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49-598: Its provincial capital, Cumaná , was refounded in 1569 by explorer Diego Hernández de Serpa . The Province originally comprised what is now eastern Venezuela , western Guyana , and far northern Brazil . In the following centuries, its jurisdiction was reduced to Cumaná and Barcelona and was synonymous with Cumaná Province. Early in its history, the conquistador Joan Orpí founded a new Province, of Nueva Cataluña (New Catalonia), also known as New Barcelona after its capital, Barcelona , partly from territory belonging to New Andalusia. This lasted from 1637 to 1654, when it

98-480: A Peruvian invasion force led by third President and General of Peru José de La Mar , whose intentions had been to annex Guayaquil and the rest of Ecuador to Peru. When a strong movement arose against Bolívar, his followers, and the Bolivian constitution in 1828, Sucre resigned. Sucre was killed on 4 June 1830. General Juan José Flores wanted to separate the southern departments (Quito, Guayaquil, and Azuay), called

147-639: A Spanish noblewoman. Charles de Sucre y Pardo served as a soldier in Catalonia in 1698 and was later named Governor of Cartagena de Indias and Captain General of Cuba . On 22 December 1779, Charles de Sucre y Pardo arrived in Cumaná , Venezuela, having been named Governor of New Andalucia , which includes present-day Sucre State . In 1814, Antonio José de Sucre joined the fight for South American independence from Spain. The Battle of Pichincha took place on 24 May 1822, on

196-559: A large Spanish fort, is open to the public and can be seen from the beach. Also surviving is the Santa Maria de la Cabeza castle , which was built in 1669. The Museo del Mar (Museum of the Sea) displays marine and maritime artifacts. The Cumana region is home to the Endler's livebearer , a vibrantly coloured aquarium fish named after John Endler who discovered it in nearby Laguna de Los Patos. This fish

245-528: A power-hungry, ambitious General Obando paid an assassin to kill Sucre by falsely informing the assassin that Sucre was a traitor and had to be stopped because Sucre's intentions were to go to Quito and separate the Department of Cauca and the three southern departments of Colombia and unite them with Peru. In reality, Sucre, a protégé of Bolívar, was going to Quito to stop the separation of the District of Ecuador from

294-422: A sergeant named Lorenzo Caicedo, with some help from others, buried the body and marked the makeshift grave with a cross formed of branches. When the widow received news of the assassination, she promptly brought Sucre's remains from Berruecos to Quito, where they were interred in secret in the oratory of the chapel of "El Dean" on one of her haciendas. Subsequently, she had the remains transferred, also in secret, to

343-473: A similar fate, had fled in panic. Later, Juan Gregorio Sarria and Colonel Apolinar Morillo confessed that it was Obando who had convinced them to assassinate Sucre. Commander Juan Gregorio Sarria also confessed that Obando had paid him to kill Sucre, since there were anti-Bolívar politicians and officers in Bogotá that wanted to see both Bolívar and Sucre eliminated. The ringleader of the anti-Bolívar faction in Bogotá

392-417: A solution, suggesting that in the same manner which from Romulus comes Rome, from Bolívar ought to come the new nation of Bolivia . " If from Romulus, Rome; from Bolívar, it is Bolivia ". When Bolívar got the news of the decision, he felt flattered by the young nation, but until then he had not willingly accepted Upper Peru's independence because he was worried about its future, due to Bolivia's location in

441-480: A threat, the city was on several occasions destroyed by earthquakes . Thus, the oldest part of the city is late 17th and 18th century; almost none of the 16th century architecture survived. Gained independence on 7/5/1811. The city has a hot semi arid (Koppen: BSh) climate, narrowly bordering a tropical savanna climate (Koppen: Aw). The city features a wide variety of colonial style architecture still in excellent condition. The San Antonio de la Eminencia Castle,

