Juana Ramirez was born in 1790, she was a soldier, a heroine of the Venezuelan war for independence and a formerly enslaved Afro-Venezuelan. She earned the name La Avanzadora (the Advancer), a title earned because she was the first to courageously advance during battle. On this episode, Cristina tells Carmen about Juana La Avanzadora and Carmen has a Bukele/El Salvador update. If you participated in the 2006 student walkouts or La Gran Marcha, please email Historiasunknownpodcast@gmail.com If you have topic suggestions, feel free email Historiasunknownpodcast@gmail.com or use this form Twitter: https://twitter.com/historiaunknown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/ Want to support Historias Unknown and access ad-free episodes? Join Historias Unknown Premium: https://historiasunknown.supercast.com/new_landing Sources https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/people-global-african-history/juana-ramirez-1790-1856/ https://www.liberationschool.org/honoring-juana-ramirez-la-avanzadora/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juana_Ram%C3%ADrez https://aaregistry.org/story/the-afro-venezuelan-community-a-story/ Bukele update sources: https://elfaro.net/en/202302/opinion/26726/El-Salvador-Deals-Major-Blow-to-Nahuat--Language-Revitalization-Efforts.htm  https://centralamericannews.substack.com/p/central-american-news-0b8  https://elfaro.net/en/202302/el_salvador/26739/El-Salvador-Government-Protection-of-MS-13-from-Extradition-Emerges-in-DOJ-Indictment.htm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices