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Revolution and Restoration: The Revolution of Quito (Ecuador) Within the Independence Process of Latin America

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Juan J. Paz-y-Miño Cepeda

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DOI:10.17265/2159-5526/2015.02.006

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Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, Ecuador

ABSTRACT

The Revolution of Quito (1808-1812) in many aspects pioneered the way during the Latin American independence process. After the independence of Haiti (1804) and at its initial stage, the Sovereign Junta in Quito, founded in 1809, took action together with the revolutionary movements of Chuquisaca and La Paz. Controlled, its members persecuted and finally killed, the Revolution of Quito passed from a loyalty to an independence movement which resulted in the creation of the new State of Quito. The defeat of the Revolution of Quito restored the old regime. In the middle of this process, the threat of the Holy Alliance, which was born at the Congress of Vienna (1814-1815), has particular significance for Quito and Latin America as it was the third attempt of a Spanish conquest. The celebrations of the bicentenaries of the independence of Latin American countries have given a reason to value the concepts which the region developed during its anticolonial struggle, the first of its kind in the world and at the dawn of capitalism. G. W. F. Hegel always perceived Latin America as an “echo of a foreign Life”. He never understood nor visited Latin America. He could not understand that another “spirit of the people” existed here which did not have a place in his elaborate universal history. And as has happened in the past, today Latin America is once again a pioneering region when it comes to setting the foundations for what should become its second independence, an idea which has been revived by the Latin American governments associated with the New Left.

KEYWORDS

Revolution of Quito, Congress of Vienna, independence of Latin America, second independence, spirit of the people

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Sociology Study, February 2015, Vol. 5, No. 2, 146-156

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