A South American State In The Union?

GeneralHouston

The Panama Canal Zone is made into a territory, which leads to a war with Colombia over America's "stealing" their territory. America dominates and takes quite a bit of Colombian territory as a consequence, extending into South America, and the land eventually gains statehood in 1959.
 

Dan Reilly The Great

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could you get a situation where venesuala requests annexation some time during or shortly after the first oil crisis? Maybe have a very aggressive neighbor, or possibly soviet supported communists or something?
 

zoomar

I agree that Panama is the best bet, but one might have to stretch the definition of South America somewhat. It was part of Columbia before we snatched it, and Columbia is a South American Country, so why not consider Panama (at lest the portion south of the canal) in South America?
 

Metro

We can have the US annex the State of Counani which was also more officially called the Republic of Independent Guyana . Counani was founded by French settlers and existed from 1886 to 1891. Under a treaty with France Brazil was allowed ownership.

In 1886, a long-standing border dispute between Brazil and French Guiana was settled by arbitration, awarding the contested area to Brazil. The French author Jules Gros decided not to accept this result, and declared the region the Republic of Counani. After Gros' death, a number of claimants stepped forward to assert their presidency of Counani, although it is unclear if any had even met Gros or set foot in Counani. The farce was ended once and for all in 1905, when Brazil formally complained to Spain about a Spanish citizen claiming to be an ambassador of Counani. The 'ambassador' was arrested and threatened with extradition
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The former area of the Republic of Independent Guyana today makes up the Brazilian State of Amapá. See Map for location. French Guiana is to the West.:

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