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The European Economic Crisis in the 1920's hit most of South America hard because of their reliance on European markets for their natural resources and agricultural goods. Though there were a few industries that actually grew in this period, notably rubber production, and as such rubber producing regions were critically important to the economies of nations that controlled them.
In 1917 Peru suffering from widespread unemployment and economic troubles stemming from the Economic Crisis in Europe entered into secret talks with the Portuguese speaking Republic of Equador and decided to wage a joint war on Colombia in order to split and annex the rubber producing Colombian Amazon territory. At the time Colombia was suffering from it's own economic troubles as well as a series of strike waves across the nation. On July, 10th 1917 a surprise attack on Colombian airfields started the war with Colombia on the backfoot. Throughout 1917 Colombia lost ground in the Amazon as well as in the much sought over Quito province. By 1918 though Colombia was able to stop the Peruvian-Equadorian advances and mobilize it's new industrial center as well as securing nominal British support (who were worried of the precedent the war would set; themselves owning rubber producing land in Guiana). Additionally in Fall of 1918, the Chilean Revolt started in which the British and Colombian ran weapons and resources to. By the end of the year, Colombia was able to retake Quito province and at that point the war became a drawn out excursion mostly fought in the Amazon. In May 1919, Equador suffering a manpower shortage sued for peace and in that following July Peru signed an armistice with Colombia (themselves dealing with large scale revolts in Chile and the Chaco). On November 5th 1919, Colombia, Equador and Peru signed the Treaty of Leonabelle (mediated by the United Kingdom), in which Peru relinquished all claims to Quito, recognized the independence of Chile and the borders of the Amazon were agreed upon with Colombian claims and land occupied during the war being recognized as sovereign.
The aftermath of the war saw Colombia becoming ingratiated with Britain and British influence in Colombian politics and economic growing to unprecedented levels. Additionally, the war led to a reignition of the Colombian economy and growth of large Anglo-Colombian corporate firms operating in the nation.
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