Which of the remaining Central Arican countries would stand up against the United States? Honduras is the first to be ruled out, after all, a portion of its territory had been occupied by the United Kingdom, and Honduras harbors a hatred towards the United Kingdom that is far more severe than its animosity towards the United States.
That leaves Guatemala and El Salvador. El Salvador is a region coveted by Australasia, and being a country with small influence, it won’t have much impact on the United States.
In contrast, as one of the largest countries in Central Arica, if Guatemala were to erupt into civil war again, it would completely destroy the U.S. dominance in Central Arica.
With this in mind, the British Governnt hesitated no longer and directly contacted the resistance forces in Guatemala.
The finances of Guatemala were still controlled by that sa United Fruit Company.
One has to admit the cunning of the Arican people. rely by leveraging a single company, they could easily control the economy and politics of many Central Arican nations.
But the Arican-supported governnts were mostly military dictatorships, which did leave so local dissatisfaction.
It was this dissatisfaction that presented the British with an opportunity.
Manuel Estrada Cabrera, the current President of Guatemala, was a dictator who should have been overthrown by an ard uprising a few years ago.
Although not yet deposed, the discontent within Guatemala towards Manuel Estrada Cabrera had been deepening gradually.
The opponent of Manuel Estrada Cabrera that the British found was actually Carlos Herrera y Luna, who historically had overthrown Manuel’s dictatorial rule.
Carlos Herrera y Luna was considered the most outstanding politician and businessman in Guatemala since the 19th Century. Although he had not yet beco president, his business acun was already extraordinary.
He founded the Pantaleón Sugar Mill and acquired the El Baúl Sugar Mill at the beginning of the 20th century. He was visionary and tenacious, developing crop and machinery production during his tenure. His Pantaleón Sugar business controlled a far greater share of the Central and South Arican market than the Arican sugar companies, ranking in the top ten.
Being able to exceed the capital of Arican companies within the sa industry, Carlos Herrera y Luna’s business talent was evident.
As one of the largest businessn in Guatemala, Carlos Herrera y Luna held a significant weight in the country.
Once approached by the British, Carlos Herrera y Luna imdiately voiced his opposition to Manuel’s dictatorship and, with British support, decided to join the uprising against the dictatorship.
Joining the uprising as well was José María Orellana, the future President of Guatemala who had not only overthrown Manuel’s dictatorial rule but also subsequently unseated the governnt of Carlos Herrera y Luna.
Arthur was unaware of the British actions, but as soon as the news of the rebellion in Guatemala broke out, President Coolidge, already sowhat agitated and anxious, collapsed.
No one understood better than President Coolidge what the civil war in Guatemala ant – it represented the complete disintegration of Arican rule in Central Arica.
Even if the United States continued control over the Panama Canal, the sin of successively losing the majority of Central Arica would be sufficient to mark President Coolidge as the most incompetent President of the 20th century, surpassing his predecessor President Wilson as the most disappointing President to the Arican People.
Now the Aricans had no mood to consider whether the insurgencies in these countries were influenced by other nations. For the Arican Governnt, choosing which countries to suppress the rebellions and how to respond to other nations’ interference were the most pressing issues.
The rebellion in Costa Rica was still tolerable for Arthur, but the subsequent uprising in Guatemala made Arthur realize the possibility of British involvent.
Seeing an opportunity to quickly take control of El Salvador, Arthur no longer hesitated, instructing the Foreign Affairs Departnt to make contact with El Salvador at once and deploying intelligence organizations to station in El Salvador to help drive out all Arican military forces.
This was indeed the best and most reasonable opportunity to seize control of the situation in El Salvador.
Only at this ti did El Salvador most need support from the outside world, because without the help of other countries, the possibility for this small nation to stand up against the Aricans was not great.
If they had Arican support, they could still guarantee independence. But if they were independent from the Aricans, whether El Salvador, surrounded by other Central Arican countries on three sides, could ensure its own independence and safety was a question.
This was also the reason why, among the Central Arican countries, El Salvador alone had no reaction—simply because of its weakness!
Three countries in succession directly triggered civil wars, and all three were Central Arican countries under Arican control, which made other countries watch with a spectator’s interest, eager to see the Aricans beco a laughingstock.
The Arican governnt had no other choice but to condemn these countries’ rebel forces at the international level on one hand, and on the other, to express willingness to assist the governnts and militaries of these countries.
But such condemnation by the Aricans ant little to Central Arican countries, for even if there had been no support for previous rebellions, now there definitely was.
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No matter what the rebels had originally thought, now, there must be the shadow of other powers behind them.
This was also why it was unrealistic for the Aricans to want to resolve the Central Arican rebellions alone—Arica could not possibly counter all the powers with just one country, unless its navy and army were very strong, which was not the case in reality.
The present United States was strong in industry and economy, like an old man with only property, posing no threat to these robust powers.
If one looked closely, the military strengths of these powerful nations generally matched their economies and sotis even exceeded them.
Only the United States, a country with a natural geographic advantage, had a very strong industrial and economic developnt, but its military strength did not match its economy.
The Foreign Affairs Departnt of Australasia acted quickly and soon made contact with the forces opposing the governnt in El Salvador.
These Central Arican governnts were all influenced by the Arican governnt, and Arthur would definitely not woo them.
Compared with wooing the governnt of El Salvador, Arthur preferred to seek out those in El Salvador’s civilian population who opposed the governnt and start from scratch to nurture a governnt in El Salvador that was friendly to Australasia.
Because a new governnt like this had one advantage—the rulers had no political foundation and therefore were highly dependent on assistance from Australasia.
This would greatly strengthen Australasia’s control over El Salvador and was far better than supporting the current governnt.
As for the current governnt of El Salvador, who would care or pay attention? After all, they were close to the United States; if there was any caring to be done, let the Aricans take care of it.
In the two months of February and March, including El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and El Salvador, four countries all erupted into civil wars, instantly igniting most of Central Arica and drawing the attention of the whole world, also turning the Arican governnt into the world’s laughingstock.
At the sa ti, Panama, with an even greater Arican military presence, was not at peace. Panama was not satisfied with the Aricans’ direct partitioning of the Panama Canal, turning it into a country within a country in Panama.
Moreover, Panama had only recently gained independence from Colombia, and it was well-known that Colombia aspired to reclaim Panama.
At the mont, there was frequent troop movent along the Colombia-Panama border, which was no longer just a possibility of the Aricans losing Central Arica—it was highly likely that they could lose the entire Panama Canal.
And the chaotic situation in Central Arica during those two months caused the people of European countries to joke about it: "Chaotic Central Arica, war every day!" and they collectively referred to the nurous internal conflicts of the Central Arican countries as the Central Arica Wars.
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