Women and Independence in Latin America

An exploration of women's involvement in the Latin American Wars of Independence

Luisa Arrambide de Pacanins

Gender:Female

Ethnic origen: White

Events:

1798  -  La Guaira  -  Not applicable  -  She was born in La Guaira, Venezuela in 1798.
1814  -  Caracas  -  Unknown  -  She married Tomás Pacanins.
1814  -  Caracas  -  Unknown  -  She held political and literary tertulias here in 1814.
1826  -  Puerto Rico  -  Not applicable  -  She died in childbirth in Puerto Rico.

Connections:

Bolívar's confidants
Tertulia, Arrambide
Women publicly punished, independence cause

Biography:
She was born in La Guaira, Venezuela, in 1798, she married Tomás Pacanins in 1814. They had 5 children. She held literary and political tertulias in Caracas, that were attended by Bolívar and Tomás Montilla. Bolívar is said to have loved her "locamente". Her adhesion to the independence cause made her a target of the royalists. She was whipped publicly in the Plaza, and was put naked on top of a cannon. She refused to give any information to her persecutors; her only words were "Viva la Patria, mueran los tiranos". She later went to Puerto Rico where she died in childbirth aged 28 in 1826. (N.A., Heroínas, 38-39.)

References:

N.A. (1964) Heroínas venezolanas