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
The Liberator (magazine) form a new publication. This new magazine, "The Workers Monthly", was fundamentally similar to the 1923–24 vintage "Liberator" and continued as the Workers Party's de facto theoretical journal until 1927, at which time it was given a new form and title as "The Communist". In January 1945 the name of the publication was changed to "Political Affairs". In January 2008, "Political Affairs" ceased publication as printed paper, switching to an entirely web-based existence. It continues as such at this time (2014). The Liberator (magazine) The Liberator was a monthly socialist magazine established by Max Eastman and his sister Crystal Eastman