5. Argument Writing You are either Simon Bolivar or Jose de San Martin. The year is 1822, when the two men met face to face in G
uayaquil (now located in Ecuador). Write a paragraph or two in which you urge your fellow leader to pursue the struggle for independence from Spain. Pls write one paragraph.
Guayaquil Conference, (July 26–27, 1822), meeting between Simón Bolívar and José de San Martín, leaders of the South American movement for independence from Spain. Late in 1821, when San Martín’s campaign for the liberation of Peru was faltering, he wrote to Bolívar, whose army was then in possession of Ecuador, that the two of them must join forces if the struggle for independence was to succeed. Bolívar agreed enthusiastically, and the two met at Guayaquil, Ecuador, but they failed to agree. Both men had eagerly anticipated their first encounter, but their mutual respect and common cause did not obscure their rivalry. The flamboyant and self-assertive Bolívar stood in sharp contrast to the reflective and self-effacing San Martín.
