Santiago Mariño: Tireless warrior who never left the patriotic ranks (+seeding)
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Published at: 04/09/2024 08:08 AM
On September 4, 1854, the general in chief of the Venezuelan Army, Santiago Mariño, died in La Victoria , Aragua State, remembered by history as the leader who guided the campaign that freed Eastern Venezuela from realistic forces in 1813.
Mariño was born on July 25, 1788 in the state of Nueva Esparta. After the fall of the First Republic, he went to Trinidad and Tobago, from where he led a military expedition that, after 6 months, resulted in the liberation of the provinces of Cumaná and Barcelona.
In February 1814, he moved, with his army, to the center of the country, where he defeated José Tomás Boves in Bocachica, Aragua. He joined forces with El Libertador, Simon Bolivar, and they won the First Battle of Carabobo, on May 28, 5, 1814.
With the loss of the Second Republic, he went to Cartagena and then to Jamaica, from where he was part of the Los Cayos expedition commanded by Bolivar.
In 1816 on Margarita Island, an assembly proclaimed Bolivar supreme head of the Republic, and Mariño his second.
Santiago Mariño died at 66 years of age, retired from public and political activities. His remains have been buried in the National Pantheon since January 29, 1877.
Mazo News Team