Túpac Amaru II

Túpac Amaru II (March 19th 1742 - May 18th 1781) - born Jose Gabriel Condorcanqui - was in 1780 the leader of a movement of Rébellion will aymara against the Spanish colonists with the Peru. The movement failed but Túpac Amaru II became a mythical figure of the Peruvian fight for the independence and the recognition of the rights of the natives. In 1781, it was quartered and decapitated in Cuzco. Its action inspired and continuous to inspire a great number of Indian movements.

During its execution by the Spaniards, he would have prophesied: “I will return and I will be then million. ”

Not to confuse with:

  • Túpac Katari which directed to him also a revolutionary movement at the same time, in an area covered by current the Bolivia.
  • Túpac Amaru first of the name, wire of Manco Capac II and deceased on September 24th 1572.

Túpac Amaru means brilliant snake in Quechua.

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