A person I admire? Like an expert at something? mmmm hard to think about one... since academicaly every book I read is boring and vary old. So I am gonna write about a historical figure I admire... that is also a expert at something to boot. Well, if espionage and guerrilla tactics counts, that is it!
I am talking about Manuel Rodriguez, a chilean spy and guerrila leader in the Independecy war. After the defeat in Rancagua and the retreat of the Independence army to Argentina, Rodriguez started rebeld groups that weakened the hispanic hold and efectivity in Chile with guerrilla tactics, while also getting informating from the woman (generally the wives of hispanic functionaries) he seduced, while disguising himself as a monk, merchant, vagabound and farmer. He gathered vital inteligence anout the ocupation army, while attacking weapon convoys, ambushing patroling soldiers and other guerrilla tactics. Thanks to him, the Liberation Army of the Andes managed to cross the Andes mountains, managing to take Santiago, and stating the definitive repatriation in Chile.
Rodriguez even organizated a batallion called Los husares de la Muerte ( The Death Husars) when rumors of the Liberation army's defeat while it was fighting for the freedom of the territories south of Rancagua started to surface, in hopes of holding the Capital. When said rumors proved to be false, Rodriguez welcomed the returning army into the capital. However, things started to get tense after this.
After the death of Carrera brothers in Argentina and
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