Although they used to work together in ensuring democracy, they turned on each other because Venustiano believed that Porfirio Diaz was becoming too conservative and even totalitarian so they started opposing each other. Venustiano's anger grew even more when he lost the elections due to the lack of Diaz's support.</span>
He was the leader of the Military and he was very determined to exterminate leftism in Chile and to reassert free market policies in the countries economy