Búsqueda de nuevas rutas comerciales. Solón Wilches y las redes de poder en García Rovira, segunda mitad del siglo XIX

Abstract

This article presents a project formulated by the president of the Sovereign State of Santander, Solon Wilches, to open new trade routes in order to create and maintain a network of power in the department of García Rovira. First, the text highlights the political activity of General Wilches to help his region; second, the commercial activities which surrounded his network of friends and family. Finally, the text answers the question of how associations worked around a main character in order to complete commercial transactions in a specific region.

Keywords

• Trade routes
• political power
• family
• investment
• entrepreneurs
• Santander.