Yet these pretensions, so without solid foundation in the beginning and thus repeatedly abjured, were at a recent period revived by Great Britain against the Central American States, the legitimate successors to all the ancient jurisdiction of Spain in that region.
He describes how Great Britain's unfounded claims were revived against Central American states, despite previous renunciations.
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