Guaicaipuro

*Cacique Guaicaipuro*
*(Guacaipuro)*
Cacique Guaicaipuro; (Guacaipuro)
	A statue of Guaicaipuro
Born	c. 1530; Northern Venezuela Province (present day Los Teques, Venezuela)
Died	1568 (aged 37-38); Paracotos, Venezuela Province, Spanish Empire

Cacique Guaicaipuro was a legendary native (indigenous) Venezuelan chief of both the Teques and Caracas tribes.^[1] Though known today as Guaicaipuro, in documents of the time his name was written Guacaipuro.^[2]

^ Bonet, Natalia García (May 2019). "The Indian Within: Negotiating Indigenous Identity among Dominant Images of Indigeneity in Venezuela". Bulletin of Latin American Research. 38. doi:10.1111/blar.12946.
^ Maria Electa Torres Perdomo (2007). "ABORIGENES: OLVIDADOS DE LA HISTORIA DE VENEZUELA" (PDF) (in Spanish). p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 30, 2022. Retrieved August 30, 2022.

[indian_within-1] Bonet, Natalia García (May 2019). "The Indian Within: Negotiating Indigenous Identity among Dominant Images of Indigeneity in Venezuela". Bulletin of Latin American Research. 38. doi:10.1111/blar.12946.

[2] Maria Electa Torres Perdomo (2007). "ABORIGENES: OLVIDADOS DE LA HISTORIA DE VENEZUELA" (PDF) (in Spanish). p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 30, 2022. Retrieved August 30, 2022.

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Cacique Guaicaipuro (Guacaipuro)
A statue of Guaicaipuro
Born	c. 1530 Northern Venezuela Province (present day Los Teques, Venezuela)
Died	1568 (aged 37-38) Paracotos, Venezuela Province, Spanish Empire