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The Venezuelan crisis of 1902–1903 [a] was a naval blockade imposed against Venezuela by Great Britain, Germany, and Italy from December 1902 to February 1903, after President Cipriano Castro refused to pay foreign debts and damages suffered by European citizens in recent Venezuelan civil wars. Castro assumed that the American Monroe Doctrine ...
18.000 [2] -20.000 [3] Casualties and losses. Between 1899 and 1903, in two continuous civil wars, 372 military encounters were fought (210 in the Liberating Revolution), at a cost of 50,000 lives. [4] The Liberating Revolution was a civil war in Venezuela between 1901 and 1903 in which a coalition of regional caudillos led by the banker Manuel ...
January – Venezuela Crisis of 1902–03: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany declares a delay to any blockade due to the outbreak of another civil war in Venezuela (led by financier Manuel Matos) which raised the possibility of a more amenable government. [1] mid-August – Britain and Germany agreed in principle to go ahead with a blockade later in ...
The start of the 20th century saw several notable international crises: the Venezuela Crisis of 1895 under Joaquín Crespo (a territorial dispute with Britain) and the Venezuela Crisis of 1902–1903 (Venezuela's refusal to pay foreign debts) under Cipriano Castro. 1908–1958
The turn of the century saw several notable international crises which contributed to the development of the United States' Monroe Doctrine: the Venezuela Crisis of 1895 under Joaquín Crespo (regarding a territorial dispute with Britain) and the Venezuela Crisis of 1902–1903 (regarding Venezuela's refusal to pay foreign debts) under Cipriano ...
v. t. e. The Venezuelan crisis of 1895 [a] occurred over Venezuela 's longstanding dispute with Great Britain about the territory of Essequibo, which Britain believed was part of British Guiana and Venezuela recognized as its own Guayana Esequiba. As the dispute became a crisis, the key issue became Britain's refusal to include in the proposed ...
Venezuela crisis of 1895, a border conflict about sovereignty of Venezuelan territory of Esequibo which the UK claimed as part of British Guiana. Venezuela crisis of 1902–1903, in which the UK was involved in a military blockade to enforce payment of Venezuelan debts; Latin America-United Kingdom relations; Venezuelans in the United Kingdom
The Roosevelt Corollary was articulated in the aftermath of the Venezuela Crisis of 1902–1903. In late 1902, Britain, Germany, and Italy imposed a naval blockade of several months against Venezuela after President Cipriano Castro refused to pay foreign debts and damages suffered by European people in a recent Venezuelan civil war.