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than eight months. Another aspect that contributed to complicate the political and social panorama was the failure to apply the
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and the confrontation of recurrent political conflicts that made the use of resources from the Public
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and his conservative supporters who had held power in the period between 1830 and 1847 (known as the
Conservative Oligarchy) to make common cause with the liberal opposition. However, for many liberals, Monagas was nothing more than an opportunist who was more interested in staying in power than
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ruled (1847–1858). Additionally, this period featured political sectarianism, high corruption, mismanagement of public finances and the central government's lack of concern with the provinces. The consequences were extreme political violence and great social chaos. Similar events had occurred in
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came to an end without bloodshed, during the revolution, masses of bandits and peasant rebels were formed, who prepared the ground for a political and social conflict of greater intensity, which would be break the following year: the
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