490-595: Is a busy maritime port, home of one of the largest tuna fleets in Venezuela. The city is close to Mochima National Park , whose beaches are a popular tourist destination among Venezuelans. Key heroes of and contributors to the Venezuelan independence movement were born in Cumaná, including Antonio José de Sucre , the ‘Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho,’ a leading general who also served as President of Bolivia and President of Peru. Cumaná

539-553: Is also the birthplace to eminent poets, writers and politicians like Andrés Eloy Blanco , an important figure in Latin American literature and who later rose to the national political scene; as well as José Antonio Ramos Sucre , another distinguished poet and diplomat. Several important scientists including Pehr Löfling from Sweden, Alexander von Humboldt from Germany, and Aimé Bonpland from France accomplished experimental works and discoveries while visiting or living in Cumaná in

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588-470: Is now extinct within the lake but survives in home aquaria across the world. The city is served by Antonio José de Sucre Airport , with commercial passenger airline flights to Caracas. Antonio Jos%C3%A9 de Sucre Antonio José de Sucre y Alcalá ( Spanish pronunciation: [anˈtonjo xoˈse ðe ˈsukɾej alkaˈla] ; 3 February 1795 – 4 June 1830), known as the " Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho " (English: "Grand Marshal of Ayacucho " ),

637-509: Is the capital city of Venezuela 's Sucre State . It is located 402 kilometres (250 mi) east of Caracas . Cumaná was one of the first cities founded by Spain in the mainland Americas and is the oldest continuously-inhabited Hispanic-established city in South America . Its early history includes several successful counters by the indigenous people of the area who were attempting to prevent Spanish incursion into their land, resulting in

686-695: The Patriot forces to triumph at the Battle of Pichincha and liberated Quito , from which modern Ecuador would eventually emerge. As Bolívar's chief lieutenant, he went on to score a decisive victory over the Spanish Royalist army at the Battle of Ayacucho in 1824, which effectively secured the independence of Peru . Afterwards he moved into Upper Peru , pacified the Royalist resistance and set up an administration on Bolívar's orders. The region achieved independence as

735-610: The "Chichas" Battalion. in charge of colonel Medinacelli, while Valdez was sent to Chuquisaca with the "Union" Infantry Battalion and loyalist militias, and Olañeta himself marched toward Vitichi , with 60,000 pieces of gold from the Coin House in Potosí. But for the Spanish military personnel in Upper Peru, it was too little too late, as since 1821 all out guerilla warfare had raged in this part of

784-597: The 18th century. The city is also home to a Toyota plant, which manufactures the Hilux and Toyota Fortuner . Cumaná was the first settlement founded by Spain in Venezuela , established in 1515 by Franciscan friars , under the name Nueva Toledo, but due to successful attacks by the indigenous people (such as the Cumanagoto people ), it had to be refounded several times until Diego Hernández de Serpa 's refoundation in 1569 with

833-535: The Bolivia, and Sucre was inaugurated as president of the new republic after Bolívar passed on the duty. Sucre's tenure as president was beset by difficulties, and opposition to his rule mounted as the populace turned against Bolívar and his followers. He was forced to resign in 1828, but was recalled to military duty on the outbreak of the Gran Colombia–Peru War , in which he commanded Colombian forces and fought

882-737: The Carmen Bajo Convent in Quito, where they were placed facing the main altar of the church. Seventy years later, in April 1900, Sucre's remains were discovered and, their authenticity scrupulously verified, transferred to the Quito Cathedral on 4 June 1900, in a sumptuous parade led by the Executive and his Ministers, the high dignitaries of the Church, and the diplomatic corps. At the time, the government ordered

931-509: The District of Ecuador, from the Gran Colombia so as to form an independent country and become its first President. General Flores believed that if Antonio José de Sucre arrived in Quito from Bogotá, he could thwart his plans, since Sucre was very popular due to his reputation as a hero and leader in the Battles of Pichincha, Tarqui and Ayacucho. General Juan José Flores put himself in contact with

