floundersgreatadventure

Well it seems that the only person who actually read this stuff is Val sense she’s the only one who comments and she does that on an almost daily basis, which can mean one of two things either she’s really interested in this stuff or she needs to get a life. Thanks Val Jeff and I really are appreciative of your remarks .Today I think we might do a little more history of Colombia. Let’s talk about Post independence and republicanism (1824 to 1930). Colombia was the first constitutional government in South America, and the Liberal and Conservative parties, founded in 1848 and 1849 respectively, are two of the oldest surviving political parties in the Americas. Internal political and territorial divisions led to the secessions of Venezuela and Quito (today’s Ecuador) in 1830. The so-called “Department of Cundinamarca” adopted the name “Nueva Granada”, which it kept until 1856 when it became the ‘Confederacion Granadina”. After a two-year civil war in 1863,”The United States of Colombia “was created, lasting until 1886, when the country finally became known as the Republic of Colombia. Internal divisions remained between the bipartisan political forces, occasionally igniting very bloody civil wars, the most significant being the Thousand Days War (1899-1902). This, together with the United States of America’s intentions to influence the area (especially the Panama Canal construction and control) led to the separation of the Department of Panama in 1903 and the establishment of it as a nation. The United States paid Colombia $25,000,000 in 1921; seven years after the completion of the canal, for redress of President Roosevelt’s role in the creation of Panama, and Colombia recognized Panama under terms of the Thompson-Urrutia Treaty. Colombia was engulfed in the Year-Long War with Peru over a territorial dispute involving the Amazonas Department and its capital Leticia. Ok that’s enough for today thank again to Wikipedia for the info We’ll continue this tomorrow Ciao.