[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-rise-of-the-empire-spain":3,"chapter-rise-of-the-empire-spain-rise-of-the-empire-spain-chapter-395":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Rise of the Empire: Spain",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2365323,4632,"Chapter 395: The Colombian Civil War","rise-of-the-empire-spain-chapter-395",395,"\u003Cp>On August 12, 1898, while Gao Da was still immersed in the joy of promoting the economic development of the Spanish mainland through an economic alliance with South American nations, the Director of the Royal Security Intelligence Agency, Ka Dier, hurried over to bring Gao Da what could be considered bad news: the outbreak of the Colombian Civil War.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regarding the dispute between the Colombian Conservative Party and the Liberal Party, Gao Da had long since learned the general situation through the intelligence work of the Royal Security Intelligence Agency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Historically, the Colombian Civil War broke out in 1899, but that was because the United States had launched a war against Spain and did not interfere too much in the Colombian Civil War.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, with the United States unable to launch a war against Spain, they had more energy to focus on the chaotic situation within Colombia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the Colombian government unable to help them control the Panama Canal, the U.S. government naturally wanted to incite a Colombian civil war to make the Panama region independent, thereby controlling the regime in the Panama region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In any case, the Panama Canal was in the Panama region; as long as the regime in the Panama region was controlled, it meant that control of the canal had fallen into the hands of the Americans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was what the Americans thought, and that was also what they did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In order to incite civil war within Colombia, the United States contacted the leader of the Colombian Liberal Party, Rafael Uribe, expressing that the United States was willing to provide support to the Liberal Party to help the Colombian Liberal Party overthrow the cruel, dictatorial regime controlled by the Conservative Party.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Colombia had formulated a constitution in 1886, changing the original United States of Colombia to the Republic of Colombia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was also from 1886 onwards that, after the Conservative Party government took office, it wantonly persecuted Liberal Party members and implemented a quite cruel dictatorial rule within Colombia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party possessed powerful armies, and before this civil war broke out, the two sides had already engaged in multiple small-scale conflicts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, having gained the support of the Americans, the Colombian Liberal Party decided to no longer endure and to fight a decisive battle against the dictatorial government controlled by the Conservative Party.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On August 11, 1898, the Liberal Party led by Rafael Uribe launched an armed uprising in the Magdalena Parish, attempting to overthrow the local Catholic Church and the Conservative Party forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The armies of the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party engaged in fierce fighting in the area, and this war instantly ignited the situation within Colombia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the Director of the Royal Intelligence Agency, Ka Dier, reported the news to Gao Da, the Colombian Civil War had already been going on for a full day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This could not be blamed on Ka Dier's slow reaction. It was mainly because the Liberal Party's war was launched too suddenly, and coupled with the fact that Colombia was too far from the Spanish mainland, it caused quite a delay in the transmission of news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Intelligence personnel needed to transmit the collected intelligence to the Puerto Rico colony, and then send it back to the mainland via local telegraph.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The time consumed by this back-and-forth amounted to more than ten hours, and adding the time for news collection, compilation, and reporting, it took exactly nearly a day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is the current situation of the Colombian Civil War? Who do you think will win the final victory, the Conservative Party or the Liberal Party?\" Upon learning that a civil war had broken out in Colombia, Gao Da was not overly surprised, but instead asked about the issues he was more concerned about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the Colombian Conservative Party was a cruel, dictatorial party, since the United States had chosen to support the Liberal Party, Spain could only provide assistance to the Conservative Party.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Liberal Party were to win, Panama might not even need to become independent; the Liberal Party would support U.S. actions in the Panama Canal region, which was not cost-effective for Gao Da.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the United States completely gained control of the Panama Canal, the U.S. would be like a wild horse off its tether, and it would not be so easy to contain the development of the United States again. Unless a super war broke out to directly shatter the United States.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Majesty, according to the intelligence we have collected so far, the Conservative Party still holds the advantage on the battlefield. However, this armed uprising by the Liberal Party has completely ignited the situation within Colombia. The Conservative Party has hope of defeating the Liberal Party, but not necessarily hope of ending this civil war in a short time.\" The Director of the Royal Intelligence Agency, Ka Dier, had a somewhat strange expression as he respectfully answered Gao Da's question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After careful investigation by the intelligence personnel of the Royal Security Intelligence Agency, it was discovered that the situation in Colombia was not as simple as just a civil war between the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides the two broader political ideologies of the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party, there also existed disputes between historicists and nationalists within Colombia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason for all this had to be attributed to the fact that the political structures of the South American nations in the early stages of independence were too chaotic, lacking clear and definite political construction, which caused the political situation to head toward complete fragmentation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In terms of national polity, the centralized federal system and the decentralized republican system were arguing endlessly. In terms of national political thought, the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party were in frequent conflict. In terms of class interests, there was the contradiction between the old vested interests—the large landowners and the church—and the newly rising factory owners and the middle class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These contradictions together caused the chaos of the situation within Colombia, which was why Ka Dier said that the Conservative Party might be able to defeat the Liberal Party, but could not end the Colombian Civil War in the short term.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because what the Liberal Party ignited was not just the civil war with the Conservative Party; various other conflicts and contradictions within Colombia were also ignited at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before these contradictions were completely resolved, this civil war would not end. If the Liberal Party fell, there would be other opponents who would also launch armed demonstrations and uprisings until the other side fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Ka Dier's answer, Gao Da smiled. That the Colombian Liberal Party could not beat the Conservative Party was the first piece of good news; that Colombia continued to be in civil strife was the second piece of good news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of the reason that the United States supported the Colombian Liberal Party, Gao Da naturally hoped that the Conservative Party could win the civil war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The longer the Colombian Civil War lasted, the more it meant that Colombia needed Spain's support, which was why the second piece of good news was that Colombia continued to be in civil strife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since the Colombian Conservative Party has already gained the advantage, there is no need to pay attention to the situation of the civil war for the time being. Your task is to prioritize collecting evidence of the United States inciting the Colombian Civil War, and focus on the cooperation between the United States and the Colombian Liberal Party, and find a way to figure out exactly what the Americans have promised the Colombian Liberal Party.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finding all this out, find a way to launch a public opinion offensive in Colombia and even all South American countries, promoting the theory of the American threat, and make the United States completely become the common enemy of all South American countries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You should understand how to do the specific details; come back to report when you have some results.\" Gao Da instructed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since it was confirmed that the United States was secretly supporting the Colombian Liberal Party, Gao Da naturally would not let go of this good opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Spanish-speaking countries, led by Colombia, still had relatively close relationships. Once there was evidence to prove that the United States participated in the Colombian Civil War, or even that this civil war was incited by the Americans, the prestige of the United States in South America would also be greatly discounted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then, South America would no longer be the backyard of the United States; the wariness of the American countries toward the United States would be infinitely deepened, and they would certainly attract another great power to balance the United States and protect their own security.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who was this great power? Naturally, it went without saying; Spain was obviously the most suitable candidate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, Spain had connections with all Spanish-speaking countries. Second, Spain had already abandoned the vast majority of its American colonies and basically had no possibility of returning to the Americas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under such circumstances, Spain could not only become an aid to the South American countries, helping them effectively resist the threat from the United States.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could also prevent Spain from returning to the Americas and re-incorporating them into its own sphere of influence.\u003C\u002Fp>",1557,"2026-06-25T09:27:14.599Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","534fcfc0525d7df53ee88c6b789bf8969d78512ca37d15102f3bbe644653a38c","rise-of-the-empire-spain-chapter-396","rise-of-the-empire-spain-chapter-394",493,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Frise-of-the-empire-spain-cover.jpg"]