980-465: The Gran Colombia and to retire as soon as possible in Quito to live a quiet life with his wife. Some have argued that Sucre was ordered assassinated by General Obando so as to leave no clear successor to Bolívar in the Gran Colombia. Before his death, Bolívar believed Sucre to be the only man who could have reunited the Gran Colombia; however, Bolívar's generals and the majority of the politicians running

1029-903: The Patriot forces to victory over the Viceroy José de la Serna , who was wounded. After the battle, second commander-in-chief José de Canterac signed the final capitulation of the Royalist army on his behalf. As a result, he was promoted, at the request of the Peruvian Congress, to Marshal and as General in Chief by the Colombian legislature. After the victory at Ayacucho, following precise orders from Bolívar, Sucre, nominated as Ayacucho's Grand Marshal, entered Upper Peru (known today as Bolivia ) territory on 25 February 1825. Besides having orders of installing an immediately independent administration, his role

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1078-590: The Peruvian invaders to a standstill. He was assassinated in Berruecos , Colombia in 1830, and the identity of the conspirators remains a subject of historical speculation. The aristocratic Sucre family traces its roots back to origins in Flanders . It arrived in Venezuela through Charles de Sucre y Franco Perez, a Flemish nobleman, son of Charles Adrian de Sucre, Marquess of Peru and Buenaventura Carolina Isabel Garrido y Pardo,

1127-724: The Province became one of the Provinces of Gran Colombia (after 1824, within the Orinoco Department ). Capital: Cumaná. Cantones: Following Venezuelan independence in 1830, it became a Province of Venezuela , until the creation of the States of Venezuela in 1864. Between 1810 and 1840 it lost the Canton Piacoa (covering the Orinoco River delta) to Guayana Province ; this later became

1176-504: The Republic and Supreme Chief of State". Bolívar thanked them for these honors, but declined the presidency of the Republic, a duty he gave instead to the victor of Ayacucho, Grand Marshal Sucre, who would later be sworn in the same day as the first President of Bolivia . After some time, the subject of the name of the Young nation arose again, and a Potosían deputy named Manuel Martín Cruz offered

1225-478: The Spanish colonial administrative jurisdiction from which the Republic of Ecuador would eventually emerge. As of late 1824, Royalists still had control of most of southern Peru as well as Real Felipe Fort in the port of Callao . On 9 December 1824, the Battle of Ayacucho took place at Pampa de La Quinua, near the town of Quinua , between Royalist and Patriot forces. Sucre, as Simón Bolívar 's lieutenant, led

1274-547: The Sucre assassination party were poisoned by Apolinar Morillo to prevent them from testifying about Sucre's murder. In the end, Colonel Apolinar Morillo was convicted and shot in the main square of Bogotá for the murder of Sucre on 30 November 1842, and José Erazo died in prison that same year. José Maria Obando was granted immunity due to the fact that he was too powerful in the Cauca Department . The following day Sucre's orderly,

1323-484: The altar where the free people shed the first blood, and the land where the last of the tyrants’ tombs finally lays. Today, the Upper Peruvian departments protest in the face of the whole Earth its irrevocable resolution to be governed by themselves. " Through a decree it was determined that the new state in Upper Peru would carry the name of "República Bolívar", in honor of the liberator, who was designated as "Father of

1372-545: The anti-Bolívar and anti-Sucre leader Brigadier-General and the Commanding General of Cauca, José María Obando , who was not present at Sucre's death but who delegated this criminal act to the Venezuelan Colonel Apolinar Morillo, Commander Juan Gregorio Sarria (who later confessed he had been paid by Obando), José Erazo (a highway bandit and guerrilla fighter), and three peons as accomplices. The plan

1421-552: The baggage, two sergeants, one being the Marshal's orderly, a representative to the Congress from Cuenca, and his servant, and finally Sucre himself. When Sucre approached La Jacoba, he was struck by three bullets, two inflicting superficial wounds to his head and one piercing his heart. He fell from his horse, which had been shot in the neck, and died almost instantly. His body remained there for twenty-four hours, as his companions, fearful of

