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"Libertad Y Orden", Liberty and Order Notes From Me, the Author Hello there gentlemen and gentlewomen! My name's Autopilot, but you can also just call me Auto. Today, I want to present y'all a project I've been thinking about for quite a while now. While I am not new to this website, and in...

Hello! I've been reading about the independence of Latin America recently, and something that consistently comes up is the significant role that Venezuela (what later became Venezuela) played in the downfall of Gran Colombia. I'm still trying to understand the specifics of how Venezuela's...

To put you in context, it was a diplomatic crisis that occurred between August 9 and 18, 1987, between Venezuela and Colombia as a result of the incursion of a Colombian corvette in waters not delimited between both countries. Although the crisis was finally resolved thanks to the intervention...

If you didn't already know, Pablo Escobar, yes, that Pablo Escobar, became a member of the Colombian Chamber of Representatives in 1989, after running as an alternate for another candidate, who immediately resigned after being elected for "personal reasons". the reasons for his wealth obviously...

POD is the Colombians do not raid Pablo Escobar's safehouse in December 2, 1993 so the drug lord will continue his criminal activities. He was already labeled as a narco-terrorist by the United States and was the target of both the DEA and the FBI. But for the sake of this scenario ASB wise...

Gran Colombia was a massive country that was composed of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Panama from 1819 to 1831. Do you think it could still be existing today? If so, how? What impact do you think its existence would have in Latin America, and the rest of the world?

In the aftermath of La Violencia, the war between Liberals and Conservatives in Colombia in the 40s and 50s, the Communists started mobilizing the rural peasants as supporters against a government that was directly attacking small-scale family farms as part of its vision of corporate-structured...

Hi! How are you? Well, I've been thinking (let's call it, a mental exercise) in the history of European emigration to Latin America; more specifically, the factors that led it and how these could change in a way that migration increases. Well, I correct. I don't know what those factors are...

(I'm really not sure if this should go here... if anything, tell me) So from what I read, the main objective of the United Kingdom in the war was to secure the four main ports of Spain in the Caribbean (Portobelo, Veracruz, Santiago de Cuba and Cartagena) and disrupt the defensive and trading...

The Muisca were a South American civilization, politically organized into a confederation of multiple kingdoms and chiefdoms, located in the vicinity of modern Bogotá, Colombia. They're oftenly renowned for their fondness of gold, mostly in (admittedly quite eye-catching) artwork. In fact, they...

what if hadntthe liberals taken over in Spain, which caused a conservative blacklash in New Spain, Peru being successfully being invaded by Colombian leader Simon Bolivar, Argentina due to lack of authorities along with Chile? How would the Constitution prevent the fall of Spain?

I just recently started watching Narcos, which examines the Medellin Cartel and its infamous founder, Pablo Escobar. Escobar became the "King of Cocaine", making $60 million a day from cocaine sales at one time. He was also exceedingly popular with the Colombian people, many of whom were...

It’s been over two years since I’ve left this site. Lots have changed. Anyways I was wondering if during the Cold War there could be a successful movement that creates a unified Latin American state or tries to reach that goal as realistically as possible. Where could be the first starting...

What if the british had not suffered or treated better the outbreak of scurvy before the Battle of Cartagena De Indias (1741) that led to them being defeated by a vastly outnumbered spanish colonial force? From what i remember, the british aims in the war were capturing the ports of: -Havana...

The beginning of WW3 Many known scenarios may begin or have begun the Third World War as Chinese invasion of Taiwan, Russian invasion of Eastern Europe, an Iranian nuclear state, North Korea invading the south and attacking the West, Pakistani and Indian. These scenarios are already known, I...

The last son of Spain Spain wins part of the war of independence of Spanish America What would be the effect of an Argentine-Chile part of the Spanish empire after the wars of independence? After independence from the rest of Spanish America, this region would be like the canada What would...

Hello, everyone. For a few years now I have enjoyed the many fantastic worlds and timelines on this site, but I have never actually created one myself. This will be my first attempt at a timeline, so I'm sure I will make a few mistakes along the way. Hopefully you will bear with me in spite of...

How would such a large and multiethnic state be created, what hurdles would it have to overcome, and what ramifications would it have for the greater world?

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...

Is it possible for Latin America to be united under one government? during the early 19th century, I know men like Simon Bolivar certainly thought it was possible. Could it be possible for there to exist three or four states in Latin America (not including Brazil)?