The Congress of Angostura is considered Venezuela's second legislative congress, the first being the one that met in 1811. Carta de Bolivar al General Juan Jose Flores. . Lpez, J and Lopez, J. It is unlikely that any liberal concessions from Spain would have changed his mind, but the fact that these concessions were very incomplete, and that they were ultimately abolished by Ferdinand VII, sealed in his mind the question regarding the break with Spain. Lynch, J. Again, Bolivar never answers. After Spains humiliating defeat in the Seven Years War, Charles III understood the necessity to cleanse the corrupt and inefficient administration of the Spanish Empire. During Habsburg times, a great deal of contraband went on, but with the arrival of the Bourbons, economic regulations were severely tightened and enforced. Framing Pan-Americanism: Simn Bolvars Findings. CR: The New Centennial Review. In political storms this body would arrest the thunderbolts of the government and would repel any violent popular reaction. To a certain extent, this implied moving away from its African roots, and some authors made it explicit that, in order to be more civilized, Spain should be less African (Shubert 1999: 2). The creation of a hereditary senate would in no way be a violation of political equality. 2018 Freedom of Speech Index. Europeans still perceived Spain more as an African country, as in Alexandre Dumas (himself of African descent) apocryphal observation: Africa begins at the Pyrenees (Altaschul 2012: 11), and Enlightened Spaniards tried hard to overcome that. Thus our position is most extraordinary and complicated. If a people, perverted by their training, succeed in achieving their liberty, they will soon lose it, for it would be of no avail to endeavor to explain to them that happiness consists in the practice of virtue; that the rule of law is more powerful than the rule of tyrants, because, as the laws are more inflexible, every one should submit to their beneficent austerity; that proper morals, and not force, are the bases of law; and that to practice justice is to practice liberty. In it, from this moment, national sovereignty is centred. State Fullerton. These leaders assumed the role of dictators while rhetorically expressing their reluctance to do so. In this regard, Bolivar very much anticipates Tocquevilles analysis in Democracy in America. Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] (Introduced 02/24/2023) Committees: House - Foreign Affairs; Judiciary: Committee Meetings: 02/28/23 2:00PM: Latest Action: House - 02/24/2023 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as . 2010. ), EZLN Command (1993), Chapter 4. However, this juncture would be rapidly embraced by radicals as an opportunity to proclaim independence from Spain in 1811 under the argument that they would not bow to an illegitimate French King. ), The Works of Joseph de Maistre. Under the flags of freedom: slave soldiers and the wars of independence in Spanish South America. (2018). A big point of contention between Enlightenment thinkers and their Counter-Enlightenment foes, was about universalism. Prof. Arkenberg has modernized the text. Please try again in 48 hours. Independence would, nevertheless, prove to be no easy task. The congress of the Republic of Venezuela is installed. Precisely because no form of government is so weak as the democratic, its framework must be firmer, and its institutions must be studied to determine their degree of stability.unless this is done, we will have to reckon with an ungovernable, tumultuous, and anarchic society, not with a social order where happiness, peace, and justice prevail. Leiva, L. 1985. Oxford University Press. ended four years prior. DOI: http://doi.org/10.16993/iberoamericana.427, 1. Yet, despite his obvious ambitions, in 1819 Bolivar still wanted to appear as to be reluctant to become a perpetual dictator. He appeals to the idea of a modern state of equality by claiming that "slavery is the daughter of darkness: an ignorant people is a blind instrument of its own destruction" (Boli var). This address is for the Congress of Angostura in which the first issue he places on the table is that the mestizos are not European, nor Indians, but a mixture of both Spaniard and native blood. There are some accounts that suggest instead that Bolivar may have been genuinely concerned with perpetual dictators at first (Harwich 2001). Bolivar was decidedly on the abolitionist side, and this speaks very well of his moral character. He had some clear political motivations in doing this, (i.e., as an