Manaure was cacique of the caquetíos who They occupied the northwest of present-day Venezuela Facing the Caribbean Sea. He acted from Town of Todariquiba, near the current Sabaneta. He was a political boss with powers Exceptional and divine, his subjects believed That he was the maker of natural phenomena (Storms, droughts, etc.) and they had it for God, respecting it And revering Juan de Castellanos in his Elegies of men Illustrious of the Indies, presents him with a personality Overwhelming, impeccable conduct and excessive power Manaure was a man of great moment, of clarity and of Shrewd understanding. He had soft works with Spaniards Words well measured and ordered, in all their conquests And demands trembled from the altered people, never I saw a virtue that he did not praise nor a sin that did not correct him He never gave a word that would break it or promised anything that He didn't comply The Spanish began the occupation of the region From the islands Aruba and Curaçao off the coast In 1523, Manaure, trying to avoid conflict, sent Emissaries to the islands to invite Juan de Amplíes to He will visit you in Todariquiba. The good relationship between the two He preserved his people from the slave business of the armies From the Caribbean that lashed his domains. In 1525, they were Taken prisoners to Santo Domingo more than 150 indigenous To be sold as slaves; among them were relatives From Manaure. Amplíes managed to rescue several of them and Returning them to his town, the act sealed an alliance between The warlords. On July 26, 1527, Amplíes founded Santa Ana de Coro in Tierra Firme respecting the authority of Manaure on the indigenous people of the region. He this moves To the new city and he is baptized with the name of Martin Good relations with the Spanish would soon end In 1528, Carlos V, faced with the enormous debts he had contracted With the German bankers, he decided to cede the administration to them And conquest of the Province of Venezuela to the Welser House of Augsburg. Juan de Amplíes had to return to Curaçao. The Germans did not respect the existing alliance. Started a Significant indigenous depopulation in the area In 1530 the Germans seized canoes that were Property of Manaure, who when claiming them is imprisoned Released after a management by Amplíes, he decided to retire with his People about 300 km inland, the pact with the Europeans It was broken. He takes refuge in the lands of the Yaracuyes, he will die in 1549 in combat with the Spanish in El Tocuyo