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| place = Chiquitos and [[San Ignacio de Moxos]], [[Bolivia]] |
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| result = [[Empire of Brazil]] victory |
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* Brazil temporarily occupies the region of Chiquitos and Moxos. |
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* Simón Bolívar pledged not to support the [[Argentines on the issue of Cisplatine|Cisplatine War]]. |
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Pedro I Manuel Alves Manuel de Araújo |
 Antonio José de Sucre  Simón Bolívar | ||||||
The Brazilian invasion of Chiquitos was an expedition by the Empire of Brazil against the Republic of Bolívar as a show of strength for Simón Bolívar not to support the United Provinces of the River Plate (present-day Argentina ) during the Cisplatine War .
With the preparations for the Cisplatin War in 1825, political and military leaders from Rio de Janeiro began to worry that Brazil could win over Argentine forces, given that Brazil had veteran officers from the Peninsular War, the War Against Artigas and the War of Independence, moreover, the forces of the United Provinces of the River Plate were fragile due to the tiring military expeditions in Alto Peru (present-day Bolivia). This ended up with the commander in chief of the Argentine forces, Carlos María de Alvear, send a letter to Simón Bolívar requesting help in the war against Brazil. The exchange of correspondence between Rio-Platenses and Colombians began to raise the suspicion of the Brazilian authorities, especially the governor of Mato Grosso, Manuel Alves da Cunha. In March 1825, Colonel Sebastián Ramos sent Lt. Col. José María Velasco to Mato Grosso, then the province of the Empire of Brazil to offer control of the Chiquitos and Moxos regions to Brazilian control, something that Cunha saw as an opportunity not only to increase the Brazilian presence in the region but also to be a show of strength for the forces of Sucre and Bolívar. [1]
After the visit of the lieutenant colonel, Alves da Cunha sent troops under the command of Manuel José de Araújo to occupy and subsequently annex the regions to the Province of Mato Grosso, an action carried out without the knowledge of the then emperor of Brazil, D. Pedro I This action infuriated Bolivian regional leaders, especially General Sucre, who began planning a response action and an eventual invasion of the province of Mato Grosso, something that Bolívar prevented, since he believed that the Brazilian emperor did not know about this action.[2]
With the Brazilian expedition, the Argentine leaders carried out a diplomatic mission in the Republic of Bolívar, to discuss the Brazilian situation, since it was now a problem for both nations. The Argentines argued that Colombians, Bolivians and Argentines should unite against Brazil and subsequently divide the nation into several republics, thus making Great Colombia the dominant power in South America, in addition, the United Provinces would annex part of the Mato Grosso and southern Brazil, something that would facilitate an expedition against Paraguay to overthrow the Paraguayan warlord José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, in addition to eventually annexing Paraguay. This plan would also end the European constitutional monarchical system in South America, strengthening the republican model in the region, something of interest to the Venezuelan leader. However, Bolívar refused and maintained a certain prudence, wanting to resolve everything in diplomacy.[3]
With the increase in tensions, the Brazilian emperor, D. Pedro I, became aware of the situation on the border and the increase in political movements of the neighbors, with this, he ordered the immediate withdrawal of Brazilian forces from the region, which before retiring ended up plundering some localities on the borders, in addition, Pedro replaced Alves Cunha with José Saturnino da Costa Pereira , to avoid any problems. The action of the Brazilian emperor was favorably seen by the Venezuelan liberator, who pledged to deny the Argentines’ proposal and to maintain cordial relations with Brazil. This solution to the question is seen as a Brazilian political victory, which, in addition to guaranteeing its interests in the region, prevented a possible affirmative answer from Bolívar.[4]
The Brazilian expedition alerted the countries of South America that they were vulnerable after the war against Spain, something that would become one of the reasons for the Congress of Panama.[5]
