Reasons for Venezuela's secession from Gran ColombiaThe diversity of customs and interests between peoples and the economic crisis that triggered the war, combined with the lack of roads and means of communication, organization and good governance prevented such a large territory, Venezuelans have never felt Colombian. In every country there were economic and political sectors that were never interested in the integration process. England and the United States promoted secession, the Venezuelans wanted greater autonomy in their territory. Grad Colombia The modern nations of Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador are grouped, since 1740, as the Spanish Viceroyalty of New Granada with its capital at Bogotá, which was located in Colombia. It was a territorial entity, member of the Spanish Empire, founded by the Spanish Crown, during American rule, this short-lived republic included the territories of present-day Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Panama and also claimed the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, the Mosquito Coast and small parts of what is now Peru and Brazil. THE ...