argument to reject federalism and favor stronger governments leaning towards authoritarianism). The Enlightenment proclaimed the equality of all human beings, on account that we all share a common nature that makes human rights universal. Dynamics of Political Transformation, Supplement: Comparative Historical Analysis, Moments and Events of Political Transformation, The Historical and Contemporary Role of Women in Ecuadorian Society, Brazilian Sambas Translation and Dialogue with International Dancesport, Dominican Republic Latin America at the Movies, El Salvador Latin America at the Movies, Chapter 15. Under the leadership of the Libertador Simn Bolvar, revolutionary forces repeatedly fought off Spanish attempts to regain control of the region until Bolvar decisively expelled Spanish forces at the battle of Ayacucho in 1824. Unfortunately, the Bolivar-hero cult rampant in Venezuela and Colombia (and to a lesser extent in. The enforcement of public morality has repeatedly been associated with authoritarian regimes. As it was the educational custom of his times, Bolivar was deeply embedded in the Classics, emulating the spirited rhetoric of Cicero and other great orators of Greece and Rome. Bolivar's speaking style reflected the values of his epoch. Thus, the Angostura Address is plentiful with passages such as these: Sir! The hereditary senate will also serve as a counterweight to both government and people; and as a neutral power it will weaken the mutual attacks of these two eternally rival powers. The Angostura Address 200 Years Later: A Critical Reading. Do we not read in Montesquieus Spirit of the Laws that laws should be suited to the people making them, and that it is extremely unlikely that the laws of our nation will suit another? (Bolivar 1819). 2004. Surely, the best homage we may render to Bolivar on occasion of the 200th anniversary of his Angostura Address, is to critically engage with his work, objectively describe his views, and present him as he truly was: a great man, but not a demigod. Latin America in the World Arena, 1990s - Present. He ardently defended freedoms, yet he believed that South American nations were not fully prepared for liberal systems. It should be strongly proportioned to meet the resistance, which the executive must expect from the legislature, from the judiciary, and from the people of a republic. As complement to the strong executive power, in the Angostura Address Bolivar proposed a legislative power divided in two chambers: Representatives and the Senate. The conspiracy against Miranda July 31, 1812. Dilogos Revista Electrnica de Historia, 16(2): 219267. Be as it may, however, the Constitution of Bolivia of 1826 proved to be his outdoing. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2515360. 1826. Despite not controlling Venezuela, Bolivar called for a Second Congress of Venezuela (the first one had been called in 1811 in Caracas, to declare independence), to assemble in Angostura. http://www.redalyc.org/pdf/267/26702702.pdf. The Angostura Address: Cultural identity, ethnic relations Although never formally educated in universities, Bolivar was a self-taught man and had at least two illustrious tutors who were the arguably the leading intellectuals of the region at the time; Simon Rodriguez and Andres Bello. Bolivar was a great man of action and an important thinker, but he was still flawed in many regards. Scanned by J. S. Arkenberg, Dept. It must be based on the sovereignty of the people, the division of powers, civil liberty, the prohibition of slavery and the abolition of monarchy and privileges (Bolivar 1819). Introduction to Political Thought. The address is presented in Spanish with a short editorial introduction in English. Latin America in the World Arena, 1990s Present, Moments and Events in Contemporary US-Latin American Relations, Document #43: Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) statement on Honduras, Document #42 President Obamas speech at the 2009 Summit of the Americas, Document #44: The Path Forward for Honduras, Document #45 Honduras: The Obama Administrations First Latin American Waterloo (2009), Document #47 Hillary Clintons speech on Opportunity in the Americas (2010), Modern Latin America, 8th Edition Companion Website, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. "An assembly of tried and illustrious men, the Congress of Angostura, responded to the important requirements of the revolution, and when it gave birth to . 