José Maria Vergara y Lozano

José Maria Vergara y Lozano de Peralta (1792-1857) was a Colombian major general and hero of Independence of New Granada and Gran Colombia, Deputy for casanare in the Congress of Angostura and diplomat of Colombia in London representing the South American country in the Congress of Troppau.[1][2] Vergara fought many battles against the Spanish crown alongside Simon Bolivar, Francisco de Paula Santander and is considered as one of the major figures of the Independence of the South American colonies.[3]

musical composition of war, printing of the state for Simon Bolivar by the president of cundinamarca Antonio Nariño, 1813.

Speech of Vergara in the Angostura Congress: "The union of New Granada and Venezuela cannot and should not be like that of a conquered country, or ceded as a dowry to be in the interest of two families, or on the other hand, of another for the same or different political view. It must be done through the express will of the inhabitants of both countries, convinced of the mutual usefulness that must be for them."[4]

References
  1. "El Colegial. Maria Vergara y Lozano". urosario.edu.co (in Spanish).
  2. Historia, Academia Colombiana de (1911). Boletin de historia y antigüedades.
  3. Uribe-Uran, Victor M. (15 March 2000). Honorable Lives: Lawyers, Family, and Politics in Colombia, 1780–1850. University of Pittsburgh Pre. ISBN 978-0-8229-7732-2.
  4. Garnica, Armando, Martínez (30 April 2019). Historia de la primera República de Colombia, 1819-1831. "Decid Colombia sea, y Colombia será" (in Spanish). Editorial Universidad del Rosario. ISBN 978-958-784-220-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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