His message was a previous announcement of resistance to the achievement of the battle of Pichincha.
The Municipality of Quito issued a video commemorating 200 years of the Proclamation of Sucre, a message from the general Antonio jose de sucre issued from Guayaquil on January 20, 1822.
The production contains a summary of the deeds and social struggles from the date of the proclamation to the present.
According to the architect and historian Alfonso Ortiz, Antonio José de Sucre’s message was relevant because from that day the campaign for definitive independence began of what is now the territory of Ecuador, culminating in the Pichincha battle of May 24, 1822.
He pointed out that the army of Sucre landed in Guayaquil thanks to the fact that this city was already independent since October 9, 1820. Its position was strategic to start the campaign for the liberation of Quito, which at that time was the south of Colombia.
“Although the Guayaquil patriots tried to liberate Quito, they did not have enough strength and were defeated several times by the royalist army”.
That is why, according to Ortiz, the arrival of the army commanded by Antonio José de Sucre was key, Posted by Simon Bolivar, who was in the north of Colombia.
According to the Municipal document, after the proclamation, Sucre and his army arrived in Cuenca, where the forces sent by San Martin they joined. On January 22, 1822, from the division headquarters located in Samborondón, Sucre ordered the beginning of the movement towards the south. Using different rudimentary means of navigation, the patriot troops embarked in Guayaquil bound for Puerto Bolívar, to follow the following itinerary: Machala, Yulug Passage, Saraguro, Cuenca.
Ortiz agrees with this. He pointed out that, with the arrival of General Andrew of Santa Cruz, who was the head of the region of Peru, increased the power of the army, which already had Guayaquil, Cuenca, Riobambeño and Quito. the royalist forces they tried to stop his way in Riobamba, however, in the battle of Tapi around 50 royalist soldiers died, so the forces withdrew. That allowed Antonio José de Sucre to continue his entry through the south of Quito, to the foothills of the Pichincha volcano, where the battle of Pichincha was fought on May 24, 1822, “said the historian.
This is how it commemorates bicentennial of that invitation drawn up in Guayaquil that was the beginning of the battle of Pichincha, which will celebrate its 200th anniversary this year. The authorities already prepare a series of activities for the commemoration of that historic deed. (I)
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