Amazon Basin Conflict

The Amazon Basin Conflict, also known as the War in the Basin, was a civil war in the South American Federation between the American backed Sao Paulo Coalition and the Bolivarian Front. The conflict lead to massive destruction of much of the Amazon Forest and the disruption of the Amazon River. The war lasted from August 2004 to November 2012.
== Buildup to War ==
The war primarily started over rumors and discovery of oil deposits in sections of the Amazon Rainforest, which saw a rapid boom of American, European, and Asian companies fighting to have exclusive rights over these resources. Out of this, two factions emerged in South American Federal politics, the Brazilian Faction and the Venezuelan Faction. The Brazilian Faction argued heavy pro-capitalist and pro-American policies, while the Venezuelan Faction wanted South America to remain independent from foreign nations. 
== The War ==
Intially, small skirmishes between militias fought in rural areas of Brazil, Argentina, and Colombia, but it grew to national attention when the armed forces of the subnational governments of Brazil and Uruguay joined in the fighting, sparking the War in the Basin.
Immediately, the subnational governments of Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, and Bolivia pooled their militaries together forming the Bolivarian Front, a mostly pan-hispanic leftist front, while the governments of Brazil, Suriname, Guyana, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay joined to form the Sao Paulo Coalition. The SP Coalition also petitioned the U.S. government to intervene in the fight against the Bolivarians, calling them "freedom-hating communists".
First instances of fighting occurred across the northern Amazon rainforest, with Bolivarian tanks and motorized infantry meet advancing Coalition forces.
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