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Hello everybody, this is my first attempt at writing a timeline and it's mainly about a general war in South America in the 1950s. Hope you like it and any feedback is appreciated.

Intro: Prelude to the Storm

After almost the entirety of South America fought and gained their independence from the Spanish Empire, the main figure of the war, Simon Bolivar had plans to create a unified south American state which would be able to defend itself and become a major power in the region and in the world. From 1819 to 1831, a state called the Great Colombia existed in the territories of the recently liberated republics of Venezuela, Colombia, Panama (which at the time was still part of Colombia), parts of northern Peru and western Guyana. The republic had the potential to become a major power in the geopolitical sphere. Political infighting and separatist movements in the different nations of the republic ultimately led to its collapse. Since then, many had dreamt about bringing back a more powerful and unified South American state.
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A small border clash in September 1952 in what would become known as "The Los Monjes Crisis" between Venezuela and Colombia would be the casus belli which would trigger a general conflict in the region which would have social, economic and political repercussions that would be felt for the years and decades to come.
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