%0 Journal Article %T EL PROTECTORADO BRIT¨¢NICO EN LA COSTA MOSQUITIA, 1837-1849 %A Ghotme %A Rafat %J Revista de Relaciones Internacionales, Estrategia y Seguridad %D 2012 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X the resumption of the british protectorate in mosquitia, has been normally related with imperialist considerations, and, in parallel, to the possession of a zone where it was planned to build an inter-oceanic channel through nicaragua. in reality, these thesis pose serious difficulties to understand the origin and evolution of the mosquitia issue, as they disregard, a priori, other types of factors that, among other things, end up undermining the imperialistic vision; a number of historic and civilization related factors, without doubt, but also strategic and commercial, made great britain to revive the practice of the mosquitia protectorate. %K mosquito coast %K imperialism %K inter-oceanic channel %K central america %K nueva granada %K great britain %K united states. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1909-30632012000100003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en