In 1811 Francisco Miranda persuaded Venezuela's National Congress to declare independence. Sebastian Francisco de Miranda y Rodriguez de Espinoza (28 March 1750 - 14 July 1816), commonly known as Francisco de Miranda was a Venezuelan military leader and revolutionary

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