«Para reintegrar la nación». El Perú en la política negociadora del Trienio Liberal con los disidentes Americanos, 1820-1824

Abstract

Handling of the American question took a new direction during the Liberal Triennium (1820-1823). Leaders during the second period of liberalism were committed to negotiation with dissidents as a means of restoring the unity of the Spanish nation against a background of advancing insurgency. This article analyzes from the perspective of Spanish politics how the central powers explored this alternative. It presents the legislative framework and its development and explains the positions of the king, the government, the Council of State and the Cortes. It weighs its importance within the context of the other options which were considered i.e. a military solution and British mediation. The article follows the course of the negotiating process in America, with a particular focus on the viceroyalty of Peru.