Assassinated Bolivian People - Assassinated Bolivian Politicians, Antonio Jose de Sucre, Manuel Isidoro Belzu, Juan Jose Torres (Paperback)

Chapters: Assassinated Bolivian Politicians, Antonio Jose de Sucre, Manuel Isidoro Belzu, Juan Jose Torres, Mariano Melgarejo, Hilarion Daza, Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz, Pedro Blanco Soto. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Antonio Jose de Sucre y Alcala (February 3, 1795 June 4, 1830), known as the "Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho" (English: ), was a Venezuelan independence leader. Sucre was one of Simon Bolivar's closest friends, generals and statesmen. Sucre was born in a family of Cumana which was then part of the Spanish Viceroyalty of Nueva Granada and the Captaincy-General of Venezuela, son of Vicente de Sucre y Garcia de Urbaneja and wife Maria Manuela de Alcala y Sanchez Ramirez de Arellano. There is some dispute as to his ancestry. According to one noted Venezuelan genealogist, Sucre is a descendant of Charles de Succre, a member of a French-Flemish family appointed by the king of Spain to be governor of Cuba. According to the German "Lexikon des Judentums," however, Sucre is a descendant of a Bavarian Jewish family named "Zucker." In 1814, Sucre joined the battles for American independence from Spain. He proved himself an able military leader; in 1818, he was promoted to the rank of colonel and in 1821, at the age of 26, he was given the rank of brigadier general, making him one of the youngest Generals in the army. After the Battle of Boyaca, Sucre was made Bolivar's chief of staff. In 1821, Bolivar put him in charge of the campaign to liberate Quito, and Sucre won a decisive victory at the Battle of Pichincha on May 24, 1822. Shortly after the battle, Sucre and Bolivar entered the newly-liberated Quito and Sucre was named President of the Province of Quito. Further victories followed over the Spanish forces in Peru, notably on August 6, 182...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=22811