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... VENEZUELA Bogota COLOMBIA Quito ECCADOR Guayaquil Trinidad Georgetown Paramaribo BR . DUT . Cayenne GUIANA FRO PE R Callao TROPIC OF CAPRICORN Aricap Antofagasta Madeira Manaos Amazon EQUATOR Para BRAZI Corumba Parana PARAGUAY ...
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... VENEZUELAN EPISODES PAGE 3 481 24 • 83 • 144 • 193 L • 238 • 261 292 320 335 ' VII THE ADVANCE OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE CARIBBEAN ' VIII PAN AMERICANISM ' IX INDEX • THE MONROE DOCTRINE · SOUTH AMERICA THE CARIBBEAN • MAPS ...
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... Venezuela , was the first Spanish - American patriot . He was with the American army for a time during the Revolutionary War , but in what capacity is not quite settled . It is stated by some writers that he held a commission under ...
... Venezuela , was the first Spanish - American patriot . He was with the American army for a time during the Revolutionary War , but in what capacity is not quite settled . It is stated by some writers that he held a commission under ...
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... Venezuela near Porto Cabello . They were attacked by two Spanish vessels , which captured the schooners with about sixty men and large stores , while the Leander ignominiously took to flight . Miranda then sailed for Barbados , where he ...
... Venezuela near Porto Cabello . They were attacked by two Spanish vessels , which captured the schooners with about sixty men and large stores , while the Leander ignominiously took to flight . Miranda then sailed for Barbados , where he ...
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... Venezuela , but about the same time it sent an expedition against the prov- inces of the Plate . This attack , like the assistance given to Miranda , was ill - timed and not properly fol- lowed up . The policy seems to have been ...
... Venezuela , but about the same time it sent an expedition against the prov- inces of the Plate . This attack , like the assistance given to Miranda , was ill - timed and not properly fol- lowed up . The policy seems to have been ...
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Page 130 - sovereignty; second, the cession of Porto Rico and one of the Ladrones by way of indemnity; and third, the occupation by the United States of " the city, bay and harbor of Manila pending the conclusion of a treaty of peace which shall determine the control, disposition, and government of the Philippines.
Page 132 - When the United States demanded the withdrawal of Spain from Cuba, it was with the declaration that " The United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination, when that is accomplished, to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Page 325 - clause: Nothing in this Covenant shall be deemed to affect the validity of international engagements, such as treaties of arbitration or regional understandings like the Monroe Doctrine, for securing the maintenance of peace. This clause
Page 132 - intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination, when that is accomplished, to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Page 100 - burning house of his neighbor if there were no other means of preventing the flames from destroying his own home. The report also recommended that all proceedings in reference to the negotiations with Spain " ought to be open, frank, and public." This recommendation, together with the general character of the report,
Page 124 - has degenerated into a strife which means nothing more than the useless sacrifice of human life and the utter destruction of the very subject-matter of the conflict, a situation will be presented in which our obligations to the sovereignty of Spain will be superseded by higher obligations, which we can hardly hesitate to recognize and discharge. The
Page 222 - to cultivate sincere friendship with France. Second, that this policy would be brought into imminent jeopardy, unless France could deem it consistent with her interest and honor to desist from the prosecution of armed intervention in Mexico, to overthrow the domestic republican government existing there, and to establish upon its ruins the foreign monarchy which
Page 160 - terms with the citizens of Nicaragua, and the United States agreed to extend its protection to all such routes of communication, and " to guarantee the neutrality and innocent use of the same." The United States further agreed to employ its influence with other nations to induce them to guarantee such neutrality and protection.
Page 89 - 1849, President Taylor issued a proclamation warning all citizens of the United States against taking part in such expedition and saying, " No such persons must expect the interference of this government in any form on their behalf, no matter to what extremities they may be reduced in consequence of their conduct.
Page 294 - to all the independent countries of North and South America an earnest invitation to participate in a general congress, to be held in the city of Washington on the 24th day of November, 1882, for the purpose of considering and discussing the methods of preventing war between the nations of America.