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- - - - March 26, 1812, was an extraordinarily hot day, even for steamy Venezuela. Except for a pattering of rain, all was unusually quiet. Suddenly, the earth began to shake violently. A low rumble broke the silence as houses and buildings cracked and then collapsed. The screams of trapped and injured people pierced the air.
        
        A huge earthquake had struck Venezuela. Caracas, the capital, and other areas under rebel control were hit the hardest. Nearly twenty thousand people were killed, including most of the rebel soldiers in Caracas. The capital and several other cities were nearly flattened, but the royalist controlled towns were spared.
- - - - Venezuela regarded Bolívar as a hero. That is when people first began calling
      - “The Liberator.” Bolívar had earned a quick victory, but the war was far from over. And it
      - became even bloodier and crueler than it had been before. The Andes Mountains form a high barrier on the western edge of South America bordering the Pacific Ocean.