Rufina alfaro biography of albert

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Charles Albert Chase was born in San Jose, Costa Rica on March 1, He was the son of Warren Chase, an American citizen.

Although even her existence is disputed, Alfaro is part of popular memory and even is an official symbol of Panama. Rufina Alfaro is said to have had black hair and eyes, tanned skin, and she was tall and thin. Her village was two miles away from Los Santos and she worked selling eggs and vegetables in the village. At age 22, Alfaro gained prominence by helping to develop a plan to seize the local police fortress, the only breadwinner of the Spanish colonial government.

Alfaro had won the sympathy of the Spanish soldiers, because in addition to her beauty, she was distinguished by her fine manners and cheerful talk which allowed her entry into the elegant salons of society.

Albert Wall Covington was born in Laurinburg, North Carolina on July 1, He enlisted in the US Army on August 5, as a Private and served as a Sergeant.

Yet she knew the deep popular resentment against the Crown and that was what convinced her that she should act to support the quest for independence. In that time of government suppression, the press was muzzled and Panamanians who talked about freedom were threatened. The head of the barracks, who had fallen in love with Alfaro, allowed her the entrance to the hall to chat, but she used these meetings to obtain information.

She felt sympathy for the soldier, related Horacio Moreno in the Journal Lottery, but suppressed those feelings to help secure the freedom of her people. One day in November , she told the people organizing for independence that the Spanish soldiers were cleaning their weapons, and rather than go out and sell as was her custom, she joined the improvised group of soldiers, to lead a march in which she shouted " Viva la Libertad " Long Live Liberty.

The people sized the barracks with stones and sticks; and seized the weapons.