The Guayaquil Conference of July 22, 1822 saw the meeting of which two people regarded as the primary liberators of South America from Spain?
Guayaquil Conference returned to Argentina. Soon afterward, he left South America entirely and retired in France. The Guayaquil conference inspired a short story by Jorge Luis Borges, "Guayaquil", in which he explores the possible psychological relation between San Martín and Bolívar. Guayaquil Conference The Guayaquil Conference () was a meeting that took place on July 26, 1822, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, between José de San Martín and Simón Bolívar, to discuss the future of Perú (and South America in general). Lima, capital of the Viceroyalty of Peru, was the most important city of the Spanish colonies in South America. It was a royalist
Guayaquil of 110, looted Guayaquil and demanded ransom; however, they suddenly departed without collecting the ransom after an epidemic of yellow fever broke out. On October 9, 1820, almost without bloodshed, a group of civilians, supported by soldiers from the "Granaderos de Reserva", a battalion quartered in Guayaquil, overwhelmed the resistance of the Royalist guards and arrested the Spanish authorities. Guayaquil declared independence from Spain, becoming Provincia Libre de Guayaquil, and José Joaquín de Olmedo was named "Jefe Civil" (Civilian Chief) of Guayaquil. This would prove to be a key victory for the Ecuadorian War of Independence. On July 26, 1822,