Jose de San Martin

San Martin born in Yapeyu, Argentina. In the year 1778. In 1808 he joined in the Spanish army to fight against France. In the year 1812 he left England and went to Argentina and offered his services to fight against Spain for the independence of America. In 1813 he fight in the battle of San Lorenzo and in 1814 he did a plan to defeat the Spanish army in Peru. He created the army of the Andes in Cuyo, Argentina and crossed the Andes and went to Chile and liberated this country. In 1821 he was called the Protector of Peru and the independence of Peru were 28 of July 1821. After that he meet with Bolivar and liberated all of Peru. Later he left the army and went to France in 1824.

I choose this hero because he risked his life to fight for the independence of South America in battle against Spain.

He is a hero because: he was successful in crossing the Andes. He was a very smart and skillful general. He always had courage against everything.