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As I recall, the puppet regime France set up in Mexico (known as the Second Mexican Empire) was the beginning of a plan that France and Austria-Hungary had for establishment of puppets/colonies in the Americas. If this alliance had lasted through the Second Mexican Empire's survival, which regions of the Americas would the two nations have set their sights on next, and how could this have affected the European alliance system and the lead-up to World War 1?
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