Granadine Confederation
| Granadine Confederation | ||||||||||
| Confederación Granadina | ||||||||||
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Motto Libertad y Orden (Spanish: Liberty and Order) |
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.svg) Location of the Granadine Confederation
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| Capital | Santafé de Bogotá | |||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | |||||||||
| Government | Federal republic | |||||||||
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| • | 1858–1861 | Mariano Ospina Rodríguez | ||||||||
| • | 1861 | Bartolomé Calvo | ||||||||
| • | 1861–1863 | Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera | ||||||||
| History | ||||||||||
| • | New constitution | May 22, 1858 | ||||||||
| • | Constitutional reform | 1853 | ||||||||
| • | Civil War | 1860 | ||||||||
| • | Rionegro Convention | May 8, 1863 | ||||||||
| Currency | Peso | |||||||||
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The Confederation Granadine (Spanish: Confederación Granadina) was a short-lived federal republic established during 1858 as a result of a constitutional change replacing the Republic of New Granada. It comprised the present-day nations of Colombia and Panama and parts of northwestern Brazil. It was replaced by the United States of Colombia after another constitutional change during 1863.
The short but complicated life of the Granadine Confederation was marked by rivalry between the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party, which ended in a Civil War (1860–1862). It also was a period of hostility against the Roman Catholic Church, and of divided regionalism.
The Confederation Granadine occurred by means of the Constitution of 1853, considered pro-federalism or centro-federalist because it gave more autonomy to the provinces, which multiplied reaching 35 provinces during the administration of Manuel María Mallarino (1855–1857), each with its own provincial constitution.
After the disestablishment of Greater Colombia, the centralized government of the Republic of the New Granada which was ratified by the constitution of 1843, was soon challenged by the independentist feelings of the different regions; particularly the provinces of Azuero, Chiriquí, Panamá, and Veraguas, which were demanding autonomous status. The Constitution of 1853 permitted this so that on February 27, 1855, the State of Panamá could be created within the Republic of New Granada.
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