En el corazón de las tinieblas... del Putumayo, 1890-1932. Fronteras, caucho, mano de obra indígena y misiones católicas en la nacionalización de la Amazonía

Abstract

The main goal of this article is to analize the so called «Putumayo scandal», that happened in the first decade of XXth Century for the frontier quarrel between Perú and Colombia. The reporting in the international press of the explotation of Amazonia native people by the Peruvian Amazon Company, which main shareholder was the rubbermen Julio C.Arana, showed the region as a new Congo, and brought about the intervention of Great Britain, Perú, Vatican, Colombia and Arana itself. This article analizes the case with documents of Peruvian Chancellory, of Vatican archives, pamphlets, brochures and bibliography published by the involved parts. It also main observes reasonings hold by the parts, studing with special care those defending the Peruanization of the region hold by Arana and the Peruvian governement.