"If you see the future tell him not to come "
Collaboration: Hugo Ferrari
Diario La Reforma, Gral Pico La Pampa
For a gross irony, the death of Juan José Castelli, one of the most authentic heroes and less independence recognized by the Argentines, there was December 1 October, precisely the date on which some celebrate the discovery and conquest of America. However by fortunate coincidence, a day before taking over as president of Bolivia, Evo Morales completed the ancient ceremony of Tiwanaku, a few meters of the Titicaca Lake Collasuyo sacred Inca, in the same place where the troops of the May Revolution led by Castelli, announced the end of indigenous servitude. They say that history repeats itself and this is likely: When after leaving with what little they had to Upper Peru to reaffirm the ideals libertarians, Castelli decreed the emancipation of peoples, freedom of trade, distribution of land expropriated from workers of the mills, the total cancellation of Indian tribute, the abolition of personal services, the legal equality of indigenous peoples with the natives and the recognition of indigenous people to fill all the offices of state, unleashed the fury of the rich, of the natives and the English who benefited from the exploitation of the indigenous. Now same thing is happening with rich crescent of Bolivia does not accept similar measures clearly just and revolutionary for the subject. But I tell you that Castelli, Belgrano's cousin, who was one of the most active members of the Board of May, did not conform with those resolutions. He also translated into Quechua and Aymara major decrees of the First Board, enabled schools bilingual (English-Quechua, Aymara and English) and decided the removal of English officials of their public positions by shooting some, deporting and imprisoning the rest other . It was, at war for emancipation, to implement advanced legislation, give back to the people originating freedoms and property expropriated. But as happens so often with our heroes some (also happened with San Martín in full campaign of liberation), the governments concerned and bureaucrats conspired against the fate of emancipation condemning its practitioners. After the defeat of the city's government ordered Huaqui stop Castelli, accusing him of poor performance and military policy in Upper Peru. And this was one of the great injustices of history. Castelli, while defending himself with lavish grounds of the trial will start, suffered firsthand the ravages of cancer of the tongue caused by poorly healed burn a cigarette. Say historians on the night of October 11, 1812, asked for paper and pencil to write "If you see the future, tell him not to come ...". As the new day he died, just at the time of the conquistadors, their clients, supporters and flattering celebrated the beginning of the "crusade" American.
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