Reunification of Gran Colombia refers to the potential future reunification of
Colombia,
Venezuela
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,
Ecuador
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, and
Panama
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under a single government. There have been attempts of reunification since 1903, when
Panama
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separated from Colombia. People in favor for a reunification are called ''"unionistas"'' or unionists. In 2008,
Hugo Chávez, president of Venezuela, announced the proposal of the political restoration of the
Gran Colombia
Gran Colombia (, "Great Colombia"), or Greater Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia (Spanish language, Spanish: ''República de Colombia''), was a state that encompassed much of northern South America and part of southern Central Ameri ...
, under the Bolivarian revolution.
Today
Some commentators believe that a reunified Gran Colombia could become a global economic powerhouse. That would contrast with Gran Colombia in the 1820s, whose economy was mostly agrarian and had little industry.
[Guhl, Ernesto (1991). «Capítulo XII: División Política de la Gran Colombia». Las fronteras políticas y los límites naturales. Fondo Fen Colombia, Bogotá.]
Gran Colombia would have the world's 14th largest economy behind South Korea and the 12th largest population behind Mexico. By 2050, Gran Colombia would have nearly 150 million citizens. Gran Colombia would also be the world's 10th largest nation by size.
See also
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Central American reunification
Central American reunification, sometimes called Central Americanism, is the proposed political union of the countries of Central America ( Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua), which had historically occurred during t ...
References
Gran Colombia
Proposed political unions
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