuela relations
In 1971, Venezuela voted against the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 to retain the ROC's seat in the United Nations. However, Venezuela broke diplomatic relations with Taiwan in favor of the People's Republic of China on 28 June 1974. An unofficial missions in Caracas, known as the Oficina Comercial de Taiwan was established to replace the former embassy. This was later renamed the Oficina Económica y Cultural de Taipei. Since the closure of the Office in 2009, the Oficina Comercial de Taipei in Bogota, Colombia, has had responsibility for Venezuela.