Upon these tidings Bolívar left his retreat for Angostura, where, emboldened by Brion, he dissolved the congress and the triumvirate, to replace them by a "supreme council of the nation", with himself as the chief, Brion and Francisco Antonio Zea as the directors, the former of the military, the latter of the political section. However, Piar, the conqueror of Guiana, who once before had threatened to try him before a court-martial as a deserter, was not sparing of his sarcasms against the "Napoleon of the retreat", and Bolívar consequently accepted a plan for getting rid of him.
Upon hearing these news, Bolívar left his retreat for Angostura, where he dissolved the congress and the triumvirate, replacing them with a "supreme council of the nation", with himself as the chief, Brion and Francisco Antonio Zea as the directors, the former military, the latter political. However, Piar, who had previously threatened to try him before a court-martial for desertion, was not sparing in his mockery of Bolívar's actions, leading to Bolívar accepting a plan to eliminate him.