The Department of La Libertad (Spanish: Departamento de La Libertad) was a department of North Peru, a constituent country of the Peru–Bolivian Confederation, which existed from 1836 to 1839. Created alongside the confederate state, its capital was Trujillo.
| Department of La Libertad Departamento de La Libertad | |||||||||
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| Department of North Peru | |||||||||
| 1836–1839 | |||||||||
 Coat of arms
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 La Libertad within North Peru | |||||||||
| Capital | Trujillo | ||||||||
| Historical era | Confederation | ||||||||
• Established | 1836 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1839 | ||||||||
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| • Constituent country | North Peru | ||||||||
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History edit
La Libertad sent deputies to the Assembly of Huaura in August 1836,[1] where the Constitution of the Northern Peruvian State was drafted under the guidance of the then rebel president Luis José de Orbegoso y Moncada in the midst of the Peruvian civil war since 1835.[1] The constitution proclaimed the North-Peruvian State and the alliance with the Bolivian occupation forces for the creation of the Peru–Bolivian Confederation.[2]
With the victory of Orbegoso, the Fundamental Law of 1837 in Tacna, with approval of the self-proclaimed supreme protector Andrés de Santa Cruz, recognized La Libertad as a founding department of the Confederation.[2]
La Libertad was subject to the General Government, its governor was appointed by the president of the State, and this in turn was appointed by the supreme protector on duty.[1] The governor was obliged to elect representatives of his department to participate in the Huaura assemblies, which were ordered by the president of the northern Peruvian State.[1][2] La Libertad also had deputies in the Congress of the Confederation as part of the North-Peruvian parliamentary group, represented by Pablo Diéguez, Pedro Delgado y Cotera, Manuel de Espino, Miguel Tinoco, José de Lamas and Juan Antonio de Torres.[1]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e "Constitución del Estado Nor-Peruano" (PDF). Congreso de la República. 1836-08-06.
- ^ a b c "Ley Fundamental de la Confederación Perú-Boliviana" (PDF). Congreso de la República. 1837-05-01.