Antonio Maceo Grajales Lt. General Antonio de la Caridad Maceo y Grajales (June 14, 1845—December 7, 1896) was second-in-command of the Cuban Army of Independence. Given the sobriquet of the "Bronze Titan" (Spanish: El Titan de Bronce) by Cubans even when he was alive - a reference to his skin color, stature and status[citation needed] - and by Spaniards during his life of the "Greater Lion" (El Leon mayor)[citation needed], Maceo was one of the outstanding guerrilla leaders in 19th century Latin America, easily comparable to José Antonio Páez of Venezuela in military skills, if not comparable in political vision and virtue, much greater in Antonio Maceo.[citation needed]