Anecdotes about José Trinidad Cabañas during his work in Nicaragua (1844-1855)

Abstract

One of the main figures in Honduras between 1838 (when Honduras declared its independence from the former Federal Republic of Central America on October 26, 1838) until 1872 (when the government of José María Medina is overthrown by envious forces from Guatemala and El Salvador, opening the way to what would be the Liberal Reform) was the general and president José Trinidad Cabins. He was one of the faithful followers of the former president of the Federation of Central America, General Francisco Morazán, and continued to be so after his execution in 1842, until the day of his death. The survivors of the debacle in Costa Rica escaped on a ship called “Coquimbo”, and these liberals would since then be known throughout the world.
Central America like the Coquimbos. Like its former leader, Francisco Morazán, the State of El Salvador would be its base of operations and springboard to restore the ancient great homeland, the Central American Federal Republic. The fame of Cabañas and his fellow Coquimbos was notorious and they had celebrity status in the eyes of those who had never seen them. They were figures heroic ones of disproportionate stature and inflamed with mythical significance. Some of the historians of the time who described the role of these Coquimbos in their country were Nicaraguans: Jerónimo Pérez and Francisco Ortega Arancibia and in their writings they narrate the tasks of Cabañas and his companions in Nicaragua between 1844-1854. Through his writings we can better understand this Honduran historical figure better.