A seamstress in this modern-day country named Policarpa Salavarrieta was executed along with her lover by colonial authorities for carrying out espionage during this modern-day country's war for independence. It's not Spain, but Manuela Beltrán began a rebellion that resulted in 20,000 rebels marching on this modern-day country's capital in the 1781 Revolt of the Comuneros. This modern-day country was initially organized as the Department of Cundinamarca within a larger country after independence. Spanish forces in this modern-day country were decisively defeated by Francisco Santander and Simón Bolívar at the Battle of Boyacá (boy-uh-CAH). This modern-day country's capital was the capital of the Republic of New Granada and a short-lived state named ■END■
ANSWER: Colombia [or Republic of Colombia]
<Govind Prabhakar , History - World - Americas>
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