Summary of Entrevista al historiador Rommel Escarreola, sobre la vida de Victoriano Lorenzo

00:00:00 - 00:10:00

In this interview, historian Rommel Escarreola discusses the life and legacy of Victoriano Lorenzo, a controversial figure in Panamanian history. Lorenzo was condemned by many for his role in the country's Civil War, but has since been re-evaluated in light of desertion and subsequent military campaigns by Lorenzo's brother, Eusebio A. Morales. Escarreola discusses Lorenzo's role in the War of the Thousand Days and his defense of Catholicism, which led to his execution in 1904.

• 00:00:00 In this interview, historian Rommel Escarreola discusses the life and legacy of Victoriano Lorenzo, one of the more controversial figures in Panamanian history. Lorenzo was condemned by many for his role in the country's Civil War, but has since been re-evaluated in light of desertion and subsequent military campaigns by Lorenzo's brother, Eusebio A. Morales. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, liberals were the only political party that ever tried to champion Lorenzo's cause, but they were ultimately unsuccessful. Only in the 1950s did Mateo Efe Árabe, a member of the conservative party, take up the cause of Lorenzo. The interview finishes with Escarreola discussing Lorenzo's role in the first phase of the "War of the Thousand Days." Lorenzo was not a guerrilla, and his involvement in the war was purely strategic.
• 00:05:00 The historian Rommel Escarreola discusses the life and times of Victoriano Lorenzo, pointing out that Lorenzo condemned the regular army for what is true--that Lorenzo condemned the site of Aguadulce, and what happened in both Penonomé and Antón. These were Lorenzo's primary reasons for being accused of treason--he won the Battle of Victoria in 1902, and victoria of Lorenzo accepted the peace treaty of November 21, 2002, which ended the War of the Thousand Days. Lorenzo accepted the treaty of Wisconsin in January 1901, which ended the Mexican-American War. He was then taken to the city of Panama in the Bogotá and arrived on December 25, 1902, when he disappeared and was accused of fleeing the ship. First, Lorenzo was not in prison, and second, as if he had escaped from prison, he had walked from the public market to Felipe, the person most wanted, from where he disappeared into the countryside. Former general and presidential candidate Fernando Vásquez Cóobó, commander of the army in Panamá, accused Lorenzo of treason and had him executed on December 1, 1904. Lorenzo was a liberal who wrote many letters in which he defended Catholicism and called for an end to discrimination against Catholics. There is
• 00:10:00 The historian Rommel Escarreola discusses Victoriano Lorenzo, a bandit and patriot who was vilified for his role in the Liberal Party's civil war. He argues that Lorenzo was a bandit for moral reasons, not because he was a fighter for the conservative party. There are several theories about Lorenzo's role in the party and his eventual innocence, but all agree that he was never formally linked to the conservative party.