Urracá

Urracá was an indigenous Panamanian chieftan or cacique who fought against the Spanish conquistadors. His face can be found on the smallest-denomination "centesimo" coin of Panama.

The highest rank of the Asociación Nacional de Scouts de Panamá is the Scout Urracá.

References

[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12140a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia article on Francisco Pizarro, referencing Urracá]

[http://www.geocities.com/nynrod NINROD] (Panamanian rock band), [http://www.geocities.com/nynrod/doc/extranjero.htm "Extranjero en mi propia tierra"] (Stranger in my own land), 1996. Protest song about the cruel mistreatment of the conquerors over American natives and the discriminative conditions in which they live today. The song refers to Urracá's fight as commonly underestimated: Urracá's face is found on the 1 centesimo or "centavo" coin (1 cent of the panamanian currency unit), meanwhile a Spanish Explorer/Conquistador (Vasco Núñez de Balboa) is represented in the official currency Panamanian balboa, not only in its name (called after him) but also his face is found on 10 cents, 25 cents and 50 cents coins as well as in the out of circulation 1 Balboa coins.

[http://www.geocities.com/nynrod NINROD] (Panamanian rock band), [http://www.geocities.com/nynrod/doc/urraca.htm "El alma de Urracá"] (Urracá's Soul), 2002. Song dedicated to the Panamanian Cacique who fought Spanish Conquistadors, and protests against the massacre that occurred centuries ago and the actual racial discrimination to indigenous people.