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Introduction:
In OTL, the 19th Century was a troublesome time for Spain. The loss of its colonies in America and the Pacific, as well as the numerous conflicts between Spanish conservatives and liberals, crippled Spain, and would cause Spain to fall into the Second Republic, the Spanish Civil War and Francisco Franco's 40 year long dictatorship.

Point of Divergence:

In OTL, Spanish Coronel Rafael de Riego was supposed to sail to the Americas with an expeditionary in 1820 to fight the rebellions in Latin America. Instead, De Riego and his forces mutinied against Spain and began an uprising against the absolutist king Ferdinand VII of Spain, that would case a period of Spanish history known as the Trienio Liberal, that caused royalist New Spanish General Agustín de Iturbide to ally himself with the Mexican rebels and proclaim himself Emperor of Mexico.

What if, De Riego had sailed to America, so therefore, Iturbide remained loyal to the Spanish Crown, and Mexico was kept under Spanish control?


PS: I had started a TL with this PoD and another PoD, but I realized that the other PoD wasn't very plausible or helpful, and I needed to rewrite some of this TL
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