If Columbia and Central America don't separate near 1830

If Bolivar held the Columbia(now called Greater Columbia) together more than two decade, would it became next Argentina or Brazil? With the oil, it may become a larger power in south America? Also the Central America provinces can be a power strong enough?
 
If Bolivar held the Columbia(now called Greater Columbia) together more than two decade, would it became next Argentina or Brazil? With the oil, it may become a larger power in south America? Also the Central America provinces can be a power strong enough?

Central America (sans Panama) was part of Mexico, not Colombia.

Panama was part of Colombia, but did'nt become Independent until the 20th century.
 

Philip

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If Bolivar held the Columbia(now called Greater Columbia) together more than two decade, would it became next Argentina or Brazil?
Do you mean Gran Colombia, including modern Venezuela and Ecuador? If so, it is going to be difficult. Geography is decidedly against it.
Panama was part of Colombia, but did'nt become Independent until the 20th century.
Woohoo! Big sticks! :)
 
Do you mean Gran Colombia, including modern Venezuela and Ecuador? If so, it is going to be difficult. Geography is decidedly against it.

Actually, Gran Colombia would have done pretty well for itself. Some of the largest and highest quality coal deposits in the world are located along the Venezuelan-Colombian border. Also crossing this border, fairly close to the same coal deposits, is a river system that connects it to the Caribbean and the amazon, providing easy transport. These resources were not properly exploited because Colombia and Venezuela were separate nations, but if they had stayed together then they would have had the potential to create a steel industry rivaling the stuff the U.S. has around the great lakes.
 
Yes, I mean the Gran Columbia. Thanks!

It's Colombia, NOT Columbia!

Apart from that minor quibble that makes me go red, I'm not sure the Gran Colombia would last. Having Ecuador and Panama remain in Colombia, probably. Having Venezuela in there - nah, Venezuela would rather adopt Andrés Bello's spelling reforms of Spanish than having Caracas subordinate to Bogotá. Gran Colombia was basically doomed from the beginning.
 
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