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Tuesday 29 July 2014

Colombian steamship Colombia blockading Rio Hacha according to the Dutch newspaper De Curacaosche courant dated 24 August 1867

An announcement of the governor secretary stated that the president of the sovereign state of Magdalena (United States of Columbia) closed the harbour of Rio Hacha for in- and export and blockaded the harbour with the aid of the Colombian steam warship Colombia.(1)

Note
1. Magdalena is nowadays a province in the north of Colombia but was originally as Magdalena State one of the states which founded the United State of Columbia in 1863.