Will Kürlich Kerl
Banned
Challenge: Have Chile, instead of the USA, get the Philippines and Hawaii as either colonies, territories, or protectorates.
Given that Chile had the strongest Navy in the Western Hemisphere c. 1890, I could see Chile taking Hawaii and making a protectorate out of the Philippines.
Given that Chile had the strongest Navy in the Western Hemisphere c. 1890, I could see Chile taking Hawaii and making a protectorate out of the Philippines.
Say Chile can get Hawaii on its own, perhaps due to a worse Civil War that retards American imperialism in the West, and the emergence of a strong Anglo-Chilean alliance. Then, after an alt-Great War that puts Chile on the winning side and Spain (which never fought the Spanish-American War and just barely managed to hang on the the Philippines, which went up in open revolt during the war) on the losing side, the Philippines is established as a *League of Nations Mandate. Responsibility for the mandate is then split between Chile and Britain. Voila.
Given that Chile had the strongest Navy in the Western Hemisphere c. 1890, I could see Chile taking Hawaii and making a protectorate out of the Philippines.