Juana azurduy de padilla argentina

Juana Azurduy (1780-1862), also known as Juana Azurduy de Padilla, was a South American guerrilla leader who fought for independence from Spanish rule in the early 19th century.

Azurduy was born in Chuquisaca, in what is now Bolivia but was at the time part of the Viceroyalty of Río de la Plata, a Spanish territory which controlled present day Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay.

She was a mestiza by birth, born to a Spanish father and an indigenous mother, however following the death of her father she was raised to be a nun in a convent.

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Juana Azurduy de Padilla (July 12, – May 25, ) was a guerrilla military leader from Chuquisaca, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (now Sucre.

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Argentina nos cuenta que un día como hoy del año las fuerzas realistas atacaban las tropas al mando de Juana Azurduy de Padilla.

El Monumento a Juana Azurduy se encuentra emplazado en la Plaza del Correo, frente al Palacio Libertad, Centro Cultural Domingo Faustino Sarmiento.

She was expelled at the age of 17 for her rebellious behaviour. 

Azurduy had a deep appreciation for the indigenous people of Bolivia and in addition to Spanish she spoke the South American languages Quechua and Aymara.

In 1805 she married a man who shared this passion, Manuel Padilla, with whom she had four children. When the Bolivian War of Independence began in 1809 both Azurduy and Padilla immedia