ABSTRACT
The clash of regional and local or national goals and interests on which Professor Hans J. Morgenthau has provided the most trenchant analysis is seen in the struggle between Bolivar and those who resisted his dream of a South American confederation. The clash of regional and local or national goals and interests on which Professor Morgenthau has provided the most trenchant analysis is seen in the struggle between Bolivar and those who resisted his dream of a South American confederation. Spanish America had obtained its independence only at a terrible cost. It had experienced a true colonial war, and the long-hammered rules of international law had been conveniently forgotten. Spanish-American independence brought a true revolution in international affairs; more so, in fact, than North American independence. The victory of Ayacucho assured the independence of the whole of Spanish America, and, with all his immense prestige, Bolivar insisted upon the early convening of the meeting.
