Funny enough, multiple parts of the region have asked for annexation over the years.
In 1817, during the Pernambuco Revolt, they sent representatives to the US for recognition of their independence from the Portuguese Brazils (the US declared neutrality in the civil war because they were worried about a British response if they formally backed the Pernambucans).
The Yucatan’s legal government begged the US for annexation in 1847, and that only didn’t happen because someone from the opposition party came to DC, lied about the situation on the ground, and the official representative couldn’t get proof of the correct information from his homeland fast enough for Congress’s vote.
In 1848, a group of rich and powerful Mexicans approached General Winfield Scott in occupied Mexico City and openly asked him to become their president during a transition period where the entirety of Mexico would become states of the US.
In 1849, Nicaragua asked for US statehood for itself, El Salvador, and Honduras.
The Dominican Republic asked repeatedly, up to the 1870s. And today, half of Guyana’s citizens have US citizenship, and there’s a push for it to become a state to ward off Venezuelan expansionism.
Funny enough, multiple parts of the region have asked for annexation over the years.
In 1817, during the Pernambuco Revolt, they sent representatives to the US for recognition of their independence from the Portuguese Brazils (the US declared neutrality in the civil war because they were worried about a British response if they formally backed the Pernambucans).
The Yucatan’s legal government begged the US for annexation in 1847, and that only didn’t happen because someone from the opposition party came to DC, lied about the situation on the ground, and the official representative couldn’t get proof of the correct information from his homeland fast enough for Congress’s vote.
In 1848, a group of rich and powerful Mexicans approached General Winfield Scott in occupied Mexico City and openly asked him to become their president during a transition period where the entirety of Mexico would become states of the US.
In 1849, Nicaragua asked for US statehood for itself, El Salvador, and Honduras.
The Dominican Republic asked repeatedly, up to the 1870s. And today, half of Guyana’s citizens have US citizenship, and there’s a push for it to become a state to ward off Venezuelan expansionism.