Spain had achieved independence from France. Fernando VII was in power and was worried about what was happening in their colonies. That's why I decided to send General Pablo Morillo, who had been prominent in the war against France, to refer to the "rebels."
Morillo Pampatar came to the April 9 and was able to quickly lay leaders and patriots Bermúdez Arismendi, who managed to escape. However, his wife Luisa Caceres was captured and imprisoned in a dungeon of the Castle of Santa Rosa in La Asunción, where he lost the baby she was carrying in her womb.
In the same year 1817, the Patriots led by Francisco Esteban Gomez Morillo to overcome in Margarita, in the battle of Matasiete on July 31. This name Matasiete, is that the realists to overcome many patriots, who were killing each to seven enemies.
Castillo San Carlos Borromeo
Also known as Fortress Pampatar is located in the city of Pampatar east of the island of Margarita. Witness the history of Independence that includes the 1800s.
Castillo Santa Rosa
Castle Santa Rosa is located in Asuncion, capital of Nueva Esparta State, which has been restructured in its inner part and the work has been done with great care to leave intact its colonial aspect. It is one of the most crowded by tourists and visitors, where you can see objects at the time, park of ammunition, guns, jails, especially where it remained captive heroine Luisa Caceres de Arismendi.
Luisa Caceres de Arismendi
Heroine of Independence and a symbol of human strength in adversity. Wife of the hero Juan Bautista Arismendi. Daughter of Dominic and Carmen Diaz Caceres. His father, a professor of Latin at a young age taught him to read and write, as well as ethical and moral principles that gave her courage during the years of captivity and exile.
1814 was a year for the fledgling Republic side and also for the family Caceres, the March 6 troops head realistic Francisco Rosete Ocumare stormed the garrison and killed the father of Luisa who was there at the invitation of his friend Commander John José Toro. Military commander of Caracas at the head of which was Juan Bautista Arismendi, organized an expedition on March 14 in aid of the besieged in Ocumare patriots, among the soldiers of the operation was Felix Caceres, elder brother of Luisa. Arismendi troops were defeated and Luisa's brother is taken prisoner and executed on March 16.
On July 7, 1814, during the withdrawal of the patriotic forces of Caracas towards the East, following the progress of the terrible forces commanded by José Tomás Boves, tragedy once again plays up the life of Luisa Caceres, since in four aunts die crossing itself, leaving it alone and live a younger brother.
Migrants passing through Barcelona and go to where they Cumaná late August, many of them manage to go to Margarita, where Arismendi can ensure greater security. During this time, Colonel Arismendi family looking for Caceres, who had known and frequented by some time in Caracas in the Christmas of 1813, providing for this reason, clothing, shelter and other resources. On December 4, 1814 he married Luisa Caceres Juan Bautista Arismendi.
In September 1815, the Spanish authorities ordered the arrest of Bautista Arismendi, who escapes and hides in one of his sons in the mountains of Cerro Copey, on September 24, Luisa Caceres who was pregnant was taken hostage to break her husband. Closed for a time in the family home amnesia, days after it is transferred to a prison of the fortress of Santa Rosa.
Meanwhile, the military actions of Arismendi allow prisoners to make several heads of Spanish Cobián including the commander of the fortress of Santa Rosa; why the chief Joaquin realistic Arismendi Urreiztieta proposed prisoner swap for his wife, such an offer is rejected and the emissary receives response: "Tell the chief Spanish that I do not want without a wife." On January 26, 1816, Louise gives birth to a girl who dies at birth given the conditions of confinement and the dungeon in which he was imprisoned.
Later, it moved to Pampatar stronghold where he stayed several days before being sent to the prison of La Guaira and finally to the convent of the Immaculate Conception in Caracas, where he entered as a prisoner on March 22, 1816. During this time he was held incommunicado and without news of their relatives. The triumphs of the republican forces commanded by General Arismendi and by José Antonio Páez in Apure, determine that Luisa is transferred to Cadiz, where it is shipped on December 3, 1816.
The boat was traveling in was attacked by a pirate ship, which takes over the entire cargo and passengers to leave the island of Santa Maria in the Azores. Unable to return to Venezuela, Luisa reach Cadiz on January 17, 1817. Is presented to the Captain General of Andalusia, who protested the treatment he was subjected by the Spanish authorities in America, and gives the status of confinement, besides giving a pension of 10 real fleece daily. During his stay in Cadiz, he refused to sign a document which should show their loyalty to the king of Spain and deny the paternity of her husband, patriot, to which replied that her husband's duty was to serve the homeland and fight for freedom . On May 3 1818 comes to Philadelphia, then escaped with the help of Cadiz Francisco Carabaña and Mr. English Tottem; then goes to the lands where Margaret July 26 1818. Finally, September 19, 1819, the Indian Council issues a decision that gave him absolute freedom and power to determine where you want your residence. Caracas lived until his death. His remains were transferred to the National Pantheon in 1876.
Juan Bautista Arismendi
Born in La Asunción (Nueva Esparta Edo.) on 24.6.1770 He died in Caracas on 22.6.1841
Officer (Senior General) Venezuela Army in the War of Independence and subsequent years. Son of the captain of militia and Miguel Arismendi Mariana Subero. Husband of the heroine Luisa Caceres de Arismendi. In 1790 began in the arms race as a cadet battalion of militia on the island of Margarita. In 1804 he married his first wife, Maria del Rosario Irala. In 1810 he was promoted to colonel by the Interim Board was formed in the island during the events of April 19 of that year. In January 1812 he was part of the expedition which sailed from Cumaná to Guiana, in order to control the province appeared to ignore the government in Caracas as a result of the movement in 1810. After its entry into Caracas (1812), Domingo de Monteverde ordered governor of Margarita Martínez Pascual, Juan Bautista Arismendi arrest along with other patriots. After several months in the vaults of La Guaira, Arismendi won freedom .
In early 1813 his wife died. Back in the island of Margarita, Arismendi led a movement against the government of Pascual Martinez, which ended with the deposition and his death. Then in early November 1813 came to Caracas where he received the recognition of Simón Bolívar as chief of the Republic, after which he went to Windward to reinforce the actions of Lieutenant Colonel Francisco Aristiguieta Bolívar, who had been sent in September that year to cooperate with some units of troops from the east against realistic operating in the villages of Panaquire, Mamporal, Chico River and others in the same area.
In 1814 received the medal of the Order of Liberators of Venezuela, Bolívar established by the October 22 1813, on that occasion would serve as interim military governor of Caracas, whose owner was General José Félix Ribas. On December 4, 1814, and the widower of his first wife, married to Luisa Caceres. On January 8, 1815, a board of elders and parents of the Assumption trusted political government of the island to a triumvirate consisting of Lares Juan Miguel, Juan Silva and Antonio Gaspar Marcano. Colonel Arismendi was given the post of commander of all forces on land and water Margarita; these measures to address a possible offensive by the head realistic Francisco Tomás Morales.
Data Independence
As everywhere in the world, the ideas of humanism and human rights led to the Spanish colonies in America to a strong independence movement. In Venezuela, the war of independence was fought between 1810 and 1821 under the leadership of Simón Bolívar military genius. Margarita was one of the first provinces that managed to defeat the Spanish troops, which were much more numerous and better equipped than the patriots Margarita. The courage and ferocity of the inhabitants originated the name of Sparta New for this region. During times of Cologne and independence, the island was the target of frequent pirate attacks. Several castles and forts were built to repel these attacks, and some remain today as reminders of a turbulent past.
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