There was actually a German colony that ran much of present-day Venezuela for two decades. The division of the Austrian & Spanish Habsburgs put an end to what had never been a particularly successful enterprise: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klein-Venedig …https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/11/03/venezuela-was-a-german-colony-for-almost-twenty-years-and-was-called-klein-venedig-little-venice/ …
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Replying to @baseballcrank
It's always about the Hapsburgs for you, isn't it?
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Replying to @BrianFaughnan
Just an occasional diversion from hating Woodrow Wilson, tbh
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Replying to @baseballcrank @BrianFaughnan
Though as we know, Woodrow Wilson's inconsistent national self-determination policy was one of a cacophony of death knells for the Habsburgs, so everything is always connected.
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