José Joaquín Casimiro Olañeta y Güemes (1795–1860) was a nephew of Pedro Antonio Olañeta who, after working for him, turned against his uncle in favor of Bolivian independence.
He faced criticism as being two-faced or Machiavellian,[1] in part because the shift occurred in a matter of weeks.
[2] He went on to serve as an advisor to Antonio José de Sucre.
Casimiro opposed his land being linked in a nation with Argentina.
[4] He served as the President of the Chamber of Senators of Bolivia in 1846 as well as a Peruvian representative in Chile.