1470-451: The building of a crypt, but it was not inaugurated until thirty-two years later, on 4 August 1932. This mausoleum consisted of a nine-ton monolith of granite from the quarries of the Pichincha volcano. Its cover, on which a cross is carved in high relief, was so heavy that thirty persons were required to move it into place. According to the 19 December 1830 Gaceta de Colombia , Issue No. 495,

1519-489: The center of South America. According to Bolívar, this would create a nation that would face many future wars. Bolívar wished that Bolivia would become part of another nation, preferably Peru (given the fact that it had been part of Viceroyalty of Peru for centuries), or Argentina (since during the last decades of colonial domain it had been part of Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ), but what deeply convinced him otherwise

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1568-582: The city being refounded several times. The municipality of Sucre, which includes the capital city, Cumaná, had a population of 358,919 at the 2011 Census; the latest estimate (as at mid 2016) is 423,546. The city is located at the mouth of the Manzanares River on the Caribbean coast, in the northeast of Venezuela. It is home to first and most important of the five campuses of the Universidad de Oriente , and

1617-765: The continent. However, in Cochabamba the First Battalion of the Infantry Regiment "Ferdinand VII", led by colonel José Martínez, rebelled and sided with the independence movement, only to be followed later by the Second Battalion, "Ferdinand VII" Infantry Regiment in Vallegrande , resulting in the forced resignation of Brigadier Francisco Aguilera on 12 February. Royalist colonel José Manuel Mercado occupied Santa Cruz de la Sierra on 14 February, as Chayanta stayed in

1666-503: The date of 6 August 1825, in honor of the Battle of Junín won by Bolívar. Independence was declared by 7 representatives from Charcas, 14 from Potosí, 12 from La Paz , 13 from Cochabamba and 2 from Santa Cruz . The act of Independence, wrote by the president of the Congress, Serrano, states in its expositive part: " The world knows that the land of Upper Peru has been, in the American continent,

1715-476: The hands of lieutenant colonel Pedro Arraya, with the cavalry squadrons "Santa Victoria" (Holy Victory) and "Dragones Americanos" (American Dragoons), and in Chuquisaca the cavalry squadron "Dragones de la Frontera"(Frontier Dragoons) under colonel Francisco López claimed victory for the independence forces on 22 February. At this point, the majority of royalist troops of Upper Peru refused to continue fighting against

1764-612: The local independence movement which had been active since 1811. After the Constituent Assembly in Chuquisaca was reconvened by Marshal Sucre on 8 July 1825 and later concluded, it was determined the complete independence of Upper Peru under the republican form. Finally, the Assembly president José Mariano Serrano, together with a commission, wrote down the "Independence Act of the Upper Peruvian Departments" which carries

1813-548: The name of Cumaná. Bartolomé de las Casas , attempting a peaceful colonization scheme, was pre-empted by Gonzalo de Ocampo 's 1521 punitive raids against the local indigenous people, in retaliation for the destruction of the Dominican convent at Chiribichi. In 1537 New Andalusia Province was established, with Cumaná as capital (for which the Province was also known as the Province of Cumaná ). After Amerindian attacks became less of

1862-517: The peoples of the new republic their "Favorite Son." After the foundation of Bolivia, he became also the commander in chief of the Armed Forces of Bolivia , which he created the following day on the basis of the guerrilla forces and active Patriot armies stationed at the time of the declaration. He gave the young republic its first Constitution in 1828. In the Battle of Tarqui , fought on 27 February 1829, heavily outnumbered two to one, Sucre defeated

