Carta de Jamaica by Simón Bolívar
The Jamaica letter was something like a "declaration of independence" of South America. Bolivar had a gradualist approach to liberation from Spain. He saw the people as a "new" people that were part Spanish, part native. They were "slaves" to Spain. They would inevitably form their own countries of various sizes. Some were expected to gather large groups and form monarchies, but these monarchies are likely to fail. This short letter foretells much of the future of South America, but was perhaps too conservative in outlook.
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