The Mirandino thought of continental independence and the “imperial” project of Colombeia

Abstract

This article studies the political thought of Francisco de Miranda on continental independence and his imperial project of Colombeia. Miranda intended to break ties with the Hispanic monarchy, and at the same time the need to build a unitary State, or an American confederation, so he began to develop a series of ideas to promote, disseminate and defend the ideal of free America. This is why Miranda is considered one of the most prominent ideologues of the political thought of the unity of Hispanic America, a product of his varied contributions to the spiritual and material formation of the nation-states of America. Likewise, its continental plan is studied, the Incanato proposal called Colombeia, which would be the clearest expression of its liberating ideal.