Liberté, égalité, fraternité
According to an account by historian José Gil Fortoul, two French adventurers who had joined the forces of General Ezequiel Zamora near Barinas initially suggested that the customary "...your humble servant" valediction in written communications be replaced with "Liberté, égalité, fraternité", which was finally modified to "Dios y Federación". The phrase subsequently became emblematic of the rebel movement.