Nearly two years later, in June 1821, Bolívar's troops fought the decisive Battle of Carabobo that liberated Caracas from Spanish rule. In August delegates from Venezuela and Colombia met at the border town of Cúcuta to formally sign the Constitution of the Republic of Gran Colombia , with its capital in Bogotá. Bolívar was named president and Francisco de Paula Santander, a Colombian, was named vice president.

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