Foreign Businesspeople in Colombia and Local Political Power During the Regeneration (1886-1898). The case of the Antillean merchant Manuel Cortissoz

The article proposes to approach the complaint made by the foreign businessman Manuel Cortissoz over damages suffered in the war of 1884-85, seeking to identify his connections withthe Santander Regenerator group, which made him into one of the great victors after the end of the war. Making use ofth...