England.
Between the two nations, there had been much conflict over this channel, England being the one to hold control of it before hand.
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The event that has been of greatest benefit to Latin America, was the battle that Simón Bolivar waged for the liberation of the peoples of the south, several countries of Latin America functioned as Spanish viceroyalties, and were ruled under Spanish law, their lands, wealth and benefits were used by foreigners, and although Simon Bolivar comes from Spanish parents, he decided to fight to liberate countries such as Venezuela, Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador and Panama, those battles were the most important in the history of South America, they served to open the doors to Independence of the south, autonomy and the recovery of identity.
