France
Italy.
Algeria is in Africa and lies next to Libya. It was a French colony once upon a time.
Europe
The answer you are looking for is FRANCE, but this is incorrect. Algeria was never a colony; it was annexed to France and was under French civil government (as opposed to all other French colonies were under appointed governments). Additionally, prior to French control, Algeria was a vassal and occupied territory of the Ottoman Empire, which could be seen as a colonial parent (in a non-Eurocentric model of colonialism).
Great Britain
France once controlled Algeria and Madagascar as colonies.
colonial power was controlled by russia in cold war
Both were revolutionary wars against a European colonial power.
The country that conquered Algeria is France.
The peninsulares, who were Spanish-born individuals, controlled most of the political, economic, and social power in colonial Latin America. They held high-ranking positions in government and the Catholic Church and benefited from preferential treatment and access to resources over the criollos, who were people of Spanish descent born in the Americas.
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