de Bernabé as possessing "strong influence among the troops", describing that the "Valero battery" had been among the most efficient against Rodil. The author also argued that he could be considered a "libertador of both Spains". By the 1970s, this misconception had been repeated in the Diccionario hispano-americano. Eduardo Posada, former Secretary of National Historic Academy of Colombia considered Valero de Bernabé a prócer (a Spanish term akin to "national hero"), lamenting that his name had not been as remembered as those of other "noble and disinterested men [that reached Colombia] during the heroic days of Independence". Writing about the siege of El Callao, Peruvian Ricardo Palma wrote that he "was worth for his intelligence, courage, activity and preparation almost as much as an army", describing him as an "unleashed lion" in the battlefield. References Footnotes Bibliography Notes See also List of Puerto Ricans List of Puerto Rican military personnel Simón Bolívar Agustín de Iturbide María de las Mercedes Barbudo Ducoudray Holstein Expedition External links El Nuevo Dia 1790s births 1863 deaths People from Fajardo, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican people of Spanish descent Puerto Rican Army personnel Puerto Rican military officers Puerto Rican nationalists Puerto Rican independence activists 19th-century Puerto Rican people Spanish military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars