Puerto Cabello: la rendición del último bastión monárquico en Venezuela durante las guerras de Independencia

Abstract

Within the framework of the commemoration of the Bicentennial of the period of Independence of the Hispano-American nations, this article aims to analyze the process of surrendering the city of Puerto Cabello, the last bastion of the monarchical regime in Venezuela. After signing the capitulations, several stages can be identified that will be examined throughout this article: surrender, swearing-in, demobilization, weapons delivery and reintegration. This peaceful way was, in real terms, a reasonable option of the two sides in the final phase of a long and bloody war. This work is part of the purpose of reviewing the process of Independence not from the prism of war as was the constant of traditional historiography but from the perspective of negotiated pathways.