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The author is not the first scholar to tackle the history of America—as in the American continent, not just the United States ...
Pols and pundits will be parsing the 2024 presidential election results for years to come. But exit polling suggests a bold ...
Growing up in Venezuela and now living in the United States, I’ve always felt caught between two independence days: July 4th ...
As unmanned aerial vehicles increasingly dominate global battlefields, Latin America is quietly emerging as a testing ground for drone warfare by non-state actors — from drug cartels to guerrilla ...
In the Latin American wars of independence which were more or less contemporary with our own, the oligarchy simply wrested power from the crown and became the new establishment. Social structures ...
La Alcancia, a Mexican grocery store that also offers hot prepared foods, was on hand for the celebration of Latin American independence Saturday at Bell Tower Green. 2/5 Swipe or click to see more ...
DSJ: Your book provides an enriching political and economic account of the early Cold War origins in Latin America of dependency theory—in short, the idea that economic underdevelopment is ...
RICHMOND, Calif. (KGO) -- In the East Bay, it was a celebration of Latin American cultures. The cities of Richmond and San Pablo hosted the area's first-ever Latin American Independence Day Parade ...
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the American War of Independence, was by no means an easy one; it lasted from 1775 to 1783, ... especially in Latin America.
So the problem that confronted Latin American independence leaders and their successors was ... and labor movements—and feared that the Spanish Civil War would spread throughout Latin America.
Ad Policy. The “Visscher Map of the New World” including North and South America, 1658. (GraphicaArtis / Getty Images) A typical way of telling the history of the United States is to frame it ...