Comparative analysis of the Constitutions of Antioquia of 1812 and 1815

Abstract

The authors who make reference in their works to the constitution written up in Antioquia in 1812 and 1815, maintain that between these fundamental texts we can find marked and substantial differences. Through the exploration we will make in this article we will try to demonstrate that it is not like that, contributing several arguments for such assignment, among them, the use of the symbolic efficacy and the normative syndrome.

The Creoles, the inhabitants of “Nueva Granada” who had in their hands the editing work, eager of power, camouflaged their intentions with the long- inded speech of “independence”; through speech strategies they were skillful in making people believe that soon the situation would give a significant turn. The things would have to continue in the same way, except because from then on, they would see the reins taken by different people: the Creoles instead of the monarchy.