Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

"Venezuela dares to interfere in our domestic affairs?" Domingo's face suddenly turned ugly.

Colombia and Venezuela were the two most important resistance forces against Spanish colonial rule.

At that time, Spain established ten viceroyalties in Latin America, namely the New Spain region, including Mexico and Central America.

Peruvian region.

New Granada region, including Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador.

The La Plata region includes Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia.

Spain also established five metropolitan areas, namely Guatemala, Venezuela, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Chile.

This was the focus of Spanish colonial rule in Latin America.

Colombia was controlled by Venezuela back then.

This makes many Colombians unhappy.

Although during the War of Independence, people from both places cooperated and defeated Spain.

In 1818 Venezuela established the Third Republic.

In 1819, Bolivar led his army across the primeval forests of the Andes, defeated the Spanish army, and liberated Bogota. In the same year Venezuela and New Granada formed the Republic of Colombia, and Bolivar was elected president.

In June 1822, the revolutionary army defeated the Spanish colonial army in the Carabobo Plains, liberated Caracas, and liberated Venezuela. In 1822, the revolutionary army won another great victory in the Battle of Pichincha. Victory, Ecuador was liberated, and Ecuador joined the Republic of Colombia to form the Republic of Gran Colombia.

But then the two places started to quarrel over who was in charge.

Finally, after large and small wars, this problem was solved, that is, separate countries.

In 1824, the coalition forces of the Republic of Gran Colombia and Peru defeated the Spanish colonial army, and Peru gained independence. During Bolivar's army fighting in Peru, Santander replaced him as president and presided over the political affairs of the Republic of Gran Colombia.

Santander advocated the establishment of a federal government and united local forces to oppose Bolivarian political ideas of unity.

The factional fighting within the Congress and government of Gran Colombia suddenly became increasingly fierce.

In April 1826, the Venezuelan local rulers headed by Pais and those opposed to the New Granada rulers headed by Santander demanded the establishment of a separate country.

Through Bolivar's mediation, the separatist activities were temporarily stopped. Internal conflicts and factional struggles within the party still exist and are even getting worse.

On May 8, 1828, the National Congress of Gran Colombia was held in Ocaña. There was a sharp conflict between the centralist faction headed by Bolivar and the federal faction headed by Santadel at the meeting. After that, various localities The trend of separatism has accelerated significantly.

November 1829

In 1830, the Belgian region of Europe began to be forcibly separated from the Kingdom of the Netherlands and established a country with the support of Britain.

But on this day, this scene was also played out in Latin America. Bolivar resigned as president in the Congress of the Republic of Gran Colombia in an attempt to eliminate differences and continue to maintain the unity of the country, but to no avail.

In March, the Venezuelan region announced its withdrawal from the Republic of Gran Colombia and established the Republic of Venezuela.

On May 31 of that year, the Quito region announced its withdrawal from the Republic of Greater Colombia and established the Republic of Ecuador.

Bolivar died in December, and the Republic of Gran Colombia subsequently disintegrated.

Then in 1831, the regions of Colombia and Panama were renamed the Republic of New Granada.

In 1863, the Republic of New Granada was renamed the Republic of Colombia.

Because of the disintegration, the spoils were unevenly distributed. Over the years, Venezuela and Colombia have had many disputes over territorial boundaries, and no one agrees with anyone.

Also, the populations on the border are intertwined with each other, making it very easy to interfere in each other's internal politics.

“Venezuela has recently become too close to the Netherlands, while Colombia has distanced itself from the Netherlands.

This may be the reason why my list of Venezuela and China is getting bigger and bigger. "

After lamenting for a while, Interior Minister Jose Martinez added: "Currently, the Netherlands occupies a unique position in Latin America. All countries are trying to show goodwill to each other and want to get benefits from the Netherlands. That's why we were willing to Reasons for joining the Thirteen-Nation Alliance of Latin America.

Even the Brazilian Empire and the United States frequently ogle the Netherlands.

We keep our distance from the Netherlands, as there seems to be some reason why the country here is out of place. This is the reason why we are currently in an awkward situation. "

Jose Martinez didn't say it clearly, but the meaning was very clear.

It was a hint that Domingora should keep close to the relationship with the Netherlands and not fall out of the crowd.

But seeing Domingo's indifferent look, he couldn't help but feel discouraged.

"Antonio Guzman Blanco likes to flatter the Netherlands. He doesn't even think about whether the Dutch are so easy to flatter. He's not afraid of getting stuck and not being able to get out.

When I was in Liverpool, England, I visited Oxford University in London. The books there were dazzling, but the diplomacy was very interesting. In it, I saw an autobiography by Viscount Palmerston, which talked about Britain's position in Latin America.

From this, I realized that industrially developed countries actually control the thoughts of other countries so much.

Jose, let me tell you, I saw in the Netherlands the foreign policy implementation line in this autobiography written by the then extremely powerful British Prime Minister in 1860. According to Viscount Palmerston's idea in his autobiography, he would use Beijing's industrial economy to control small countries for Britain's use. This is economic colonization.

Venezuela, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador are now completely under the economic control of the Netherlands. In the past two years, Central America and Mexico have increasingly become Dutch economic colonies due to the infiltration of large Dutch consortiums in the past two years.

On the first day I came to power in 1879, I began to prepare to prevent this crisis. Three years later, although I survived, other countries fell. "

Domingo said bitterly: "Now I don't know how long I can hold on. The Republic of Colombia is only a small country with limited capabilities, so I am prepared to introduce external forces."

"Introducing external force?" Jose Martinez's whole body trembled involuntarily. He guessed what Domingo's so-called external force was.

It is nothing more than the three countries of England, Germany and Austria.

Could it be that the president in front of him had this plan from the beginning?

Jose Martinez's eyes sparkled and he was thoughtful.

"Yes, we can't stop the strength of the Netherlands, and we can't stop it. In this case, we might as well let other powerful countries fight with them. We will get more benefits. Maybe in this way, other Latin American countries will benefit from us and will follow. There’s no telling what we’ll do.”