II Congress of Venezuela. Formation of a representative popular government, Angostura: 1818-1819

Authors

  • Ángel Rafael Almarza Villalobos Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas de la Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15648/hc.32.2018.4

Keywords:

Political representation, Electoral practices, Representative government, Elections, Venezuela, Nueva Granada.

Abstract

The electoral practices represent an inestimable source for the understanding of the political culture in the representative experiences that were established in Hispano-America at the end of the second decade of the 19th century. In this regard, the objective of this article is to study, analyze and understand the most significant aspects that, in terms of electoral legislation, were implemented to the restoration of representative government in Venezuela, with special attention to the elections for the Angostura Congress in 1819. Experience, otherwise, that served as a model for the elections of the General Congress of Colombia in 1821; both practices would convert the representative Colombian system into a viable and lasting project that changed the way of making policies in Tierra Firme.

Author Biography

Ángel Rafael Almarza Villalobos, Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas de la Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo

Profesor del Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas de la Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (México). Correo electrónico: almarzavillalobos@gmail.com. El autor Doctor en Historia de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Entre sus publicaciones recientes tenemos: en coautoría “La independencia de las Provincias Unidas en Sud-América vista desde Venezuela” en Prismas. Revista de historia intelectual No. 20 (2016) y “Representación política y prácticas electorales en los albores de la República de Colombia: el caso de la Provincia de Guayana, 1820-1821” en Claves. Revista de Historia No. 2 (2016). Entre sus temas de interés están historia política hispanoamericana de la primera mitad del siglo XIX.

How to Cite

Almarza Villalobos, Ángel R. (2018). II Congress of Venezuela. Formation of a representative popular government, Angostura: 1818-1819. Historia Caribe, 13(32), 81–114. https://doi.org/10.15648/hc.32.2018.4

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Published

2018-01-01

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