THE GREAT COLOMBIA OF

BOLIVAR
• AFTER THE BATTLES OF PANTANO DE VARGAS AND BOYACÁ,
IN 1819, THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA "LA GRAN COLOMBIA"
WAS FORMALLY CONSTITUTED IN THE CONGRESS OF
ANGOSTURA, WHICH BY THEN WAS FORMED IN THE
DEPARTMENTS OF VENEZUELA, QUITO AND CUNDINAMARCA
(THE FORMER NEW GRANADA), GOVERNED BY BOLÍVAR AS
PRESIDENT, WHO WOULD TAKE POWER THROUGH THE
CONGRESS OF CÚCUTA, AND WITH ANTONIO NARIÑO AS VICE
PRESIDENT. EACH DEPARTMENT WAS GOVERNED BY A VICE
PRESIDENT, THUS CREATING A UNITARY NATION.
• IN 1821 PANAMA JOINS THE GREAT COLOMBIA AND BOLIVAR
BEGINS THE BATTLE OF CARABOBO IN WHICH HE DEFEATED
THE ARMY OF LA TORRE. IN 1822 QUITO ACCEPTS TO BE
INTEGRATED IN COLOMBIA, BUT GUAYAQUIL CONTINUES
DEFENDING ITS INDEPENDENCE, SO BOLIVAR PERSONALLY
CONVINCES THE GUAYAQUILEÑOS AND IS ANNEXED. THE
INTERVIEW OF GUAYAQUIL WAS ONE OF THE MOST
CONTROVERSIAL EVENTS OF BOLIVAR'S FREEDOM CAMPAIGN.
WELL, THE DISCUSSION WITH THE LIBERATOR SAN MARTIN ON
JULY 26 LASTED TWO DAYS.)