Although the newly independent Venezuela proclaimed a democratic government, political power remained in the hands of the whites, and royalist sympathisers took advantage of this to incite rebellion among the disadvantaged classes.
尽管新独立的委内瑞拉宣布建立民主政府,但政治权力仍然掌握白人手中,保皇派同情者利用这一点煽动弱势阶层的叛乱。