[Curiosities] Sucre, Solar Man

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Sucre became a worldwide pioneer of Human Rights by drafting the Treaty of Armistice and Regularization of War at the end of 1820, which ended the War to the Death and allowed humanitarian and dignified treatment of the defeated. At that time he was only 25 years old. February 3 is a date that becomes an act of Venezuelan reaffirmation when we know that Antonio José de Sucre, beloved son of Cumaná, enters a new anniversary of his birth. For the glory of his country, the continent and the world, the Firstborn of the continent was born on February 3, 1795, 12 years after who would be his best friend, Simón Bolívar. Those dozen years always remained as a kind of cabal since both paid tribute to life in the same year: 1830. Bolívar would die at the age of 47 and Sucre at the age of 35. The life of the future Grand Marshal was not easy. His family was decimated due to Independence. José Tomás Boves was cruel against the Sucre and Alcalá, and Antonio José lost 14 direct relatives, including 2 brothers and a sister. Flashes "Soldiers!, the fate of South America depends on today's efforts; another day of glory will crown your admirable perseverance. Soldiers!: Long live the Liberator! Long live Bolívar."

 

 

Those words were spoken almost 200 years ago by Antonio José de Sucre, historical glory of Cumaná, shortly before the Battle of Ayacucho began, Bicentennial next December. Ayacucho was the great diadem of his glory but it was not the only feat of the Cumanese soldier and strategist. Sucre became a worldwide pioneer of Human Rights by drafting the Treaty of Armistice and Regularization of War at the end of 1820, which ended the War to the Death and allowed humanitarian and dignified treatment of the defeated. At that time he was only 25 years old. Sucre, the man whose first biography was written by none other than Simón Bolívar and who was accurately defined by José Martí as a Solar Man, is a reference in history and a factor of devotion and creation on the part of politicians and statesmen, poets, painters, musicians and musicians, both Venezuelan and international. Maybe some remember the face of the then president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, when he arrived in Cumaná and walked through the Ayacucho park, just on February 3, but in 2009. Indescribable. It was as if he were stepping on holy ground, accompanied by other ALBA-TCP presidents. Poetry and music for Sucre Poetry, plastic arts, music, the arts have dedicated works and devotion to the Grand Marshal of Ayacucho. We highlight fragments of two poems by Bolivian authors to highlight the love of that people for whoever was their first president. For example, the poet and educator Guillermo Loayza (Sucre, 1870-1924) wrote: On your knees, oh Bolivian people, before the giant of your illustrious history! You see it? It is Sucre, the son of glory. Strong, constant, haughty, superhuman, from Ayacucho immortal in victory, he tore from you the inflammatory mark that Hispanic despotism imposed on you. And Juan José Quezada, poet and playwright as well as a jurist, born in Cochabamba in 1893, wrote: Philosopher soldier, brilliant Venezuelan, Sucre was the invincible, bizarre Marshal; His name makes the Bolivian people proud, in whose cosmos he lives, like an immortal eagle. As for music, thanks to the investigative and dissemination work of the Alba Ciudad station (96.3 FM) in Caracas, a compilation of Venezuelan songs dedicated to the Grand Marshal of Ayacucho can be offered. There are four of these songs that are sung by almost all Venezuelans, but it is comforting to note that the gratitude towards Sucre is great and is national. Carota, Ñema and Tajá, from the state of Lara, in the work of Adelis Freytez: From Pichincha to Cumaná.

 

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