Cristóbal Mendoza of the Republic of Venezuela. In 1813 Mendoza fled a royalist invasion and moved to Grenada, and soon after he joined Simon Bolivar's effort to liberate South America from Spanish rule. Bolivar appointed Mendoza the governor of Mérida in May 1813, and Mendoza was appointed governor of Caracas several months later. Fleeing Venezuela again in 1814 when José Tomás Boves conquered Caracas, Mendoza moved to Trinidad, where from 1819 and 1820 he was an active political writer for the "Correo del Orinoco". In 1826, Francisco de Paula Santander appointed Mendoza as Mayor of the Department of Venezuela in the empire
Simon Bolivar Youth Symphonic Band Band released its first album, titled Mambos y Fanfarria!, with a concert at the National Center for Social Action for Music. The album was recorded under the German conductor Thomas Clamor, produced by GENUIN , and includes: pieces by Ravel, Mendelssohn, and Mussorgsky, as well as by Latin American composers Castro D'Addona, Ginastera and Perez Prado. In July 2013, the SBYSB undertook its first tour of Europe that included performances at festivals and venues in France, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland and Spain. Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar Simon Bolivar Youth Symphonic Band The Simon Bolivar Youth Symphonic Band (SBYSB) () is the