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Part 4.10

  1914 marked great progress for the Spanish (and French) American Independence Movement, with the declarations of independence from the Republics of the Silver River, Orinoco, and the Dutch Republic in the Guianas. But there was a bit of a problem with the Republic of the Orinoco: the territory they occupied was mostly populated with Royalists, with Republicans mostly on the other side of the Andes, and the elections proved this. In the first Orinoco elections, the royalists won a majority in parliament, before a “popular revolution” saw the royalists overthrown, starting a civil war. This complicated plans for the Brits as they would have to subtract precious troops from the front to fight the rebels, soldiers that could turn the tide on the front. The French were facing similar complications on their side, as Republican rebels rose up in the name of the Orinoco

  Along with these rebellions, there were complications on the front itself, with the Brits finding it nigh impossible to attack over the Andes, with the attack on Bogota ending with the Brits retreating back to their side of the Andes, and the battle of Caracas still carrying on inconclusively after another six months. Same in the Republic of the Silver River, the Brits were finding it just as difficult to strike over the Chilean Andes to take Santiago of Chile. But, at least the Silver River Republic was more stable than Orinoco.

  In the Guianas, the house of Orange arrives to the Dutch Republic of the Guianas with great applause. The Dutch Republic of the Guianas, in a wave of nationalist fervor, decided to drop “of the Guianas” from their name, claiming the whole of the former United Provinces.

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This took longer than intended. Next up, back to the Middle East. Hopefully that won't take as long

Description
Part 4.10

  1914 marked great progress for the Spanish (and French) American Independence Movement, with the declarations of independence from the Republics of the Silver River, Orinoco, and the Dutch Republic in the Guianas. But there was a bit of a problem with the Republic of the Orinoco: the territory they occupied was mostly populated with Royalists, with Republicans mostly on the other side of the Andes, and the elections proved this. In the first Orinoco elections, the royalists won a majority in parliament, before a “popular revolution” saw the royalists overthrown, starting a civil war. This complicated plans for the Brits as they would have to subtract precious troops from the front to fight the rebels, soldiers that could turn the tide on the front. The French were facing similar complications on their side, as Republican rebels rose up in the name of the Orinoco

  Along with these rebellions, there were complications on the front itself, with the Brits finding it nigh impossible to attack over the Andes, with the attack on Bogota ending with the Brits retreating back to their side of the Andes, and the battle of Caracas still carrying on inconclusively after another six months. Same in the Republic of the Silver River, the Brits were finding it just as difficult to strike over the Chilean Andes to take Santiago of Chile. But, at least the Silver River Republic was more stable than Orinoco.

  In the Guianas, the house of Orange arrives to the Dutch Republic of the Guianas with great applause. The Dutch Republic of the Guianas, in a wave of nationalist fervor, decided to drop “of the Guianas” from their name, claiming the whole of the former United Provinces.

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This took longer than intended. Next up, back to the Middle East. Hopefully that won't take as long