Category: Colombia

North America 1832

Trail of Tears

In 1830, there were still five large American...

South America 1880

War of the Pacific

In February 1879 Chile had seized Antofagasta...

South America 1885

Panama Crisis

In April 1885 the United States occupied the...

North America 1890

Wounded Knee Massacre

By 1890, American Indian resistance in the...

South America 1891

Second Chilean Civil War

Political disputes between the President of...

North America 1900

Thousand Days' War

The Spanish-American War gave the US an empire...

South America 1900

Thousand Days' War

Long unstable, Colombia collapsed into civil...

South America 1903

Panamanian Rebellion

In 1902, the United States purchased the...

North America 1904

Panamian Rebellion

The American gains against Spain increased its...

South America 1908

Rio Branco's Treaties

The scramble for resources, especially rubber,...

South America 1914

Opening of the Panama Canal

After ten years construction, the Panama Canal...

North America 1921

Washington Naval Conference

Following the War, the US and Japan began...

South America 1922

Salomón–Lozano Treaty

In 1922, Colombia and Peru signed the...

North America 1944

America in World War II

Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,...

South America 1945

South America in World War II

Brazil was the only South American country to...