were not incorporated into the Venezuelan states but belonged to their territory.

In 1891, Queen María Cristina of Spain issued an arbitration ruling recognizing Colombia's ownership of almost the entire Guajira Peninsula based on the 1777 and 1790 decrees on the segregation of Maracaibo and Sinamaica, stating that all differences over boundaries were terminated.

In 1922, a Swiss arbitration decision reiterated the previous terms.

In July 1938, the Organic Law was approved by which Venezuela included the territory as

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