Villavicencio As Representative of The Crown
In 1810 the Regency in Spain was worried about how news of the dissolution of the Supreme Central Junta had been received in America. The Court decided to send Regency commissioners to serve as its ambassadors to America and to explain the situation in Spain. Two Criollos and one Peninsular were chosen for South America, Carlos Montúfar as envoy to Quito, José de Cos Iriberri, as ambassador to the Viceroyalty of Peru, and Villavicencio, as envoy to New Granada.
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