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- - - - Bolívar may have been defeated, but he never gave up! First, Bolívar must recognize Haiti`s government once he established his government in South America. Second, Bolívar must free all enslaved people.
        
        He needed the Venezuelans to join his army, but most either supported the royalists or were indifferent to the war altogether.If he could gain their support, Bolívar might still win the war.
        
        In July 1817, Bolívar sailed up the Orinoco River and set up headquarters in the town of Angostura. It was a small, isolated town where the rebels could reorganize without interference from the Spaniards and royalists.
        
        ON TO BOGOTA
        
        Bolívar decided on a bold move.The Spanish leaders thought no rebel army would be able to cross the hundreds of miles of trackless country and climb the mountains to attack such an isolated place.But that is exactly why Bolívar did it.
        
        The army endured rain, wind, and floods.” Soldiers were swept away in floods, lost in quicksand, and killed by disease.
        
        Bolívar returned to Angostura where he joined forces with a new llanero chieftain, José Antonio Páez.Once again, Bolívar surprised the royalist forces by attacking from an unexpected direction.
        
        All the horses died, and Bolívar lost many men.But still, the army struggled on until finally, exhausted and out of supplies, they descended from the mountains into New Granada.There they were given fresh supplies and horses.As Bolívar had hoped, his army surprised the Spanish troops.The main Spanish army was beaten, and Bolívar marched into Bogotá almost without resistance.
        
        Bolívar left behind a general from New Granada to establish a government there and then turned once again to the liberation of Venezuela.
- - - - Miranda had spent a lifetime talking about independence, yet he failed now because he lacked support in his native land. They enjoyed the power of being second only to the Spaniards and did not want their relationship with the lower classes to change. All the Creoles wanted was to get rid of the upper class, the Spaniards.
    - - Miranda arrived in Venezuela in February 1806 with 150 men and a fleet of three ships, two of which he got in Santo Domingo, and the third from the British navy.55 Venezuelan independence was a lifelong dream for Miranda, however, and he refused to accept defeat.This time, Miranda landed his troops in Venezuela but found little local support.