TUPAC AMARU II

José Gabriel Condorcanqui, better known as Túpac Amaru II, was

a Peruvian revolutionary.
Born in 1738, he was a descendant of Túpac Amaru I, the last
sovereign of the Incas, when
José Gabriel Condorcanqui
took command of the
indigenous people to fight
against the Spanish authorities
who wanted to colonize Peru,
he adopted his name.
During his youth he worked in
the transportation sector, as
well as in the administration of land and mining properties.
Already in his adulthood, he was head of the Tungasuca,
Surimana and Pampamarca regions. The Spanish empire suffered
very serious economic problems due to the different international
conflicts, in such a way that it imposed a series of taxes on the
indigenous people, which seriously affected the lower classes,
including the indigenous population.
It was a set of circumstances that made the indigenous people rise
up against the Spanish empire. It was on November 4, 1780, when
a rebellion led by Túpac Amaru II began. He was accompanied by
mestizos, criollos, natives and liberated blacks.
Túpac Amaru and his forces were defeated and in April 1781 the
Spanish authorities captured the revolutionary. They executed his
family for speaking out and subjected him to the most heinous
torture, including stretching his limbs with horses.
Despite everything, the indigenous leader did not speak and they
ended up executing him. Despite his death, his figure and his
struggle were decisive for the independence of Peru and other
South American countries.