Juana La Avanzadora

Juana Ramirez was born in 1790, she was a soldier, a heroine of the Venezuelan war for independence and a formerly enslaved Afro-Venezuelan. She earned the name La Avanzadora (the Advancer), a title earned because she was the first to courageously advance during battle.

On this episode, Cristina tells Carmen about Juana La Avanzadora and Carmen has a Bukele/El Salvador update.

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Sources

https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/people-global-african-history/juana-ramirez-1790-1856/

https://www.liberationschool.org/honoring-juana-ramirez-la-avanzadora/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juana_Ram%C3%ADrez

https://aaregistry.org/story/the-afro-venezuelan-community-a-story/

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