He was mysteriously murdered in 1830 after an unsuccessful attempt to keep his home country in Gran Colombia. The chief lieutenant of Simón Bolívar, he defeated the Spaniards at Pichincha to drive them from Ecuador and at Ayacucho in Peru, a victory 
He was mysteriously murdered in 1830 after an unsuccessful attempt to keep his home country in Gran Colombia. The chief lieutenant of Simón Bolívar, he defeated the Spaniards at Pichincha to drive them from Ecuador and at Ayacucho in Peru, a victory that essentially ended the wars for independence. He then served for two years as the reluctant first president of Bolivia after he helped to create it. FTP, name this Venezuelan patriot, the namesake of one of the two capitals of Bolivia.
He was mysteriously murdered in 1830 after an unsuccessful attempt to keep his home country in Gran Colombia.
Antonio José de {Sucre}