Guerra, Ramón (1841–1922)
Guerra, Ramón (1841–1922)
Ramón Guerra (b. 1841; d. 1922), Venezuelan caudillo. Guerra began his political and military career during the Federal War (1859–1863), becoming a key figure in the Venezuelan political alliances of the era. He was an opponent of Juan Crisóstomo Falcón; both an enemy and temporary ally of Antonio Guzmán Blanco; a successful military commander (1892) and later member of the Consejo Militar (1893) in the regime of General Joaquín Crespo; and a crucial figure behind the victory of Cipriano Castro, whom he later opposed in La Libertadora Revolution of 1901–1903. He supported the accession to power of Juan Vicente Gómez and was part of the Council of Government. When that body dissolved in 1914, Guerra retired permanently from public life.
See alsoFederal War (Venezuela 1859–1863) .
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ramón J. Velásquez, La caída del liberalismo amarillo: Tiempo y drama de Antonio Paredes (1977).
Inés Quintero, El ocaso de una estirpe: La centralización restauradora y el fin de los caudillos histórico (1989).
Additional Bibliography
Cipriani Castro y su tiempo histórico. Caracas: Fondo Editorial Nacional: José Agustín Catalá, 1999.
Machado Guzmán, Gustavo. Historia gráfica de la Guerra Federal de Venezuela: Período de la federación. Caracas: s.n., 2002.
InÉs Quintero