Restorative Liberal Revolution

Restorative Liberal Revolution
	Part of the Venezuelan civil wars and Venezuelan coups d'état
	; Entrance of Cipriano Castro to Caracas in 1899
Date	13 February – 23 October 1899
Location	Venezuela
Result	Restorative victory; Ignacio Andrade overthrown; Beginning of the Andean hegemony; End of the hegemony of Yellow Liberalism;
Belligerents
Restorative Rebels	Government of Ignacio Andrade
Commanders and leaders
Cipriano Castro; Juan Vicente Gómez; Luciano Mendoza; Leopoldo Baptista; Samuel Acosta; Luis Lima Loreto	Ignacio Andrade; Diego Bautista Ferrer

The Restorative Liberal Revolution, also known as the Invasion of the 60 due to the number of men with whom the movement began, was an expedition of Venezuelans exiled in Colombia under the command of Cipriano Castro that began on 23 May 1899, with the purpose of overthrowing the government of Venezuelan President Ignacio Andrade.

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