Vicente Salias: The man who created Gloria Bravo Pueblo (+seeding)

Salias was a tireless writer, full of revolutionary romanticism and one of the most fervent conspirators against the Spanish occupation, not only in Venezuela, but in all of South America. His parents were Francisco Antonio Salias Tordesillas and María Margarita Sanoja Cabeza de Vaca. He had 4 brothers, who fought like him for the emancipatory feat, of whom three perished to the death in the war.

With his fiery spirit and exalted temperament, Salias belonged to the Patriotic Society of Caracas and was also the editor of its official body: The Patriot of Venezuela. He was also in charge of the Ministry of Finance in 1811. And he collaborated closely with General Francisco de Miranda during the First Republic.

Then Salias joined the Liberator's forces and until 1814 he wrote in the Caracas Gazette, in which his Song to the Action of Bárbula was published. Later, on July 8 of that same year, as José Tomás Boves' forces advanced towards Caracas, he embarked for Curaçao, but the ship was captured and taken to Puerto Cabello.

He was later taken prisoner to the castle of San Felipe where he was tried and sentenced to death, and was shot on September 17, 1814, by order of Field Marshal Juan Manuel Cajigal.

Seconds before receiving the fatal shock, Vicente Salias uttered the famous phrase, a faithful reflection of his ideas and loyalties: “Almighty God, if you admit the Spaniards there in heaven, I renounce heaven”.

Mazo News Team