Compare And Contrast Montesquieu And Blivar

Simon’s model condition has to do with a unified Pan-American state but he realizes this can’t exist. It’s impossible because of each region’s differences demographically, culturally, etc. Bolivar thinks large states would not be as successful as small states politically, for example. He never really lets go of this idea, and it commands his process in freeing colonies of South America. Montesquieu and Bolivar both thought that any political system could threaten the oppression of a tyrant or the oppression of the mob. He also believed that the Latin American people were not proficient enough of ruling themselves simply due to their inexperience, but that they should be given the right to select their own reps. According to Montesquieu, the
He then continues to talk about detailed predictions of government systems for specific countries, such as Chile and Peru, based on their features. "Until our compatriots acquire the political skills and virtues that distinguish our brothers to the north, entirely popular systems, far from being favorable to us, will, I greatly fear, lead to our ruin". Bolivar uses his language to make a sense of pride for Latin American states that haven’t felt it naturally. One source references that Bolivar's language changes in Jamaica Letter from his previous writing because he writes more like a native man from Jamaica and with an "eloquent, defiant, and in some passages a despairing defense of continental independence..." He also uses dramatic language, with rich imagery and metaphors, to personify the enemy, and provoke hopefulness in the revolution. "That wicked stepmother is the source of all our suffering". That’s a reference to Spain. “The chains have been broken, we've been liberated, and now our enemies want to make us slaves"(Bolivar). "The hatred we feel for the Peninsula is greater than the sea separating us from it; it would be easier to bring the two continents together than to reconcile the spirits and minds of the two