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ALMARZA VILLALOBOS, Ángel Rafael. II Congress of Venezuela. Formation of a representative popular government, Angostura: 1818-1819. Hist. Caribe [online]. 2018, vol.13, n.32, pp.81-114. ISSN 0122-8803.  https://doi.org/10.15648/hc.32.2018.4.

The electoral practices represent an inestimable source for the understanding of the political culture in the representative experiences that were established in Hispano-America at the end of the second decade of the 19th century. In this regard, the objective of this article is to study, analyze and understand the most significant aspects that, in terms of electoral legislation, were implemented to the restoration of representative government in Venezuela, with special attention to the elections for the Angostura Congress in 1819. Experience, otherwise, that served as a model for the elections of the General Congress of Colombia in 1821; both practices would convert the representative Colombian system into a viable and lasting project that changed the way of making policies in Tierra Firme.

Palabras clave : political representation; electoral practices; representative government; elections; Venezuela; Nueva Granada.

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