1. Almost immediately, Bolivar had to confront a revolt lead by Juan Domingo de Monteverde y Rivas (17731832) and Jos Toms Boves (17821814), who lured black slaves, mulatos and indigenous people to swore allegiance to the legitimate Spanish King who by then had been re-stated to the Crown. and men of philosophical thought (Roscio, Viscardo, etc. After some military action in New Grenada (modern-day Colombia), Bolivar returned to Venezuela in 1812 and after a remarkable series of military triumphs he managed to recapture the capital Caracas (Lopez and Lopez 1999). While the courts and judges are dependent on the executive power, the laws originate in and are made by Parliament. . 2018;47(1):74-82. He begins the address by presenting the concept that "We are not Europeans; we are not Indians; we are but a mixed species of aborigines and Spaniards" (Boli var). Yet notwithstanding this deformity, the Roman Republic did not suffer from the disastrous discord which might be expected from a leadership consisting of two individuals, both endowed with a monarchs powers (Bolivar 1819). Carta a Francisco de Paula Santander. Unlike Jose de San Martin (who explicitly desired a Constitutional Monarchy for emerging South American nations), he constantly paid lip service to the toppling of monarchs. Bolivar had much admiration for Montesquieu, but in presenting his proposals for political organization, in the Angostura Address he added a fourth power to the three traditional ones (executive, legislative and judicial); the so-called moral power. He would lead them cross the Andes chain of mountains in modern-day Colombia towards a surprise attack on the capital, Bogota. Roberts, P. 2012. The Congress of Angostura is considered Venezuela's second legislative congress, the first being the one that met in 1811. It is certainly the case that, during Habsburg times (the dynasty before the arrival of the Bourbons), the Indies were not colonies in the modern sense. Yet, despite his admiration for the United States, Bolivar insists that South American nations are not ready for federalism or even North American institutions as a whole, on account of a cultural mismatch: Would it not be extremely difficult to apply to Spain the political, civil, and religious code of Great Britain? The Bourbon reforms sought to change that, and they succeeded in doing so. Simon Bolivar: A Life. ; I am even aware, thanks to Montesquieu, that one can be a Persian. Summary of H.R.541 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): BALE Act of 2023 Bolivar spoke, expressing his ideas regarding freedom. House of Angostura, a Trinidad and Tobago company manufacturing angostura bitters. But there is more. Comercio libre meant that various Spanish ports could trade with the Indies; however, the Indies could not trade with any other country. Mexico: The Taming of a Revolution. Retrieved from: http://www.archivodellibertador.gob.ve/escritos/buscador/spip.php?article9987. Indeed, Bolivars stance on the moral power coheres well with his authoritarian leanings. 2015. hold on the North American continent five. Yet, Bolivar (very much as Unamuno would do almost a century later), embraced Spains African identity. To get his point across, Bolivar returns to the question of cultural identity in the Angostura Address, but adds an interesting remark about Spain: Let us bear in mind that our population is neither European nor North American, but are closer to a blend of Africa and America than they are to Europe, for even Spain herself is not strictly European due to its African blood, institutions and character (Bolivar 1819). Despite Bolivars gratitude for Petions support, Bolivar was extremely concerned by the way the Haitian revolutionaries exterminated whites. The case could be made, however, that, in the context of revolutionary struggle, perhaps Bolivar was not aspiring to create an old-fashioned nobility, but rather, a neutral organ intermediate between executive and popular instances. At the opening session, held at the Orinoco River port of Angostura (today Ciudad Bolvar), on 15 February 1819, Bolvar delivered a major address in which he warned against imitation of Anglo-American institutions and called for a new constitution featuring a hereditary Senate and a "moral power" with special responsibility for education and A depiction of the Congress of Ccuta (1821). Indeed, despite his strong criticisms of Spanish imperialism he seemed to acknowledge that Spanish rule offered an important degree of stability and unity while independence could bring instead disunity and possible chaos amongst the emerging nations: The separation of America from the Spanish Monarchy resembles the state of the Roman Empire, when that enormous structure fell to pieces in the midst of the ancient world (Bolivar 1819). Columbus: Ohio State University Press. 