Sea Battle of Lake Maracaibo
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The fight was fought in the waters of Lake Maracaibo, west of present-day Venezuela. It resulted in a decisive victory for the Republican forces, with the capture or destruction of almost all of the Spanish squadron.
The defeat of the Spanish forces at the Lago was followed by the capitulation and surrender of the city of Maracaibo, which had been occupied by the realists in September 1822 after the battle of Salina Rica.
As a result of this victory, the independence of the former Spanish colonies of New Granada and Venezuela, grouped under the name of Republic of Colombia, was definitively consolidated, with the last realistic stronghold in the independent territories the Plaza de Puerto Cabello. In Colombia and Venezuela, the battle is commemorated every July 24 as the Day of the Colombian National Navy and the Bolivarian Navy.
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3 years ago
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