The system of leases and the monopolization of tax revenue in the sovereign state of bolivar, 1860-1878

This article examines the main taxes of Sovereign State of Bolivar (Colombia) from 1860 to 1878, the obstacles faced by the government to raise them, the weakness of the Treasury and State distitales regional and resistance from citizen to pay taxes. The central idea is that the inability to establish a monopoly forced the state to lease the major taxes which depended its operation, yielding the power to collect taxes on individuals, which eventually meant the privatization of the collection system. This route was established in the lease a source of capital accumulation and the scene of factional political disputes enters interested in monopolizing the collection of collections.