The name recalls the Santa Inés Battle won by the “llanero” Ezequiel Zamora. From Wordnik.com. [Batalla de Santa Inés II.- Chavez's battle for 10 million votes] Reference
We accordingly rode forth, with our llanero, Pablo, as guide -- the servants having set out some time before. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela] Reference
However whenever the llanero decided to spread outside of its lands, consequences were to be paid for Venezuela. From Wordnik.com. [Venezuela News And Views] Reference
America, I remember only one example, of a llanero, who was found mutilated in his hammock opposite the island of Achaguas. From Wordnik.com. [Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America] Reference
A llanero, or inhabitant of the Llanos, is happy only when, as expressed in the simple phraseology of the country, he can see everywhere well around him. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3] Reference
The next morning, our breakfast having been a repetition of the evening meal, we prepared to start, the overseer having selected a trusty llanero as our guide. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela] Reference
In this battle, fought on the 26th of June, 1821, Bolivar had about sixteen hundred infantry, a thousand or more of them being British, and three thousand of llanero cavalry under Paez. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III] Reference
These attacks are in fact extremely rare; and, during a long abode in South America, I remember only one example, of a llanero, who was found mutilated in his hammock opposite the island of. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2] Reference
The gaucho of the Pampas, the llanero of the savannahs in the north, the herdsman on the slopes of the Cordilleras facing the Pacific, and the settlers on the eastern shore, dread the wide-ranging puma -- or the. From Wordnik.com. [The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America] Reference
Spies were set to watch the daring llanero, and after some days they informed their leaders that Paez had gone out unarmed, and that there was a good opportunity to seize his weapons as a preliminary to his arrest. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III] Reference
Others have been known to choose cats for their steeds, and perseveringly to keep their hold in spite of their active movements -- seeming to enjoy them as much as the llanero does those of a colt he is engaged in breaking-in. From Wordnik.com. [The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America] Reference
The other four valid species are: L. filamentosus (upper and middle part of the Amazon River drainage); L. llanero (Orinoco River drainage); L. maracaibero (Lake Maracaibo drainage); and L. stibaros (upper part of the Amazon River drainage). From Wordnik.com. [Practical Fishkeeping] Reference
A llanero, or native of the elevated plains of Venezuela, he rose naturally to great influence among his fellow-herdsmen, and when the revolution began, in 1810, and he declared in favor of the cause of freedom, his reputation for courage was so great that they were very ready to enlist under him. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III] Reference
J. O. y J. A. Rangel M. Frutas tropicales potenciales para el piedemonte llanero. From Wordnik.com. [www.blogalaxia.com Directorio y Buscador de Blogs Latinos] Reference
"Because," answered the llanero, "my conscience forbade me to despatch a. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela] Reference
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