Word: colombia
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Toward the end of July, the Prince will set sail for South America, in which continent he will visit Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, possibly Peru, Ecuador and Colombia, returning through the Panama Canal to Portsmouth or Plymouth on completing an eight months' tour...
...attacking national had an ally on the west coast of South America." The possibilities of such an alliance were very remote, in his opinion, because of the improved relations between South America and the United States which have existed since the government paid a large sum of money to Colombia for the loss of Panama...
...cavalry, he has lived with the Marine Corps through its growth and travails. During the Spanish War, he commanded the Marine Guard first on the Cincinnati, then on the Massachusetts. With 400 men, he camped in the Panama Canal Zone, in 1903-04, while Panama extracted her freedom from Colombia. In the Cuban revolution of 1912, he commanded the U. S. troops who pacified the district of Santiago. In 1914, he took part in the capture of Vera Cruz...
...Latin-American Republics represented: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica. Cuba, Santo Domingo, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Salvador, Uruguay, Venezuela...
This feat, magnificent as it appears, was not difficult of accomplishment. Colombia has few cities of any commercial consequence: Barranquilla with its seaport at Puerto Colombia; Bu- caramanga, Cali, Cartagena, Cucuta, Manizales, Medellin, Buenaventura...