Summary of the Simón Bolivar dictatorship

The beginning of the independence of the Spanish viceroyalties overseas caused a great distortion for Spain, a fact that took a long time to assimilate. In this lesson from a TEACHER we bring you a summary of the dictatorship of Simón Bolívar Well, the famous liberator, as he is known, at the end of his time ended up ruling the newly independent territories in a despotic way.

We will start this summary of the dictatorship of Simón Bolívar in the failure of the convention in 1828. This was a severe blow to the aspirations of the newly created Gran Colombia, which would force the assembly dominated for the most part by Bolivarians to think of a plan.

In June of that same year, Simón Bolívar was granted all powers, or what is the same, dictatorial powers. In this way, the general's first move would be to give Páez, a faithful defender of the General, broad powers, and in the same way the vice-presidency of the nation was eliminated.

Between the years 1828-1830 there would be a system of government that many historians have not hesitated to name as a dictatorial element since it was the president of the nation, who would be in power for life, was the one who also had to appoint his successor.

In this way many of the democratic elements that had been defended during the Latin American War of Independence were broken.

In addition, within said period, a series of modifications and changes that were rather tyrannical rather than liberating:

• Execution of decrees to accelerate national processes, without the need to present it to the assembly for voting.
• The monasteries that had been closed during the war, were handed over back to their owners, along with the rest of his lands.
• The duty that existed before independence were elevated for imports into the country.
• The army obtained special privileges, being the members of the high hierarchy, the most influential personages of the young nation.
• I know restored the alcabala tax, a Spanish tax that had been brought to America after the conquest and of which many Creoles had complained throughout the ages.
• I know kept the law of manumission.
• The indigenous tribute was maintained, this being one of the most shocking elements, because during independence it was wanted to show that the Spanish were some tyrants who destroyed the fruit of the people, and after leaving those lands and having promised to end kept. Thus maintaining the social difference.

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Within the summary of the dictatorship of Simón Bolívar we must mention that, from the beginning of the establishment of that system of government, there was a large part of the population that did not see well eyes this.

In this way, a conspiratorial movement made by young people with the intention of ending the life of Bolívar on September 25, 1828, Although the attack did not achieve its end and the only thing it would achieve was a resurgence of the dictatorship. Of this attempt, 14 people were executed and General Santander and other members were deported in a preventive manner by the Government.

A short time later, in October, we will find a revolt in the Cauca area, which was headed by José María Obando and José Hilario López, who, although it did not lead to direct struggles with the Government, was able to maintain the Otrara region, a former royalist region. Similarly, in September 1829, there was another uprising in the Antioquia area, which was quickly silenced by force.

But the uprisings before the Government continued and at the end of the year, Páez himself, was leading the movement.

We end this summary by mentioning the last days of the general's life, then, afflicted with a disease and exhausted from the numerous uprisings that were taking place in the country, he decided together with his family and some of his most intimate followers to march to Europe, in a so-called voluntary exile, before the rebels came to power.

But in the course of his trip, he had to stop in Santa Marta where, already prostrate, the December 17, 1830 died. This was used by the followers of Santander to mobilize and end the government system established two years earlier.