1911-452: The powerful army of Sucre and switched allegiances. Colonel Medinacelli with 300 soldiers also revolted against Olañeta, and on 2 April 1825 they faced each other in the Battle of Tumusla , which ended with the death of Olañeta. A few days later, on 7 April, general José Mario Valdez surrendered in Chequelte to general Urdininea, putting an end to the war in Upper Peru and signalling victory to

1960-487: The separate departments of the Gran Colombia had other selfish and ambitious plans. Sucre represented, according to historian Tomás Polanco Alcántara, "the indispensable complement to Simón Bolívar". Upon hearing the news of Sucre's death, Bolívar said, "Se ha derramado, Dios excelso, la sangre del inocente Abel..." ("The blood of the innocent Abel has been spilled, oh, Most High God..."). Bolívar later wrote ( Gaceta de Colombia , 4 July 1830): If he had breathed his spirit upon

2009-622: The slopes of the Pichincha volcano , near Quito in what is now Ecuador . The encounter, fought in the context of the Spanish American wars of independence , pitted a Patriot army under Sucre against a Royalist army commanded by Field Marshal Melchor Aymerich . The defeat of the Royalist forces brought about the liberation of Quito and secured the independence of the provinces belonging to the Real Audiencia de Quito , or Presidencia de Quito ,

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2107-623: The theater of victory, with his last breath he would have given thanks to heaven for having given him a glorious death; but cowardly murdered in a dark mountain, he leaves his fatherland the duty of prosecuting this crime and of adopting measures that will curb new scandals and the repetition of scenes as lamentable and painful as this. Sucre is buried in the Cathedral of Quito , Ecuador , as he had said, "I want my bones to be forever in Quito ", where his wife, Mariana de Carcelén y Larrea, Marquise of Solanda ,

2156-602: Was Francisco de Paula Santander , who had previously given a military position to Obando and remained his associate. Santander has also been implicated (without direct proof) as a conspirator in the attempt to assassinate Bolívar on September 25, 1828. Following a quick military trial in which he was sentenced to death, Santander was granted leniency via the Council of Ministers, and despite having reservations Bolívar commuted Santander's sentence and exiled him instead until his return to New Granada in 1832. The three peons who were part of

2205-496: Was a Venezuelan general and politician who served as the president of Bolivia from 1825 to 1828. A close friend and associate of Simón Bolívar , he was one of the primary leaders of South America's struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire . Born to an aristocratic family in Cumaná , Sucre joined the revolt against Spanish rule in 1814 and quickly established himself as a highly capable military leader. In 1822, he led

2254-555: Was incorporated into New Andalusia. Guayana Province (created 1585) provided a southern boundary, while Venezuela Province provided a western one. For most of its existence, the Royal Audience of Santo Domingo oversaw its administrative and judicial matters. In the late 18th century, it was incorporated into the newly created Captaincy General of Venezuela . Following the Venezuelan Declaration of Independence (1811),

2303-530: Was limited to giving an appearance of legality to the process that Upper Peruvians themselves had begun already. Royalist general Pedro Antonio Olañeta stayed in Potosí , where he received by January the "Union" Infantry Battalion coming from Puno under the command of colonel José María Valdez . Olañeta then summoned a War Council, which agreed to continue the resistance in the name of Ferdinand VII. Next, Olañeta distributed his troops between Cotagaita fortress with

2352-460: Was the attitude of the people. On 18 August, upon his arrival to La Paz, there was a demonstration of popular rejoicing. The same scene repeated when the Liberator arrived to Oruro , then to Potosí and finally to Chuquisaca, where he met his lieutenant of many years once more. Such a fervent demonstration by the people touched Bolívar, who called the new nation his "Predilect Daughter" and was called by

2401-405: Was to ambush José Antonio de Sucre on the morning of June 4, 1830, in the cold and bleak forested district of Berruecos, along a narrow path that was perennially covered with fog. The five assassins were hiding behind trees along the part of the trail known as La Jacoba waiting for Sucre's party, which would be passing the area single file. Sucre's retinue comprised seven persons: two muleteers with

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