José Ignacio Abreu y Lima

José Inácio de Abreu e Lima was a Brazilian military officer, politician, journalist and writer. Even though he was born in Brazil, he participated prominently in the Spanish American wars of independence. Because of this, he is known with greater notoriety as General Abreu y Lima for having been one of the generals of Simón Bolívar, one of the main leaders of the liberation of Hispanic America.