Pedro Agustín Pérez

Pedro Agustín Periquito Pérez Pérez, better known as Periquito Pérez (20 April 1844 – 13 April 1914) was a Cuban independence political activist.

Biography Origins and early years Periquito was the son of Eligio Pérez and María Pérez. He came from a well-to-do and tight-knit peasant family with deep loyalty to Spain.

In 1862, he married Juana Bautista Pérez Gutiérrez.

Once the war was consolidated, towards May 1895, Brigadier Periquito Pérez participated under the orders of Lieutenant General Antonio Maceo, in the Battle of El Jobito, this began his most outstanding performance during the war. In addition to fighting under the orders of Maceo, he also later fought under the orders of Lieutenant General Calixto García. General Perez was elected mayor of his city and later reelected three times. General Pérez resigned from his post on 21 April 21, 1903. He spent the last years of his life on his farm, in Boca de Jaibo. There is where he died of natural causes on 13 April 1914, seven days before his 70th birthday. He passed peacefully while reading his bible and awaiting the coffee his wife, Juana, was making for him.