PRESS AND POLITICAL DISCOURSE: FELIPE PARDO Y ALIAGA AGAINST THE PERU-BOLIVIAN CONFEDERATION. LIMA AND SANTIAGO 1834–1837

Anco G.M. · Dialogo Andino (2024)

Resumen

Studies on Felipe Pardo and his relationship with the Confederation have prioritized his racist discourse or his opposition to the confederation process. The latter has been addressed taking the newspaper El Intérprete as its axis. This work seeks to understand Pardo’s political discourse from when this project began to be discussed in 1835 until mid-1837, when it became a reality. To do this, we will use the newspapers in which our author wrote between 1834 and 1837. (El Voto Nacional, El Hijo del Montonero, El Intérprete) We note that, in 1834, Pardo’s concerns were the organization of the country and order. Later, when the Santa Cruz intervention took place, the priority was the defense of the unity, the republic, the freedom and sovereignty of Peru. To do this, he used the argument of illegality of President Orbegoso’s measures. When he was in Chile, his objective was to encourage the intervention of this government against the Confederation; To this end, he maintains that the defense of republican freedom is the obligation of every republican and of the states of the region, personalizing the problems and danger of the Confederation in Santa Cruz. Resort to the principle of balance in the region and Chile’s help in the war of independence to reverse the criticism of traitors and invaders to the emigrants and the Chilean government. © (2024), (Universidad de Tarapaca). All rights reserved.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos