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The first Spanish Constitution was in 1812.

The first article said " the Spanish Nation is the Spaniards from both sides of the Atlantic ".

Modern Latin America was not a British-style system of overseas colonies.

It was not an overseas possession but national soil, much like Alaska or Hawaii are US National soil despite being ' discontinuous '.

The Indies were administered as a federation of commonwealth kingdoms fashioned after the Aragonite Crown, but united under the Castilian system America was divided in 4 kingdoms, and Autonomous 5 Captainships autonomous within those kingdoms.

There were administrative border overlaps in civil, military, ecclesiastical and judicial affairs.

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Venezuela was judicially dependent on the High Court of Santo Domingo, ecclesiastically dependent on the Bishopric of Puerto Rico, militarily dependent on the Budget from New Granada ( Bogota ), administratively autonomous but overseen by the Viceroy of New Granada and the Bogota Presidency.