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- The peoples of this large area shared the experience of conquest and colonization by the Spaniards and Portuguese from the late 15th through the 18th century as well as movements of independence from Spain and Portugal in the early 19th century.
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4 days ago · history of Latin America, history of the region from the pre-Columbian period and including colonization by the Spanish and Portuguese beginning in the 15th century, the 19th-century wars of independence, and developments to the end of the 20th century.
- History of Latin America
The independence of Latin America. After three centuries of...
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- Socialism, Communism, Fascism
Socialism, communism, fascism. Latin America in the first...
- Conquest of Peru
Peru’s history continued to be less placid than that of...
- Ethnic Diversity and Its Results
History of Latin America - Ethnic Diversity, Migration,...
- The New Order, 1850–1910
History of Latin America - Colonialism, Revolution,...
- Building New Nations, 1826–50
History of Latin America - Independence, Revolutions,...
- Indians and Spaniards
History of Latin America - Indigenous, Spanish,...
- New Order Emerging, 1910–45
New order emerging, 1910–45. The advances in economic growth...
- Indians Among Spaniards
History of Latin America - Indigenous, Colonization,...
- History of Latin America
2 days ago · Sáenz followed Bolívar and his army through the independence wars and became known in Latin America as the "mother of feminism and women's emancipation and equal rights." Bolívar himself was a supporter of women's rights and suffrage in Latin America.
- 25 September 1808 – 29 September 1833, (25 years and 4 days)
- Patriot victory.
2 days ago · Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios Ponte y Blanco (24 July 1783 – 17 December 1830) was a Venezuelan military and political leader who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bolivia to independence from the Spanish Empire.
3 days ago · Following three centuries of Spanish colonization, Argentina declared independence in 1816, and Argentine nationalists were instrumental in revolutionary movements elsewhere, a fact that prompted 20th-century writer Jorge Luis Borges to observe, “South America’s independence was, to
5 days ago · War of the Triple Alliance, (1864/65–70), the bloodiest conflict in Latin American history, fought between Paraguay and the allied countries of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. Paraguay had been involved in boundary and tariff disputes with its more powerful neighbours, Argentina and Brazil, for.
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2 days ago · After deliberations with patriotic clubs across the United States, the Antilles and Latin America, the Partido Revolucionario Cubano (Cuban Revolutionary Party) was officially proclaimed on 10 April 1892, with the purpose of gaining independence for both Cuba and Puerto Rico. Martí was elected delegate, the highest party position.
4 days ago · The stage was set for a confrontation at Las Piedras, where, on May 18, 1811, Artigas’s forces achieved a resounding victory, with many of Posadas’s men defecting mid-battle. This triumph was a turning point, celebrated annually in Uruguay, and honored with the 18 May 1811 Medal. The Spanish had long underestimated the region, finding ...