47, no. Bolivar, once again, was a man of the Enlightenment, but on this dispute, he seemed to be more on the side of Counter-Enlightenment figures who believed that the same political recipe could not be applied universally to all nations. Amrica Latina 4. Bushnell, D. 2003. Blanchard, P. 2008. 1974. The opportunity came in 1808 when Napoleon invaded Spain, and the Caracas junta which became the facto government- rejected Spanish authority in Seville in 1810, and reaffirmed its allegiance to Ferdinand VII, who was imprisoned by Napoleon. When it came to liberty, Rousseau himself had some qualms about how truly liberal a State should be, to the point that he claimed in an oft-quoted phrase from The Social Contract, that subjects should be forced to be free (Roberts 2012: 117). Contemporary anti-colonialists place much emphasis on the acknowledgement of cultural diversity, and Bolivar certainly took it into account when deciding what the best political path for a nation is. He thus anticipated these objections, by trying to assure the audience that a hereditary Senate would not be aristocratic: In no manner whatever would the creation of a hereditary senate be a violation of political equality; it is not a nobility I wish to establish, because that, as has been said by a celebrated republican, would be to destroy at once equality and liberty. Please look indulgently on this declaration of my political vision, on my heartfelt desires and my earnest pleas, which I have dared to address to you in the name of the people (Bolivar 1819). Download date: August 25th, 2018. This would become a perennial feature amongst many Latin American caudillos ever since and something that would dominate most of the regions politics and society for the next century (Castro 2007). Shubert, A. However, it would be a mistake to think that it was only after the independence that he became aware of this. New York: Springer. The first time he mentions freedom he says, "Americans by birth and Europeans by law, we find ourselves engaged in a dual conflict: we are disputing with the natives for titles of ownership, and at the same time we are struggling to maintain ourselves in the country that . It is an office for which candidates ought to be prepared, as a senator needs much wisdom and the right faculties to acquire knowledge (Bolivar 1819). If he attempts to infringe upon the law, his own ministers will desert him, thereby isolating him from the Republic, and they will even bring charges against him in the Senate. In the speech, Bolvar lays the foundations for the establishment of democratically governed Gran Colombia that is free from the burden of slavery and racial inequality. Originally published in 1923, as part of the Cambridge Plain Texts series, this volume contains the complete text of Simn Bolvar's address before the Venezuelan Congress at Angostura on February 15, 1819. Unless the executive has easy access to all the administrative resources, fixed by a just distribution of powers, he inevitably becomes a nonentity or abuses his authority. Poltica y cultura, 27: 929. Indeed, in the 18th Century, a series of reforms began to be undertaken by the new Spanish ruling dynasty, the Bourbons. This may not seem groundbreaking today, but in 1819, it was. Timeline for Mexico: 1519-Present; Mexican Heads of State; Mexican Profiles and Personalities; Moments and Events in Mexico. Andrade, G. and Lugo-Ocando, J., 2018. Throughout many of his private writings, Bolivar expressed enormous concerns about pardocracia, the takeover by pardos. Breaking up with TINA? Orientalism. Por que no soy bolivariano. However, given that the rest of Venezuela was still controlled by Spanish authorities, only a few provinces could send delegates. Predictably, very much as Bolivar did in 1828, watching over public morality in the Bolivarian Revolution became despotic in itself, and many of Venezuelas basic freedoms (but most especially freedom of speech; Venezuela currently occupies number 143, as indexed by Reporters Without Borders (2018)) have deteriorated over the last 18 years. Hence, many expect that the 2019 will again be a year of nationalist unexamined joy, celebrating the Angostura Address. As with any leader who faces the dichotomy between utopias and realities, Bolivar had some profound ideological transformations throughout his political and military career. This emphasis on militarism cohered well with his autocratic inclination. After he assumed full dictatorial powers in 1828, Bolivar severely limited various basic liberties, appealing to reasons of public morality. 