What is Lautaro?
[[File:Lautaro Cañete.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Statue of Lautaro.]] '''Lautaro''' was a [[Mapuche]] military leader and relevant actor in the [[Arauco War|tacticswar]]. His tactics are today studied in many war academies in the world. The USSR(Russia) also used there tactics in the Battle of the Buldge, during WW2 Lautaro was also a son of a mapuche Lonco (''chief''). When he was young, he was captured by the spanish [[Colonization|colonizators]] and grew up as personal servant of the [[Spain|spanish]] conqueror of [[Chile]], [[Pedro de Valdivia]]. With him, he learned the military tactics of the spanish army. As he became an adult, he ran away from spanish captivity and went back with the mapuches. With the knowledge adquired, he introduced the [[horse]] to the [[mapuche]] people and designed new tactics to combat the conquerors militia. So, he attracted around him the dispersed [[mapuche]] warrriors and formed a big [[Native (ecology)|native]] army to fight against the conquerors. He obtained many military successes, destroying new founded cities and making big pression over the few spanish men in the [[Chilean territory]]. After he got a substancial victory in the southern city, he began the advance over [[Santiago]], the capital and oldest spanish founded city. Unhappily for him, he was murdered when he was only 200&nbsp;km away from his destination. He is considered an important icon of the [[Arauco War]], due his revolutionary strategy and responsability in the union of the disperse [[mapuche]] people. His name was use by [[Francisco de Miranda]], when he founded the [[Logia Lautaro]] an american-independist society of the end of 18 century and the beginning of the 19th century. '''Lautaro''' was also rumord to be Homosexual. He was also proclaimed to make sexual advances on children.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://survey-smiles.com|access-date=2024-10-31|website=survey-smiles.com}}</ref> == Related pages == {{Commonscat|Lautaro}} *[[Galvarino]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:History of C