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Feb 12, 2024

Today we're talking about Manuela Sáenz, a political activist who helped to lead Simón Bolivar's vision of a Gran Columbia. She was notable for stopping multiple assassination attempts against him, becoming a spymaster of information, and also carrying a mustache around of her dead enemy? 

 

Sources: 

https://worldhistoryconnected.press.uillinois.edu/7.1/foote.html

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Manuela-Saenz

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuela_S%C3%A1enz

https://www.rejectedprincesses.com/princesses/manuela-saenz