Ezequiel Zamora

Ezequiel Zamora (, ; 1 February 1817 – 10 January 1860) was a Venezuelan soldier and leader of the Federalists in the Federal War (Guerra Federal) of 1859–1863. He participated in the 1846 Venezuelan peasant insurrection against the conservative government. He was forced into exile during the March Revolution.

In Curaçao, he met with Federalist exiles. After the start of the Federal War in 1859, he disembarked in La Vela de Coro. Zamora defeated the conservative government in the battle of Santa Inés, a critical confrontation during the war. Zamora died in 1860 when he received a shot to the head during the preliminary actions for the capture of the plaza of San Carlos. Biography Zamora was born in Cúa, Miranda State. His parents were Alejandro Zamora and Paula Correa, two modest white landowners. He received a basic education during his childhood, common in rural areas disrupted by the struggle for independence from Spain.

Later, Zamora moved to Caracas, where he continued his primary school studies at a Lancasterian school (the Lancasteriana), the only formal education he would receive. Through the influence of his brother-in-law John Caspers, he received informal political training about the revolutionary movements in Europe. Through his friendship with the lawyer José Manuel García, Zamora, learned modern philosophy and the foundations of Roman law, and advocated for the implementation of the "principles of equality" in Venezuela.

Legacy In 2001, a new land reform program, under President Hugo Chávez, Mission Zamora, was named after Ezequiel Zamora.

Ezequiel Zamora was portrayed by Alexander Solórzano in the 2009 film Zamora: tierra y hombres libres. Emotional life Zamora was engaged to Viviana González. They had a child, Nicolás Zamora González. He married Estefanía Falcón Zavarce, sister of the military and political leader Crisóstomo Falcón on July 4, 1856. They resided in Coro with their adopted children.