Ecuador, sandwiched between Colombia and Peru, is a typical remote area in the world. It is also lackluster and ignored on the world political stage.
For the great powers, there are only four countries in South America that are valuable, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Colombia. As for some other countries, they are the edges of the periphery, and their value is quite limited.
When Colombia owned Panama, its value was very great, but as Panama became independent, its value greatly weakened.
However, Colombia is now ushering in spring again, and the reason is very simple, that is, on February 20, Ecuador announced a referendum to merge the country into the Portuguese Empire.
As soon as this news came out, in addition to Japan, Italy, Austria-Hungary, and France, other major powers unanimously condemned Portugal's expansionism.
Apart from our old acquaintance the United States, the one who opposes the most fiercely is of course the United Kingdom.
As time went by, the British gradually discovered that Portugal's expansion of power in South America was too greedy and deviated from their vision.
Portugal did not confront the United States tit for tat as they thought, but continued to expand in South America. Today, the only countries in South America that can still maintain independence are Argentina, Chile and Colombia.
As for Venezuela and Uruguay, Venezuela became a protectorate as early as the Kingdom of Brazil. Nowadays, almost every Venezuelan has a Portuguese passport. Venezuela is a country in name only.
Uruguay, on the other hand, is now stuck in the quagmire of war, relying on blood transfusions from Argentina and Chile to barely carry out the Patriotic War.
Today, nearly half of Uruguay's territory has fallen. The occupied territory became the Portuguese state of North West Platine, while the unoccupied territory was grandly named South West Platinum by the Portuguese Empire.
Not only that, the Portuguese Empire put pressure on countries around the world to recognize the one-Portugal policy. Any country that supports Uruguay and establishes diplomatic relations with it is a hostile country to Portugal, and Portugal has the right to retaliate in kind.
Today, very few people in the world recognize that Uruguay still exists as a country, and Uruguay has been isolated from the world political arena.
Looking around the entire Americas, Brazil now occupies more than 70% of the territory and has swelled into another United States, even surpassing the United States in terms of territory share.
At the beginning, Britain valued Brazil because it hoped that Brazil could rival the United States and form a north-south balance instead of expanding everywhere. However, after the merger of Brazil and Portugal, the new Portuguese empire began to do whatever it wanted and did not follow the British tune at all.
In European affairs, Portugal adheres to the so-called neutrality, but its collusion with the Allies is real. In particular, Italy and Austria-Hungary have the deepest interests among the Allies, and they have also opened up each other's markets.
Among the Allied Powers, Portugal has the most economic contacts with France. Portugal seems to be deliberately avoiding large-scale trade with the United Kingdom, fearing that it will be tied up by British trade.
The Portuguese Empire now seems to have achieved the glorious isolation that was thrown by the British. Its current national policy is to stabilize its base, monopolize South America, and not easily get involved in any world military conflict.
With the development of time, the Portuguese Empire moved step by step without foreign interference, letting Britain know that it was out of control.
Apart from the superficial tit-for-tat confrontation between Portugal and the United States, there is actually no major conflict between Portugal and the United States.
Today's Portuguese empire is rooted in South America, African colonies, and the Imbrian Peninsula in Europe. It has adopted a so-called triangular circulation strategy. Apart from being keen to dominate South America, Portugal has no interest in territories in other parts of the world.
Now Britain has given up the policy of using Portugal to balance the United States, and instead began to unite with the United States to contain Portugal's expansion.
The value of Colombia, after Portugal annexed Ecuador, its strategic value soared.
Faced with Portugal's naked expansionism, Colombia also saw it with its eyes and was anxious in its heart.
The United States has extended an olive branch several times, but Colombia is deceived by the United States, because the United States has bullied Colombia the most in history. Because of a canal, Colombia directly lost the strategically important Panama. There are still a large number of American soldiers in the Panama Canal Zone.
The soldiers are there.
In the past, when Brazil and Portugal did not rise to prominence, the United States stared at Colombia and bullied it, using Colombia as a springboard to penetrate into South America and the best way to demonstrate the authority of the great powers and intimidate other small countries.
The expansion of the United States in North and Central America is unscrupulous. Banana republics have now emerged. If it were not for British intervention, Colombia, a country with a considerable territory in South America, would have become a banana republic.
The United States has shown good intentions and support to the other two countries in South America, but Argentina and Chile are too far away, with Portugal blocking them, and there is no good communication. Their main reliance is still the United Kingdom.
"Your Majesty, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Russia, Belgium, and the Ottoman Turks hope that we will publicly declare that we will not invade Colombia and respect Colombia's independence."
Constantine explained to Pedro III the diplomatic oppression of Portugal by major countries in the world.
"snort!"
Tangning Pedro took one look at it and threw away the telegram.
"This must have started with the United Kingdom and the United States. Apart from these two, we don't have many conflicts with others.
Our Portuguese expansion has had the greatest impact on the United Kingdom and the United States. It seems that the United Kingdom and the United States have reached some consensus on the South American issue."
Faced with His Majesty the Emperor's words, Constantine believed deeply.
His Majesty Pedro III's diplomatic and political talents are extremely outstanding. Under his leadership, Brazil, Algarve, and Portugal were reunited, and on complex colonial issues, he also won half of Zambia on the original pink map.
Join it with Portugal's main colonies of Mozambique and Angola.
It can be said that in the Portuguese Empire, no one knows politics and diplomacy better than His Majesty the Emperor.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Your Majesty, how do you think you should reply to these countries?" Constantine asked.
"Then let them make a public announcement as they wish.
But for Ottoman Turkey, we are the Portuguese Empire and must make some responses to let other countries know that not all countries are qualified to speak to Portugal.
Let the Admiralty make a move and send half of our European fleet to the waters near the Turkish capital and invite Greece and Italy to conduct joint naval exercises."
"We must appear tough towards the United States, and we must respect and exercise restraint towards the United Kingdom. Do not conflict with the United Kingdom outside of South America. Our country's main interest is South America.
From now on, our country's strategy should not include expansion. Let the UK relax and let them know that we respect the UK's strength and leadership of the world.
Relax Uruguay's attack and don't push it in waves.
Uruguay serves as a training ground for our country's military. Make good use of it. Don't rush for a temporary victory, but strive to let all the troops in South America go through a round of battles.
The three countries in South America now have a chance to completely control them. As long as Europe becomes chaotic and fights, the United States will not be able to stop Portugal."
South America still has three intact and independent countries, and the only one they can actually rely on is the world hegemon, Britain.
Britain also knows that it can only rely on its efforts to stop Portugal. Britain is still the world hegemon after all, and assistance will bring great improvement to the three countries.
However, the three countries would not have thought that Britain's aid and support would only be left for one or two years. When World War I broke out, they would have to rely on themselves to fight against the Portuguese Empire.
When a war breaks out, the only one that can affect Portugal is the United States. Tangning Pedro is not afraid of the United States in this era. Who should be afraid of whom in a fight?
The military system of the United States is destined that their military strength will not be too strong and they can only rely on strength to suppress others. Whether the United States dares to confront Portugal is also a question.
This chapter has been completed!