Simón Bolívar - Venezuelan Second National Congress
Time: Monday Feb 15, 1819
Place: Angostura, Venezuela
Details: On 15 February 1819, Bolívar was able to open the Venezuelan Second National Congress in Angostura, in which he was elected president and Francisco Antonio Zea was elected vice president. Bolívar then decided that he would first fight for the independence of New Granada, to gain resources of the vice royalty, intending later to consolidate the independence of Venezuela.
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