JOSÉ JOAQUÍN OLMEDO SU PARTICIPACIÓN EN LOS CONGRESOS CONSTITUYENTES: 1822-1830

Abstract

This essay will try to show José Joaquín Olmedo, president of the Government Junta of the province of Guayaquil, in the process of the formation of the American States in the years of independence from Spain. Olmedo negotiated with Bolívar and San Martín for the autonomy of Guayaquil, which cost him exile in Peru. In Peru, he participated in the Constituent Congress as a representative of Puno. This congress delegated Olmedo to request Bolívar’s support for his independence. This circumstance caused his reconciliation with the Liberator, who appointed him Plenipotentiary Minister of Peru in London to obtain a loan, in addition to the recognition of the Peruvian State and the link of Peru with other European countries through trade agreements. Through his letters - reports of this mission - he shows the worn-out European situation and his failed delegation. On his return, he defines his Colombian nationality after Peru’s attack on Guayaquil, hence his legitimate participation as a constituent in the Ocaña congress -which he could not reachOlmedo is seen as a jurist in the Riobamba constituent; this meeting marks the separation of the Southern District of Colombia and the formation of Ecuador as an independent State.