Antonio José de Sucre: The Abel of America (+birthday)

On February 3, 1795, the military and politician Antonio José de Sucre, a hero of the independence wars, was born in the city of Cumaná, who, under the command of the Liberator Simon Bolivar, participated in the sweep of South American lands from the Spanish Empire.

From a very young age, he stood out for his courage, courage and love for human causes, which led him to join the ranks of a rebellious youth that rose up under the ideal of freedom, solidarity and equality that had guided the French Revolution.

After the fall of the First Republic, he joined the ranks of the Liberation Army commanded by General Santiago Mariño and at only 18 years of age he participated in operations for the liberation of Venezuela, where, as the dean of this general, in 1814, he witnessed the conjunction of forces from the East with those of the West in the valleys of Aragua.

With the end of the Second Republic, he moved to the islands of the Antilles, Cartagena, to culminate in Haiti, carrying out his return, shipwrecked in the Gulf of Paria. In 1816, Mariño appointed him chief of staff and promoted him to colonel. This same leader appointed him in 1817, when he was only 22 years old, as commander of the province of Cumaná.

His prodigious ability and dedication to study made him worthy of carrying out tasks such as the drafting of the Treaty of Armistice and Regularization of the War, considered by Bolívar to be “the most beautiful monument of piety applied to war”.

After holding various positions within the Revolutionary Government headed by the Liberator, and having demonstrated his loyalty and capacity for the art of war, at only 26 years old, Bolívar decided to hand him over the responsibility of the Army of the South, where the genius of Sucre was deployed, achieving impressive triumphs such as those obtained in the Battle of Junín and Ayacucho, which sealed the Independence of our America.

229 years after the birth of this Giant of Freedom, the Venezuelan people rise up with the shining example of Antonio José de Sucre, who illuminates the struggles of the children of this sacred land to which the Abel of America gave his life.

Mazo News Team