Event

Congress of Cúcuta

1821 · 19th century

The Congress of Cúcuta was the constituent assembly of Gran Colombia, meeting at Villa del Rosario de Cúcuta from May to October 1821. It joined Venezuela and New Granada in a centralised republic, adopted the Constitution of 1821, elected Simón Bolívar president and Francisco de Paula Santander vice-president, and passed a law freeing children born to enslaved mothers.

Congress of Cúcuta
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Congress of Cúcuta. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/congress-of-cucuta
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