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"He subsequently joined Bolívar and fought with him gaining his confidence and made "Military Chief of the Department of Panama", "Governor of Puerto Cabello", "Chief of Staff of Colombia", "Minister of War and Maritime of Venezuela" and, in 1849, was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General by Bolívar.[1]"
This is a strange sentence, considering Bolívar died in 1830. The linked article doesn't mention this either. What it does say is that General Carlos Soublette recommended Valero for the post of Brigardier General in the Colombian Army. I'm not sure what source the sentence in the article uses.
201.242.110.159 ( talk) 06:53, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
Marine 69-71, he's your national hero, not mine, but as far as I know the name's written with an accent mark. Why d'you take it off? –Hajor 19:23, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)
I have tightened up the use of English - as it was too chatty and not encylcopaedic. A curate's egg 10:17, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
The result was: promoted by
Theleekycauldron (
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07:18, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
Source: "Valero de Bernabé was a ventriloquist. Palma wrote about this skill in El Fraile y la Monja del Callao and Un ventrílocuo. In the first, the author narrates an incident where Valero de Bernabé was surrounded in an alley while returning to Bellavista, concealing himself and used his skill to project revolutionary cries as if they were coming from the rifles of the royalist, who were shocked and dropped the weapons before running away to his amusement." ( Source)
Expanded by Caribbean H.Q. ( talk). Self-nominated at 00:17, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
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"He subsequently joined Bolívar and fought with him gaining his confidence and made "Military Chief of the Department of Panama", "Governor of Puerto Cabello", "Chief of Staff of Colombia", "Minister of War and Maritime of Venezuela" and, in 1849, was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General by Bolívar.[1]"
This is a strange sentence, considering Bolívar died in 1830. The linked article doesn't mention this either. What it does say is that General Carlos Soublette recommended Valero for the post of Brigardier General in the Colombian Army. I'm not sure what source the sentence in the article uses.
201.242.110.159 ( talk) 06:53, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
Marine 69-71, he's your national hero, not mine, but as far as I know the name's written with an accent mark. Why d'you take it off? –Hajor 19:23, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)
I have tightened up the use of English - as it was too chatty and not encylcopaedic. A curate's egg 10:17, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
The result was: promoted by
Theleekycauldron (
talk)
07:18, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
Source: "Valero de Bernabé was a ventriloquist. Palma wrote about this skill in El Fraile y la Monja del Callao and Un ventrílocuo. In the first, the author narrates an incident where Valero de Bernabé was surrounded in an alley while returning to Bellavista, concealing himself and used his skill to project revolutionary cries as if they were coming from the rifles of the royalist, who were shocked and dropped the weapons before running away to his amusement." ( Source)
Expanded by Caribbean H.Q. ( talk). Self-nominated at 00:17, 29 November 2021 (UTC)