 He settled in New York, from where he traveled through the United States, Europe and South America but later returned to Venezuela in 1876 at the advent of a new president, Francisco Linares Alcántara.However, in just one year he returned to New York again, when Guzmán Blanco returned to power.Pérez Bonalde came back to his home country in 1889 at the request of President Raimundo Andueza Palacio but he could not assume his new post as diplomat due to health problems.