Pérdidas territoriales colombianas

Hace un recuento analítico de las cesiones territoriales que se han hecho de lo que hoy constituye Colombia, desde la época de la Independencia, cuando aún se llamaba Virreinato de la Nueva Granada, hasta hoy; mostrando que las fronteras en América se trazaron de acuerdo al principio del UTI POSSIDETIS JURIS, es decir, aceptando como límites los definidos por España para la administración de sus colonias. Ello, evaluando el papel cumplido por la Política Exterior de los distintos gobiernos nacionales en cada uno de los casos: Venezuela, Perú, Ecuador, Brasil, Panamá, Costa Rica y Nicaragua. Haciendo evidente el mal manejo diplomático y  la debilidad ante las invasiones de países vecinos, que han llevado a la perdida de extensos y valiosos territorios.   This article gives an analytical account of all the territory cessions which have been made by what is today called Colombia, since the time of Independence (when it was still “Virreinato de la Nueva Granada”) to the present day. It also shows that frontiers in America were designed according to the UTI POSSIDETIS JURIS, that is to say, the were designed accepting as limits those which were fixed by Spain for the administration of its colonies. All of the above, avaluating the role performed by the forign policies of the different national governments in each case (Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Brasil Panamá, Costa Rica and Nicaragua) makes it evident that diplomatic management was poor. Furthermore, there were weaknesses in the face of the invasions by neighboring countries, which led to the loss of valuable and extensive territories