1999. This new nation . Bolivar was fully aware that whoever takes on the responsibility of demolishing an ancient order, must also immediately come up with ideas for a new one. Geographies of Philological Knowledge: Postcoloniality and the Trasatlantic National Epic. They went from being controlled by oversea nations to being independent nations. My sword, and the swords of my illustrious comrades-in-arms, will protect its solemn authority. He was proud, and his words show it. Colombia: Civility and Violence, Document #20: Press Release from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Secretariat of the Central General Command of the FARC-EP (2002), Document #21: Statement by Humberto de la Calle, Head of the Government Delegation to the Conversations Table, Humberto de la Calle (2013), Chapter 8. DOI: http://doi.org/10.16993/iberoamericana.427, Andrade G and Lugo-Ocando J, The Angostura Address 200 Years Later: A Critical Reading (2018) 47 Iberoamericana Nordic Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 74 DOI: http://doi.org/10.16993/iberoamericana.427, Andrade, Gabriel, and Jairo Lugo-Ocando. He genuinely emancipated slaves, yet was extremely afraid of a takeover by pardos and all the savage hordes from Africa and America who roam like wild deer in the wilderness of Colombia (Bolivar 1821). Washington. Iberoamericana Nordic Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, vol. But, even when it came to the American government, Bolivar had high praises for it in the Angostura Address: And in fact, the example of the United States, with its progressive prosperity, was too flattering not to have been followed. An address of Bolivar at the Congress of Angostura (February 15, 1819) Reprint ordered by the government of the United States of Venezuela, to commemorate the centennial of the opening of the Congress by Bolvar, Simn, 1783-1830 June 13, 1821. But, he believed that federalism was not suited for the political culture of Spanish America, Indeed, this is the main thesis of his Cartagena Manifesto, in which he places most of the blame for the collapse of Venezuelas First Republic, on federalism. These subordinate officers are entrusted with the civil, military, and political administration, the collection of duties and the protection of religion. Despite their genuine admiration for Bolivar, constituents understood that Bolivars argumentation in favor of hereditary principles of political power was very weak (not to say confusing), and that an institution imitating the British House of Lords would be nothing but a setback to old aristocratic times. To fully grasp the most brilliant thought of the time, some basic context is required. But, in the Angostura Address, he clearly mistrusts democracy, as it seems to cripple the strength of a nation: But what democratic government was ever able to unite power, prosperity and permanency at the same time? ), but few embodied both military and intellectual talents. And it is for this very reason that Bolivar believes that federalism works in North America, but it would never work in South America. Across his address, Bolvar Bolivars choice of despotic governments, once again, reveals that he was a man of his time. the Liberator Simn Bolvar's address to the Congress of Angostura, 200 years after the delivery of this monumental work. Bolivar acknowledged that federal forms of government were theoretically virtuous, and that democratic systems of checks and balances were to be emulated. Wittfogel, K. 1953. The Angostura Address 200 Years Later: A Critical Reading. He was a spirited combatant of monarchies, yet he insisted on being president for life (i.e., a king without a crown). Discussion Questions; Further Readings; Honduras: A Country and a Coup Download date: August 25th, 2018. Simon Bolivar and the spectre of pardocracia: Jose Padilla in post-independence Cartagena. Journal of Latin American Studies, 35(3): 447471. In order to gain Catholic support, he even outlawed the teaching of Benthams philosophy (which he himself had admired for so long), as the English philosophers views were considered too immoral by conservative clergy. Edinburgh University Press. In the midst of the battles for independence, Bolvar summoned a congress in the city of Angostura to reassert New Granadas autonomy and to install a political system that he believed would be capable of sustaining