The Guayaquil conference
1822 · Event
The two liberators meet for the only time, alone, in a room in Guayaquil — and what they said was never recorded. What happened is plain: San Martín, holding half-conquered Peru, sails home within weeks, resigns every office, and leaves for European exile, ceding the continent's endgame to Bolívar. History's most consequential private conversation stays private.
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