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The Guayaquil Conference (Spanish: Conferencia de Guayaquil) was a meeting that took place on July 26, 1822, in

Guayaquil, Ecuador, between Jos de San Martn and Simn Bolvar, to discuss the future of Per (and South

America in general).

Causes

Lima, capital of the Viceroyalty of Peru, was the most important city of the Spanish colonies in South America. It

was a royalist stronghold during the Spanish American wars of independence, fighting against the several

independentist outbreaks. For this reason, after the conclusion of the Chilean War of Independence the general Jos

de San Martn organized a navy that allowed his forces to siege and capture the city, declaring the independence of

Peru shortly afterwards. However, there was still a strong royalist force in the Peruvian countryside.

Simn Bolvar led another independentist campaign. With forces from Haiti, a former French colony, he liberated

Venezuela. Francisco de Paula Santander liberated the United Provinces of New Granada and joined forces with

Bolvar, creating the Gran Colombia. The battles of Lake Maracaibo secured the independence of Venezuela.

A revolt in Guayaquil proclaimed the independence of the city, followed by other Ecuatorian cities. Neither San

Martn nor Bolvar took part in the initial development of the Ecuadorian War of Independence. The Ecuadorians

discussed the future of the region: some factions wanted to join Colombia, others to join Peru, and others to become

a new nation. Bolvar ended the discussion by annexing Guayaquil into Colombia. There was Peruvian pressure on

San Martn to do a similar thing, to annex Guayaquil to Peru.

Topics

San Martn arrived in Guayaquil on July 25, where he was enthusiastically greeted by Bolvar. However, the twomen could not come to an agreement, despite their common goals and mutual respect, even when San Martn offered

to serve under Bolvar. Both men had very different ideas about how to organize the governments of the countries

that they had liberated. Bolvar was in favor of forming a series of republics in the newly independent nations,

whereas San Martn preferred the European system of rule and wanted to put monarchies in place. San Martn was

also in favor of placing a European prince in power as King of Peru when it was to be liberated. The conference,

consequently, was a failure, at least for San Martn.[2]
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The conference between Simn Bolvar and Jos

de San Martn. The real conference took place

inside an office, and not in the countryside as the

portrait suggests.

Consequences

San Martn, after meeting with Bolvar for several hours on July 26,

stayed for a banquet and ball given in his honor. Bolvar proposed a

toast to the two greatest men in South America: the general San

Martn and myself (Por los dos hombres ms grandes de la Amrica

del Sud: el general San Martn y yo), whereas San Martn drank to the

prompt conclusion of the war, the organization of the different

Republics of the continent and the health of the Liberator of Colombia

(Por la pronta conclusin de la guerra; por la organizacin de las

diferentes Repblicas del continente y por la salud del Libertador de

Colombia).[3][4]

After the conference, San Martn abdicated his powers in Peru and

returned to Argentina. Soon afterward, he left South America entirely

and retired in France.

Legacy

The Guayaquil conference inspired a short story by Jorge Luis Borges, Guayaquil, in which he explores the possible

psychological relation between San Martn and Bolvar.

References

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[2][2] Lecuna (1951).

[3] Jose de San Martin (http:/

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htm)[4] Biografa del Libertador Jos de San Martn (http://www.pachami. com/SanMartin41.htm#link19)

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