Anita and Giuseppe Garibaldi ation and Guseppe a leader in the struggle for Italian Garibaldi was independence. Wh Garibaldi was exiled Italy, fled to America. where he lived for 12 years and fought in another struggle for independence for the independence of Uruguay from Argentina While in Garibaldi oman Laguna, a fell passionately in love with Anita Ribeiro, the two were small town in southern Brazil. After their marriage, However inseparable Anita even known to fight battles alongside Gan Garibaldi on August 4 1849 Anita, pregnant and sick, died in Garibaldi arms went never did get over his grief at Anitas death. Over a decade later. when he to meet the first king of a unified Italy he wore one of her scarves