Republic of Colombia

This article is about the specific polity Republic of Colombia and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Is a country in South America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Ecuador and Peru to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest. It separated definitely from Spain in 1819 and assumed its actual denomination in 1886.

Establishment

August 1886: It was replaced by the more centralist Republic of Colombia in 1886.

Chronology

Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation

1. Colombia-Peru War

Was a short armed conflict between Colombia and Peru over territory in the Amazon rainforest.

September 1932: President Luis Miguel Sánchez dispatched two regiments of the Peruvian Army to Leticia and Tarapacá, both settlements located in the Amazonas Department in present-day southern Colombia. These actions were mostly ignored by the Colombian Government at the time.

February 1933: Colombia takes control of Lower Putumayo.

May 1934: The Rio de Janeiro Protocol or Protocol of Friendship and Cooperation between the Republic of Colombia and the Republic of Peru was an agreement signed with the aim of ending the war between the two countries and definitively ending their border conflict.