Philosophical thoughts of independence: Louverture, Bolívar y Morazán

Abstract

:  This research highlights the ideas and struggles carried out by three Latin American independence fighters: Toussaint Louverture, from Haiti; Simón Bolívar, from Venezuela, and Francisco Morazán, from Honduras. The three of them, from different sides of action and contexts, shared similar philosophical thoughts about independence and what it might mean for Latin American peoples who are thirsty for freedom but illiterate in their administration.

Several historical events have called for independence thinking in Latin America, however, the two most notable were: the French Revolution and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen. Nevertheless, it is concluded that independence is not a fact, but an unfinished process.