Independence shout of the village of los santos

The First Cry of Independence of the Villa de Los Santos is known as the historical event that occurred on November 10, 1821 in Panama, in which a popular launching against the Spanish colonial government took place in La Villa de Los Santos in the Province of Los Santos. This event triggered a series of Independence Shouts in several Panamanian cities. According to history, a young girl named Rufina Alfaro was the one who led the historical event that led to finding freedom from the Spanish yoke. Father José María Correoso, vicar, ordered to ring the bells, accompanied by the shouts of independence. Thus the independence was announced in the Villa de Los Santos, being the first city in the isthmus to proclaim it. Rufina Alfaro was a legendary Panamanian patriot who shouted "Freedom" on November 10, 1821 in the Villa de los Santos, a decisive character in the process of independence of the Isthmus of Panama from the Spanish empire in 1821. It is a matter of controversy becaus...