For some more elaborate reading.
The Chiquitos Affair of 1825 was a three-party diplomatic crisis, involving Simon Bolivar's republics of Gran Colombia and Bolivia, the United Provinces of La Plata, and the Empire of Brazil, that revolved around Brazil's invasion of the Chiquitos region of Bolivia, after the invitation of a local Spanish loyalist governor. The leadership of La Plata/Argentina urged Bolivar to retaliate by invading the Brazilian region of Mato Grosso.
The Argentines hoped that Bolivar would join them in an invasion of Brazil to partition the Empire, estabilish republicanism in Brazil, and raise La Plata and Gran Colombia to hegemonic power status in South America. British diplomats in Brazil were particularly fearful that the monarchy would collapse in the face of an invasion.
Bolivar, however, hesitated to intervene and participate in this gamble. The crisis was solved diplomatically.
But what if Bolivar had been a bolder leader in that occasion, and decided to invade Brazil in alliance with Argentina?
The Chiquitos Affair of 1825 was a three-party diplomatic crisis, involving Simon Bolivar's republics of Gran Colombia and Bolivia, the United Provinces of La Plata, and the Empire of Brazil, that revolved around Brazil's invasion of the Chiquitos region of Bolivia, after the invitation of a local Spanish loyalist governor. The leadership of La Plata/Argentina urged Bolivar to retaliate by invading the Brazilian region of Mato Grosso.
The Argentines hoped that Bolivar would join them in an invasion of Brazil to partition the Empire, estabilish republicanism in Brazil, and raise La Plata and Gran Colombia to hegemonic power status in South America. British diplomats in Brazil were particularly fearful that the monarchy would collapse in the face of an invasion.
Bolivar, however, hesitated to intervene and participate in this gamble. The crisis was solved diplomatically.
But what if Bolivar had been a bolder leader in that occasion, and decided to invade Brazil in alliance with Argentina?
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