Republic of New Grenada
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Was a 1831-1858 centralist unitary republic consisting primarily of present-day Colombia and Panama with smaller portions of today's Costa Rica, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru and Brazil. In 1858 it became the Granadine Confederation through a constitutional change.
Establishment
November 1831: On November 19, 1831, the federation of Gran Colombia was dissolved in the city of Santa Marta, located in present-day Colombia. The territory that belonged to Gran Colombia was divided into three separate countries: Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.
Chronology
Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation
Were a series of armed conflicts between Colombia and Ecuador in the years 1862-1863.
1.1.Colombian operations against Ecuador in Buenaventura
Was the Colombian military response to the Ecuadorian occupation Buenaventura.
February 1832: General Lopez went to the command of the militia of Popayan, since with the exception of the provinces of Buenaventura and Pasto, who were Occupied by Ecuadorian troops, the Valle del Cauca cantons of Cali, Buga, Toro, Cartago and Nóvita decided to rejoin New Granada.
1.2.Pasto Treaty
Was a boundary treaty signed on December 8, 1832 between Colombia and Ecuador.
December 1832: A treaty of peace was signed in the city of Pasto, between New Granada and Ecuador by GeneralJoaquín Posada Gutiérrez on behalf of New Granada, and Dr. Pedro José de Arteta on behalf of Ecuador, setting the Carchi river as the border limit between both States, pending the decision on the sovereignty of the ports of La Tola and Tumaco , in the Province of Buenaventura.
February 1832: Ecuador annexed the Galápagos Islands on 12 February 1832.
January 1837: In 1836 there was the so-called "Colombian Usurpation" in which Colombia took over the territory that is currently Bocas del Toro, which belonged to Costa Rica which could not do anything about it.
January 1841: In 1840-41, the short-lived independent Republic of Panama was established under Tomás de Herrera.
January 1842: In 1840-41, a short-lived independent republic was established under Tomás de Herrera, a prominent Panamanian politician and military leader. The Republic of Panama was later annexed by the Republic of New Grenada.
January 1850: Until 1849, when it became part of Panama, Chiriquí was part of Costa Rica.
April 1858: New Granada was transformed in 1858 to the Granadine Confederation as an answer to demands for a decentralized country.
Disestablishment
April 1858: New Granada was transformed in 1858 to the Granadine Confederation as an answer to demands for a decentralized country.
