1861 Venezuelan coup d'état

thumb|José Antonio Páez The 1861 Venezuelan coup d'état was a coup d'état carried out by former president José Antonio Páez against the interim government of Pedro Gual from within his own Conservative Party during the Federal War. History After the fall of the government of Julián Castro during the Federal War, Pedro Gual and Manuel Felipe de Tovar briefly assumed the presidency of the country. The Conservative Party was divided between those who supported a civilian direction and those who supported a military direction for the nation.Harwich Vallenilla Nikita Guerra Federal https://bibliofep.fundacionempresaspolar.org/dhv/entradas/g/guerra-federal 2026-08-07 Fundación Empresas Polar Diccionario de Historia de Venezuela es José Antonio Páez returned to Venezuela in March 1861; President Tovar resigned and Pedro Gual assumed office again. On August 19, 1861, a movement of Páez supporters rose up in Valencia against the government of Gual.1861 - Cronología de historia de Venezuela https://bibliofep.fundacionempresaspolar.org/_custom/static/cronologia_hv/zoom/s19/1861-7.html 2026-08-07 Fundación Empresas Polar es Colonel Manuel Echezuría then took Caracas with this armed movement and placed President Gual under arrest on the 29th of that month,Lucca Rafael Arráiz Rafael Arráiz Lucca 2021-10-10 José Antonio Páez: guerrero, pacifista y republicano (y III Parte) https://lga.lagranaldea.com/2021/10/10/jose-antonio-paez-guerrero-pacifista-y-republicano-y-iii-parte/ 2026-08-07 La Gran Aldea es thus consummating a coup d'état.La trompeta de la guerra en la voz de Juan Vicente González http://erevistas.saber.ula.ve/index.php/presenteypasado/article/viewFile/19535/21921931134 esMadrid Raúl L. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/birth-of-democracy-in-south-america/A8EA21756D12D27A6171337F2BF3F415 The Birth of Democracy in South America 2025 Cambridge University Press 978-1-009-63381-9 Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics Cambridge After these events, Páez agreed to assume his third government as supreme civil and military chief of Venezuela, governing until 1863. See also Dictatorship of José Antonio Páez References Category:Coups d'état in Venezuela Category:1860s coups d'état Category:1861 in Venezuela Category:Federal War Category:José Antonio Páez