Consuelo Fernández

Consuelo Fernández (1797-1814) was a resistance fighter in the Venezuelan War of Independence, given the honor of "heroine".

Born in Villa de Cura, she was the sister of Manuel Fernández, who joined the military unit of José Félix Ribas.

Feigning a friendship with a Spaniard Royalist Colonel named Pérez, she learned of plans to attack her brother's unit.

Pérez proposed matrimony, offering that if she agreed and renounced the cause of independence, she could be free.

She rejected his proposal, purportedly saying "For my part, I could never unite myself to that which inspires in me so much contempt.