Military expenditures, from the independence wars and from an unsuccessful campaign to wrest Cauca Province from Colombia in 1832, kept the state treasury empty while other matters were left unattended.
Militære udgifter under frihedskrigen og en mislykket kamp for at bryde Caucaprovinsen ud af Colombia i 1832, tømte statens kasse samtidig, som andre problemer lagdes til side.