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Additionally, international pressure started to favor the Colombian rebels, with the Dutch and French empires refusing to stop trading the insurgents. In April of 1841, the Spanish began to actively shoot down Dutch merchant ships trying to land in New Granada, which led to the Dutch empire openly arming the Colombian rebels. In October of 1842, Spanish forces retreated from their last strongholds in Barranquilla and Cartagena. In December, Spanish and Colombian diplomats signed the Treaty of Medellín (1842). The Spanish recognized the independence of New Granada but retained sovereignty and control over Ecuador (with the region being reorganized under the authority of the viceroy of Peru).
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==== First Colombian-Peruvian War ====
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The aftermath of the war saw Colombia becoming ingratiated with Britain. British influence in Colombian politics and economics grew to unprecedented levels. This reignited the Colombian economy, and large Anglo-Colombian corporate firms started to operate within the nation.
==== The Liberal Renaissance Era (1924-1940) ====
===== 1924 National Victory =====
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The 1924 national election saw the Liberal Party rising to power with ease. With promises of fixing the economy and work to develop an “independent Colombian economy”, the party managed to elect a president and gain strength in the parliament.
===== 1925 Reformation =====
==== Silent War in Colombia ====
===== Colombia role in the Peruvian Civil War (1944-1963) =====
===== Amazonic Skirmishes (1948-1962) =====
===== Annexation of Genoese territories (1953) =====
===== Founding of the Organization Of The Southern Cross (1966) =====
== Government and politics ==
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