 With the Venezuelan independence, all the islands remained under the dominion of Venezuela and in the same way until the formation of the Great Colombia.On August 22, 1871, Venezuelan President Antonio Guzmán Blanco decided to group all the Venezuelan islands except Coche, Cubagua, Margarita and Isla de Aves as the Federal Territory of Columbus, which would be controlled by a governor appointed by the President of the Republic.The United Kingdom wanted the Isla de Patos but on February 26, 1942, it was resolved by the delimitation of the soil and subsoil of the Gulf of Paria.