The british protectorate in the Mosquitia coast, 1837-1849

The resumption of the British Protectorate in Mosquitia, has been normally related with imperialist considerations, and, in parallel, to the possession of a zone where it was planned to build an inter-oceanic channel through Nicaragua. In reality, these thesis pose serious difficulties to understand...

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Autor Principal: Ghotme, Rafat
Formato: Artículo (Article)
Lenguaje:Español (Spanish)
Publicado: Universidad Militar Nueva Granada 2012
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10654/34580
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Sumario:The resumption of the British Protectorate in Mosquitia, has been normally related with imperialist considerations, and, in parallel, to the possession of a zone where it was planned to build an inter-oceanic channel through Nicaragua. In reality, these thesis pose serious difficulties to understand the origin and evolution of the Mosquitia issue, as they disregard, a priori, other types of factors that, among other things, end up undermining the imperialistic vision; a number of historic and civilization related factors, without doubt, but also strategic and commercial, made Great Britain to revive the practice of the Mosquitia Protectorate.