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In this universe, the Confederate States of American win the American Civil War causing an internal collapse in the United States of America. With a weakened USA, the European powers can finally establish their dominance in the Americas. It should be borne in mind that while the American Civil War was raging there were some European attempts to exercise dominance in America: the second French intervention in Mexico (1862-1867) and the Spanish occupation of the Dominican Republic (1861). With the US losing the civil war, France and Spain managed to complete their objectives: the Second Mexican Empire is successfully established and Spain never evacuates the Dominican Republic. Some events happen as in our universe: the War of the Triple Alliance (1864-1870) and the Spanish-South American war (1865-1871) that end as in the original history.
However, after the war in Mexico the French made preparations for their next objective: Ecuador. At the end of 1859, García Moreno (president of Ecuador) developed a project of European intervention in the country through the proposal of a protectorate of the Second French Empire, which could eventually encompass other neighboring countries and become an Andean monarchy that would respond to the interests of the French, in our world this plan was not carried out due to the result of the intervention in Mexico. In 1874 of this universe, a French expedition left Mexico and occupied the Galapagos Islands and then invaded Ecuador establishing the Kingdom of Ecuador and the annexation of the Galapagos Islands to France. Given this, Peru and Colombia declared war on France and the Kingdom of Ecuador, but to their bad luck the French managed to repel their attacks and began to invade them.
The French victories had reactions from two nations, the CSA and Spain. The CSA wanted to expand its slave influences and also was concerned about a powerful Mexican empire, so it launched 3 expeditions to Haiti, Guatemala and Costa Rica in 1876. The expedition to Haiti ended with its annexation and the expedition to Guatemala and Costa Rica ended with the implementation of puppet states from of which the invasion of the rest of Central America began in order to unify them and form the slave nation of the United States of Central America. Taking advantage of the French advance in Colombia, the CSA took possession of the Caribbean islands that Colombia was disputing with Nicaragua.
At the same time that the CSA's adventure in Central America, Spain, which was concerned that the French intervention would end its aspirations to exercise dominance in South America forever, launchs again another expedition against Chile and Bolivia, beginning the Second Spanish-South American War. The French-Spanish intervention in South America ends in a European victory in 1879. France manages to defeat Colombia and Peru and unifies them with Ecuador to form the United Kingdom of the Andes while Tarapacá (Peruvian territory) comes under direct power of France. The United Kingdom of the Andes, would be formed by the Kingdom of Ecuador (with a greater amount of territory), the Kingdom of Colombia and the Kingdom of Peru, its capital is Quito. Spain on the other hand forms the Chilean Empire and integrates the Chilean islands in the Pacific and Bolivia as a colony, dividing it by the Spanish Atacama and the Captaincy General of Charcas (they would not allow a name like Bolivia since it alludes to Bolívar and independence).
Venezuela, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina could not allow this and they declare war on France and Spain, supported with arms and money by the United Kingdom and the United States. The war ended up being very exhaustive for both sides and ended in 1881. France and Spain would recognize the independence of the 4 nations, the United Kingdom of the Andes would recognize the territories that Peru and Bolivia had previously ceded in 1851 and 1867 and would cede territories of the Colombian Amazon, Venezuela would cede the territories that Colombia claimed with the exception of part of the Guajira and later cede territories to British Guyana as payment for its aid, Spain would recognize Argentine sovereignty over the territories of Puna de Atacama and the territories between the Pilcomayo y Bermejo river while Argentina would recognize the Spanish sovereignty of Tarija and would recognize the Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia (established almost at the end of the war by a French expedition at the hands of Gustave Achille Laviarde), the 4 nations would also recognize the Spanish acquisition from Paraguay, which was so devastated by the War of the Triple Alliance so voluntarily decides to join Spain. In 1882, France and Spain sign a treaty where the divided the Acre territory that was disputed between Peru and Bolivia before the European intervention.

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In this universe, the Confederate States of American win the American Civil War causing an internal collapse in the United States of America. With a weakened USA, the European powers can finally establish their dominance in the Americas. It should be borne in mind that while the American Civil War was raging there were some European attempts to exercise dominance in America: the second French intervention in Mexico (1862-1867) and the Spanish occupation of the Dominican Republic (1861). With the US losing the civil war, France and Spain managed to complete their objectives: the Second Mexican Empire is successfully established and Spain never evacuates the Dominican Republic. Some events happen as in our universe: the War of the Triple Alliance (1864-1870) and the Spanish-South American war (1865-1871) that end as in the original history.
However, after the war in Mexico the French made preparations for their next objective: Ecuador. At the end of 1859, García Moreno (president of Ecuador) developed a project of European intervention in the country through the proposal of a protectorate of the Second French Empire, which could eventually encompass other neighboring countries and become an Andean monarchy that would respond to the interests of the French, in our world this plan was not carried out due to the result of the intervention in Mexico. In 1874 of this universe, a French expedition left Mexico and occupied the Galapagos Islands and then invaded Ecuador establishing the Kingdom of Ecuador and the annexation of the Galapagos Islands to France. Given this, Peru and Colombia declared war on France and the Kingdom of Ecuador, but to their bad luck the French managed to repel their attacks and began to invade them.
The French victories had reactions from two nations, the CSA and Spain. The CSA wanted to expand its slave influences and also was concerned about a powerful Mexican empire, so it launched 3 expeditions to Haiti, Guatemala and Costa Rica in 1876. The expedition to Haiti ended with its annexation and the expedition to Guatemala and Costa Rica ended with the implementation of puppet states from of which the invasion of the rest of Central America began in order to unify them and form the slave nation of the United States of Central America. Taking advantage of the French advance in Colombia, the CSA took possession of the Caribbean islands that Colombia was disputing with Nicaragua.
At the same time that the CSA's adventure in Central America, Spain, which was concerned that the French intervention would end its aspirations to exercise dominance in South America forever, launchs again another expedition against Chile and Bolivia, beginning the Second Spanish-South American War. The French-Spanish intervention in South America ends in a European victory in 1879. France manages to defeat Colombia and Peru and unifies them with Ecuador to form the United Kingdom of the Andes while Tarapacá (Peruvian territory) comes under direct power of France. The United Kingdom of the Andes, would be formed by the Kingdom of Ecuador (with a greater amount of territory), the Kingdom of Colombia and the Kingdom of Peru, its capital is Quito. Spain on the other hand forms the Chilean Empire and integrates the Chilean islands in the Pacific and Bolivia as a colony, dividing it by the Spanish Atacama and the Captaincy General of Charcas (they would not allow a name like Bolivia since it alludes to Bolívar and independence).
Venezuela, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina could not allow this and they declare war on France and Spain, supported with arms and money by the United Kingdom and the United States. The war ended up being very exhaustive for both sides and ended in 1881. France and Spain would recognize the independence of the 4 nations, the United Kingdom of the Andes would recognize the territories that Peru and Bolivia had previously ceded in 1851 and 1867 and would cede territories of the Colombian Amazon, Venezuela would cede the territories that Colombia claimed with the exception of part of the Guajira and later cede territories to British Guyana as payment for its aid, Spain would recognize Argentine sovereignty over the territories of Puna de Atacama and the territories between the Pilcomayo y Bermejo river while Argentina would recognize the Spanish sovereignty of Tarija and would recognize the Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia (established almost at the end of the war by a French expedition at the hands of Gustave Achille Laviarde), the 4 nations would also recognize the Spanish acquisition from Paraguay, which was so devastated by the War of the Triple Alliance so voluntarily decides to join Spain. In 1882, France and Spain sign a treaty where the divided the Acre territory that was disputed between Peru and Bolivia before the European intervention.