The conference helped determine leadership of the independence movements in Spanish America, reshaping the regional balance and influencing U.S. diplomatic and strategic interests that would factor into Monroe-era policy toward the new republics.
On July 26, 1822 Simón Bolívar and José de San Martín held a confidential meeting in Guayaquil to discuss the liberation and political future of Peru and the wider struggle for South American independence.
The conference helped determine leadership of the independence movements in Spanish America, reshaping the regional balance and influencing U.S. diplomatic and strategic interests that would factor into Monroe-era policy toward the new republics.
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