a new republic. Scanned by: J. S. Arkenberg, Dept. By the end of his life, Bolivar was a deeply disappointed and bitter man who wrote to a friend: All who served the Revolution have plowed the sea (Bolivar 1830). CiteSeerX Address to the Congress at Angostura CiteSeerX - Document Details (Isaac Councill, Lee Giles, Pradeep Teregowda): The idea never entered into my head to consider as identical the characteristics of two peoples as different as the Anglo-American and the Spanish-American. He also publicly proclaimed the emancipation of slaves in Carupano, in 1816. There, he Happy the citizen that under the shield of arms under his command, has convoked National Sovereignty to exercise its absolute will! Bolivars stand on the abolition of monarchy, however, is more problematic. DOI: http://doi.org/10.16993/iberoamericana.427. He was a high-spirited revolutionary, but he understood the dangers of uncontrolled rage and racial vengeance. Prof. Arkenberg has modernized the text. An Address of Bolvar at the Congress of Angostura (February 15, 1819). Yet, at the same time, Bolivar seems to reproduce some old colonialist tropes, according to which Anglo-Saxon peoples are more virtuous. Cuba: Key Colony, Socialist State, From Haciendas to the Peal of the Antilles, The Island of Cuba, Alexander von Humboldt (1856), Through Afro-America, William Archer (1910), Document #13: Montecristi Manifesto, by Jos Mart and Mximo Gmez (1895), Document #14: My Race, Jose Mart (1893), Document #15: History Will Absolve Me, by Fidel Castro (1953), Document #17: What is Cubas Sin?, Fidel Castro (2003), Document #16: Statement from Mexico City, Juana Castro (1964), Chapter 6. Nevertheless, his main concern was not so much with absolutism itself, but rather, with the exclusion of criollos in the administration of the Spanish Empire. Give Venezuela such an executive power in the person of a president chosen by the people or their representatives, and you will have taken a great step toward national happiness. Despite this, it was still an important event as Bolivar would communicate the basis of his political doctrine. Addressing the Congress of Angostura, 1819 [Bolvar addresses the Congress of Angostura. This bring us to one of our key questions: Had Bolivar already planned to be a perpetual dictator by 1819 and was the Angostura Address paying mere lip service to the principle of alterability in power? This time, he wandered throughout the Caribbean. The Angostura Address 200 Years Later: A Critical Reading. Levene, R. 1951. . His "Angostura Address of 1819" is much more than just a regular speech that any politician would make throughout the course of their career. Nothing in our fundamental laws would have to be altered were we to adopt a legislative power similar to that held by the British Parliament. In a sense, Bolivars approach is anti-colonial (let us remember that many aspects of colonialism itself were modeled on the universalism of the Enlightenment), inasmuch as he advises colonized peoples not to necessarily copy Eurocentric models. The Angostura Address 200 Years Later: A Critical Reading. Neoliberal Hegemony and the Pink Tide in Latin America. He first settled in Jamaica, and then in Haiti. But, the Bourbons, and especially Charles III, embraced a program of enlightened despotism and absolutism that by 1810, had fully converted the Indies into colonies. The Spanish Crown would no longer trust local administrators. At least theoretically, this would ensure that criollos would no longer be second class citizens. Despite the confusing nature of some of these arguments, we must not lose sight of the fact that Bolivar was, above all, a man of revolutionary action, and he responded to particular historical circumstances that may have required some necessary measure in the mist of the chaos originated in the civil war that had been going on for almost ten years. Yet, Bolivars point is that Spanish imperialism is even worse than Oriental despotism, inasmuch as the control exercised by the Spanish Crown is even tighter than in Eastern societies. Download date: August 25th, 2018. 2019 should definitely be a year of celebration, for the Angostura Address is a landmark political document. Like the North Americans, we have divided national representation into two chambers: that of Representatives and the Senate. We are controlled by a system which deprives us of the rights to which we are entitled, and leaves us in a sort of permanent infancy with respect to public affairs (Bolivar 1819). 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