He grew up in a family that was located in one of the highest economic positions in the entire country, for which, after finishing his studies, he was appointed Chief of the territories inherited from his ancestors.
In 1758 he formed a marriage with Micaela Bastidas. At that time, the cacique was in trouble, due to the fact that there were many pressures from the Argentine muleteers who sought to keep the monopoly of the mineral transit, and also the Spanish authorities subjected him to the payment of perks.
Due to the exploitation of the colonizers against the Peruvian landowners, the leader of the South American country started a revolutionary military movement, in which he sought to end Spanish domination.
After a year of resistance, the cacique fell into the hands of the Spaniards, who forced him to see the execution of all his family and friends, and then tied his limbs to horses that ran in different directions, but were unable to kill him, for what they decided to behead him and dismember him on May 18, 1781.
At the time of his death, the causes of his sentence were issued: “…From the beginning of his betrayal he commanded and commanded as King under the frivolous and false pretext of being a legitimate and only descendant as indicated by the royal blood of the Gentile emperors … they wrote in the midst of his rudeness with the greatest submission and respect, treating him sometimes of Lordship, Excellency, Highness and Majesty coming from various provinces to render their own obedience and vassalage …“
Despite his brutal murder, his people did not stop fighting, so it became a real problem for the colonizers. Furthermore, even though his body had been dismembered, his spirit lived in the hearts of all his followers, for which it was declared “King of america“.
After his displays of rebellion, Condorcanqui He showed his people the possible path to freedom, so he started the “Emancipatory Stage of the History of Peru“, in which the colonized sought independence from a country that had made them its subjects for more than three centuries.
At present, the name of Tupac Amaru It is widely used as slogans for left-wing political parties.
There are several critics who speak of a double discourse of the Peruvian politician, since there are letters written to the Kings of Spain in which he affirmed loyalty and fidelity in exchange for paying taxes as cheaply as possible.